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Scammer or retard?

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Tell him to send the money order and then do nothing. See how irritated he gets when you tell him he's been scammed.
 
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I posted a video card on craigslist. I get a response from a guy, he says he is going to send a personal check. I tell him that's fine, but I won't be shipping anything until it clears. His response is this.

Hello,
Guess you re good. Just want to keep in touch based on the payment mailed to you, Cause it come in united states certified postal money order and It will be delivered into your mail box by friday but i'll like you to understand that the payment includes the shipping fee of the item from you location, these was done to avoid delay in transaction moreover, the money order was purchased by my financier. All you have to do is to cash the money order as soon as you ve it and send the excess fund on it to my shipping agent who will be coming for the pick up of the item from your location via western Union Money Transfer. I hope you understand this is in the interest of both of us.

I'll be waiting to read from you as soon as you got this email.
Thanks and God bless.

What do you think scammer? I had him send it to my work mail so he doesn't have my real address. Thoughts?
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Your greed is making you stupid. Just look up internet scams!
 
Originally posted by: gsethi
you will get a fake USPS Postal Money Order. You deposit in in your bank = you get funds instantly. The bank will take few weeks/maybe a month before it comes back from the USPS as a fake MO and the bank will deduct the amount from your bank account then.

The delay that the banks take is what the scammer is taking advantage of.
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VERY well said there gsethi.
 
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I posted a video card on craigslist. I get a response from a guy, he says he is going to send a personal check. I tell him that's fine, but I won't be shipping anything until it clears. His response is this.

Hello,
Guess you re good. Just want to keep in touch based on the payment mailed to you, Cause it come in united states certified postal money order and It will be delivered into your mail box by friday but i'll like you to understand that the payment includes the shipping fee of the item from you location, these was done to avoid delay in transaction moreover, the money order was purchased by my financier. All you have to do is to cash the money order as soon as you ve it and send the excess fund on it to my shipping agent who will be coming for the pick up of the item from your location via western Union Money Transfer. I hope you understand this is in the interest of both of us.

I'll be waiting to read from you as soon as you got this email.
Thanks and God bless.

What do you think scammer? I had him send it to my work mail so he doesn't have my real address. Thoughts?
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you seriously cant be this stupid.
 
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I informed the USPS, craigslist, google gmail of the scammer. If the MO gets here it will be given to the postmaster. I actually didn't know how the MO thing worked. Our financial system is retarded if it doesn't immediately identify false orders and checks. We need a smarter, more efficient government!!!
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i take my question back. you are stupid.

so how much was he sending you? did you honestly think you were going to get free money?
 
Originally posted by: Stiganator
Well there is a small possibility it could be a person with poor language skills. Not worried about it. If the money order isn't legit then they won't get it shipped. Simple as that.
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You deserve to be separated from your money.
 
Originally posted by: Stiganator
Well there is a small possibility it could be a person with poor language skills. Not worried about it. If the money order isn't legit then they won't get it shipped. Simple as that.
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Here is the problem the funds will clear, you will now send the difference back to his 'financier' and ship the card.

A month or more later, the bank will call saying the money order is not valid and need you to pay for it.

Good luck with it if you think otherwise. Being you have been on AT for 6 years you should know this well-known scam.
 
This has happened to me before also. I sold a lot of old consoles...N64, NES, SNES, and a total of about 40 games on ebay. I was contacted by the buyer that he would send me a money order for $4000.00.... The auction ended for $150.00....he wanted me to cash it, and wait for the courier to come to my house to pick up the item, and the remaining $3850.00. I thought, wth....I reported him to ebay, but they did nothing about it. As I kind of knew from the beginning what he was attempting.

I live in West Virginia, and this guy said his courier was from Florida. Now would a shipping courier drive that far to pick up a package ? LOL
 
depends how far they scammed people. If it's profitable they should have no problem driving, and if they are doing it hardcore they need to keep moving anyway.

It's a profitable scam though 🙁

 
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Stiganator
Well there is a small possibility it could be a person with poor language skills. Not worried about it. If the money order isn't legit then they won't get it shipped. Simple as that.
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Here is the problem the funds will clear, you will now send the difference back to his 'financier' and ship the card.

A month or more later, the bank will call saying the money order is not valid and need you to pay for it.

Good luck with it if you think otherwise. Being you have been on AT for 6 years you should know this well-known scam.
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QFT

only morons fall for this sh!t
 
Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I informed the USPS, craigslist, google gmail of the scammer. If the MO gets here it will be given to the postmaster. I actually didn't know how the MO thing worked. Our financial system is retarded if it doesn't immediately identify false orders and checks. We need a smarter, more efficient government!!!
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The identification of false requires knowledge that the serial number is bogus or has been stolen.
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USPS MO have some decent security features and they lay them out for you in publications that you can get off of their website. The first problem here is that people (both the recipients and the tellers that cash them) do not check the validity of the money order before cashing it. Heck, when was the last time that you took a good luck at the money in your wallet to see that it's kosher (remember a thread before where someone found out they had fake $20 bills that were printed using the paper for $5 bills).
 
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