Updated at 4:21 p.m., Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Big Island police investigating two scams
Advertiser Staff
Big Island police are warning the public about scams involving counterfeit Wal-Mart MoneyGrams and the Hawai'i Island Police Acitivities League, or HI-PAL.Wal-Mart does not sell MoneyGrams by mail or e-mail. The scam involves e-mail messages offering to sell Wal-Mart MoneyGrams in batches of six or more. Residents are told they can keep a percentage of the face value as payment if they send the rest of the money by Western Union to London, police said. In exchange, victims are receiving counterfeit MoneyGrams.
The HI-PAL scam involes telephone solicitations for donations. HI-PAL does not solicit donations, police said.
Anyone with information about the HI-PAL scam is asked to call Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. at 808-961-2220.
