RCMP warn about fake money orders after N.L. resident receives some

CARMANVILLE, N.L. - RCMP are investigating after a Carmanville, N.L., resident received counterfeit Canada Post money orders through the mail.

The complainant had arranged the $500 sale of an item over the Internet with a buyer in France late last year.

Several weeks later a letter came along with three money orders worth $2,400 and instructions to cash them and wire the difference to a bank account in Paris.

Police say the fake money orders were very professional looking.