Investigators say black money scam has reached Louisville

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[Morgana]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —A trick used worldwide has hit the Louisville area.

Investigators are warning the public about the black money scam used to swindle people out of thousands.

"In this situation we came across something unique. A scam in our community we had ever seen before," said Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad.

Authorities discovered $50,000 in real U.S. currency along with a suitcase full of what's called "black money."

Authorities said they've seen the black money scam recently in at least four U.S. cities.

"'It was a drug deal gone bad. We were able to smuggle the money out of Liberia. We blackened the money so it's undetectable by customs,'" said U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Johnson.

[2banana]

The scammers convince their victims if they buy their extremely expensive chemicals, the money can easily be cleaned, but the "money" is just worthless cardboard.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Investigators are warning the public about the black money scam used to swindle people out of thousands.

They got the idea from the “black president” scam of 2008 and 2012, where some commies used a fake American to swindle an entire nation out of its bright future.

[Ray76]

Wow. Barnum was right.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Not a well written article

[Nervous Tick]

>> Not a well written article

Are the two Liberians and the Cuban victims, or scammers? Just as one example.

And if that secret service agent REALLY said that in the first person, he should be behind bars!

[SkyDancer]

One wonders why someone approached with that scam didn’t say “well why don’t you use your expensive chemicals to clean the money?”

[SampleMan]

It’s just not right to spend hours converting EBT to green backs, just to get swindled out of your hard fleeced money.

[ChildOfThe60s]

It’s just not right to spend hours converting EBT to green backs, just to get swindled out of your hard fleeced money.

LOL....you racist!

[JRandomFreeper]

It's comments like that, that convinced me to move my keyboard out of drink snort through-the-nose range.

/johnny

[FredZarguna]

A not very well disguised version of what goes on in late night infomercials all the time: I have a system that makes millions and I'm offering it to you for three installments of just $39.95.

Begs the same question from an intelligent audience: why would you do that?

[FredZarguna]

Don't know about racism, but, I've actually experienced this very phenomenon in real life.

My sister-in-law [who is white] will be leaving jail soon following her fifth DUI. While on compassionate leave for her son's wedding, she was bragging that she will be receiving $58,000 in back disability payments from "the government" [Her "disability" is that she's an alcoholic and a pill-head.] Here's the money quote: "I have to give $20 grand to my lawyer just for filing the paperwork. What kind of a rip-off is that? Why is he entitled to all my money?"

[Happy ending: two days ago, she reported to her parole officer at the half-way house drunk as a skunk. So, sometime in January she will be returning to the slammer. Is this a great country, or what?]

[Organic Panic]

People still fall for the old wash wash scam? Wow.

While I’m living large when my millions come in from my Nigeria bank president friend those chumps will keep throwing their money away to scammers.

[DManA]

Seriously, visit my website - BlackBitcoins.com. For a reasonable sum I can teach you how to wash dirty Bitcoins and make a fortune.