We have an update to Monday night’s story involving the "black money scam."
The FBI was concerned Hawaii residents were being targeted for the first time, after discovering two suitcases at a storage facility.
The suitcases were filled with 120 pounds of black construction paper cut into the size of U.S. currency.
The unit had been rented by two unidentified men.
Victims are conned into purchasing a chemical solution that removes black dye from $100 bills.
The black money is really construction paper.
"This morning a couple came into the FBI to report that they had actually given $50,000 to a pair of Liberians in a black money scheme back in June," said FBI Special Agent Tom Simon. "This couple owned a retail store in Honolulu and the Liberians came into the store and offered to buy the store for an exorbitant amount of money. The means by which they were going to pay for the store was black paper…they bit at it and lost $50,000 and the family is really hurting as a result."
The FBI says two other families have come forward to Honolulu police.
No arrests have been made.
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