Has any of you people who post classified ads run into a shady character trying to use a cashiers check? I had someone supposedly from England want to send me a cashiers check for more than my asking price. He then wanted to me to send him back the remainder. It was too wierd for me and I wanted to know if any of you experienced something similiar.
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Question to classified users
Paul21
Jul 22, 2004 09:26 AM
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Joel R
Jul 22, 2004 09:29 AM
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Mystical-Dragons
Jul 22, 2004 10:09 AM
Yes, I got one yesterday from Johnson LMAO. I directed them to send the cashier check to the FBI headquarters in Washington D.c. LOL.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
It's a scam they send them all the time. A give away is they are prewritten forms, and they put the title of your ad kinda like fill in the blanks. They ask you a price when it is clearly writen inside the ad. They just comb the classifieds and fill in the blanks with your title not even knowing what your actually selling LOL.
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kakadu
Jul 22, 2004 12:25 PM
Yup, I got the Johnson e-mail too. "What is the latest condition" LOL
GOOD DAY,MY NAME IS JOHNSON I AM INTRESTED IN BUYING YOUR {Beautiful
Dragons. Many Colors to Choose From } I WILL WANT YOU TO EMAIL ME THE
FINAL ASKING PRICE .AND THE LATEST CONDITION.AND MY METHOD OF PAYMENT IS
CASHIERS CHECK.GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBILE.HAVE A NICE DAY AND
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.THANKS
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dmlove
Jul 22, 2004 04:05 PM
Haha thats exactly what i got==i got one a while ago from this one guy who changed his email like 10 times and kept emailing me. Do they really think they can get through?
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heartmountain
Jul 22, 2004 05:21 PM
LMAO, I got the exact same thing....
Sean
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littleherper
Jul 22, 2004 12:36 PM
I havnt experienced that but I know there is a huge scam going on right now that is very similar to what you discribed.
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shadow4108
Jul 23, 2004 10:51 PM
I heard about the same scam, but it was for a wireless computer notebook purchased on e-bay.
poconoparrot
Jul 25, 2004 10:21 AM
The checks are forgeries. They use the time it takes the bank to actually verify the check in their favor. At first, the amount is credited to your account. You send the product, which is usually resold or discarded, and then you send the money which was the remainder.
In about 2 weeks the bank lets you know the check was forged and charges it back to your account. You’re now responsible to pay the amount back to the bank, have no product, and have sent money abroad.
There are several others that involve credit cards and direct checking deposits.
