Fake check scam
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Fake check scam
So i put my car on Autotrader and i get this weird email saying client this, agent that, and how his client has finally accepted my price. I kinda knew from here its shady. So anyway i play along. He then tells me his client is from Canada and hes going to send the money order for the car without even seeing it, im like ya right. On top of that he wants to send me 23,000 for a 16,000 car because the car he was going to purchase got sold out from under him, and he wants me to send him the differance and then hell pick up the car, rofl. So week goes by and i get the check in the mail, now the name of the purchaser on the check and the name he wanted me to send the differance to did not match, and the sender address was impossible to read. Needless to say i took the check to the poliece and well see what happins from there. Dont fall for these retarted scams, cus people do all the time.
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just go cash it, if it clears tell him he can pick it up and keep the extra 7k for yourself
if it doesn't clear take it to the police
but yeah most definatly sounds like fraud. seen that kind of thing way too many times
if it doesn't clear take it to the police
but yeah most definatly sounds like fraud. seen that kind of thing way too many times
Hhahaha, BofA cashiers check, i print those for customers all day long! haha. Can you post up a pix wit a closer view of the check? I want to see if the account numbers work, juss outta curiosity ^_^
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Has anyone seen Matchstick Men? Nicolas Cage plays a con man (w/ a funny twitch) in that movie. In one scene he says that basically in order for the con the work, there has to be something in it for the person being conned. So if you are honest/not trying to get over/not greedy, you are that much less likely to get ripped off.
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Originally Posted by mike626
Hhahaha, BofA cashiers check, i print those for customers all day long! haha. Can you post up a pix wit a closer view of the check? I want to see if the account numbers work, juss outta curiosity ^_^
thats the reason I wanted to see a close up as well..
I work @ a check cashing place and have access to checking that stuff as well
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Originally Posted by ish
just go cash it, if it clears tell him he can pick it up and keep the extra 7k for yourself
if it doesn't clear take it to the police
but yeah most definatly sounds like fraud. seen that kind of thing way too many times
if it doesn't clear take it to the police
but yeah most definatly sounds like fraud. seen that kind of thing way too many times
I got this email once.. someone wanted to buy my guitar and ship it to nigeria.... the guitar is $370 but the shipping (since there's only the express fedex and ups to nigeria) is $1037.... or some crap like "I'm interested in your bla bla bla... the method of payment will be cashier check which will be issued by my client in (country name, usually the US if you're in Canada and vice versa)"
Last edited by feiron; Nov 5, 2004 at 01:13 AM.
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feiron is right my friend called Bank of America and they said if he is able to cash it they will come after him, but then again they were not sure if it was a legit check over the phone. He is going to be taking it to them later today and I will update everybody as I get more word on this.
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