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I had briefly mentioned an incident before about a group of Canadian companies that were using sophisticated schemes to rip off Americans. I saw an article that showed the specific steps they were using to do this. According to the FBI:

The Canadian companies send over phony credentials like references, credit, and even tax documents to set up a line of credit.
The Canadian business places an order which will be delivered by a third party.
The materials are trucked into Canada.
The Canadian company does not pay.

Remember, in the Photoshop world any document can be faked. You need to know everything you can about your customers and creditors because it is so easy to fake it. Do not be fooled by pretty pictures or unverified documents because a lot of con artists want you to get sucked into the air of authority they try to emulate. Go to the original article(the link is below) for the names of companies doing this or F.B.I. information and resources.

http://watchung-greenbrook.patch.com/articles/building-material-thefts-part-of-nationwide-fbi-probe (2013 January 7) retrieved from Greenbrook Patch

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