A LOCAL furniture business has warned others about a money transfer scam faxed from Spain.The letter, sent to Christie's Furniture Wendouree this week, told a fictitious story about a bank manager finding an abandoned sum of $US45.7m and wanting to transfer it overseas.Christies Furniture Wendouree co-manager Paul Prence said the letter sounded too good to be true and ignored it."We are warning other businesses just in case there are more floating around and they get ripped off. It only takes one person to think this is easy," Mr Prence said.He said the letter was addressed to his business partner Steve Hampson who the letter claimed to have the same surname as the family who abandoned the money.A Consumer Affairs Victoria spokeswoman said there appeared to be a common money transfer scam in which promoters asked their victims to participate in the transfer of funds, usually from overseas."One type of money transfer scam is the advance fee fraud. These scams tell fictitious stories, explaining that due to some misfortune, they wish to discreetly transfer large amounts of funds overseas," the spokeswoman said."An estimated 3200 Victorians fall victim each year to advance fee fraud scams alone."In the 2007-08 financial year, CAV received 171 inquiries and complaints in relation to advance fee fraud scams and 2749 complaints and inquiries relating to scams generally.CAV recommended people who received offers should throw them away."There are no get-rich-quick schemes: the only people who make money are the scammers. Never hand over money or your bank details to someone you don't know and trust."