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<blockquote data-quote="ol&#039;browneye" data-source="post: 501897" data-attributes="member: 14003"><p>Here is a scam to look out for...</p><p> </p><p>I was selling an electric stove on craigslist for $150. I got an e-mail saying this guy really wanted it but was out of the country. He would give me $250 if I held it for him and his sectretary would send me a check. </p><p> </p><p>My first thought was "Why would you offer me more than what I was asking?" and secondly "If you are so well off that you travel out of the country and have a secretary, why do you want on old stove?" I just ignored the e-mail but couldn't quite figure out the angle of the scam.</p><p> </p><p>Ends up the scam goes like this: You agree to a price more than what you were asking for, for whatever reason. They send you a cashier's check for let's say $2000 instead of the $300 agreed upon, for some made up reason, and they ask you to wire the difference back to them after you cash it. After they have your money, your bank figures out the check is fake and you are responsible for the $2000 and the scammer has $1700 of it. I don't know why but Western Union wired money is gone for good once the transactin is complete and you are screwed! And these checks are sent UPS so it isn't considered mail fraud and they are using bogus account numbers and are getting the shipping for free.</p><p> </p><p>It wasn't long after this that I delivered a nda letter to a guy (and of course it was a puller) and he commented he was selling puppies on craigslist and someone wanted to pay him double what he was asking. It turned out the check was in the nda letter. I told him about the scam and said that the check was probably alot more money than he had agreed to. He opened it and sure enough, it was $1600 more! He tore it up and thanked me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ol'browneye, post: 501897, member: 14003"] Here is a scam to look out for... I was selling an electric stove on craigslist for $150. I got an e-mail saying this guy really wanted it but was out of the country. He would give me $250 if I held it for him and his sectretary would send me a check. My first thought was "Why would you offer me more than what I was asking?" and secondly "If you are so well off that you travel out of the country and have a secretary, why do you want on old stove?" I just ignored the e-mail but couldn't quite figure out the angle of the scam. Ends up the scam goes like this: You agree to a price more than what you were asking for, for whatever reason. They send you a cashier's check for let's say $2000 instead of the $300 agreed upon, for some made up reason, and they ask you to wire the difference back to them after you cash it. After they have your money, your bank figures out the check is fake and you are responsible for the $2000 and the scammer has $1700 of it. I don't know why but Western Union wired money is gone for good once the transactin is complete and you are screwed! And these checks are sent UPS so it isn't considered mail fraud and they are using bogus account numbers and are getting the shipping for free. It wasn't long after this that I delivered a nda letter to a guy (and of course it was a puller) and he commented he was selling puppies on craigslist and someone wanted to pay him double what he was asking. It turned out the check was in the nda letter. I told him about the scam and said that the check was probably alot more money than he had agreed to. He opened it and sure enough, it was $1600 more! He tore it up and thanked me. [/QUOTE]
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