Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: alexruiz
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
never heard of this scam probably is a scam but how is will they do it?
can't you take the money, deposit it at a bank. wait a couple days for the check to go through, then proceed from there?
I was going to propose the same... if the check doesn't bounce and stays in the bank, no scam! Let this person know that you WILL NOT refund anything until the cashier check has cleared the bank and the money shows in your account. If he/she refuses, then you know the supposed check has no funds..... so SCAM is right! Anyone disagree?
Alex
It's not always as simple as "waiting for it to clear."
It could come back to bite you in the ass weeks later.
Steer clear.
Viper GTS
Originally posted by: Xiety
conjur & skoorb, you two look like you have seen this scam before, where would be a good place to report this thing? local police department wont help, will it?
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
And you bank may charge you $20.00 for trying to cash a bad check.
Originally posted by: Zeero
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
And you bank may charge you $20.00 for trying to cash a bad check.
And here lies the problem. Sure you can wait for it to clear but this is the knicker aint it?
I never really did understand how this scam worked though...
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Okay, aside from this is a SCAM
About the pictures...
Is your *sale* a scam? (seriously j/k about that, but...) It looks like you photochopped the same 2 or 3 pictures into a variety of scenic backgrounds. The car is parked in a different place for just about every picture!! Couldn't you walk around the car and take 3 or 4 good pictures of the exterior, THEN perhaps some pictures of the interior? Does the car have an inside? How about a picture of that? How about the trunk? Too many dead bodies to take a picture with the trunk open? etc.
</end harrassment >
I am also intered to know how it could come back and bite if the money is already in the account?
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: alexruiz
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
never heard of this scam probably is a scam but how is will they do it?
can't you take the money, deposit it at a bank. wait a couple days for the check to go through, then proceed from there?
I was going to propose the same... if the check doesn't bounce and stays in the bank, no scam! Let this person know that you WILL NOT refund anything until the cashier check has cleared the bank and the money shows in your account. If he/she refuses, then you know the supposed check has no funds..... so SCAM is right! Anyone disagree?
Alex
It's not always as simple as "waiting for it to clear."
It could come back to bite you in the ass weeks later.
Steer clear.
Viper GTS
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
You could just take his check and cash it at one of those quick check cashing centers. Then don't send him his refund nor the car. Wait till he actually takes you to court to ensure that its not a scam.
Originally posted by: conjur
Snopes Info on this SCAM
The scam works because the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) requires banks to make money from cashier's, certified, or teller's checks available in one to five days. Consequently, funds from checks that might not be good are often released into payees' accounts long before the checks have been honored by their issuing banks. High quality forgeries can be bounced back and forth between banks for weeks before anyone catches on to their being worthless, by which time victims have long since wired the "overpayments" to the con artists who have just taken them for a ride.
Originally posted by: conjur
CBS Evening News is coming up next with an internet scam called Phishing. Not sure if this is the same or not.
Tune in next to find out!!