Scammer

comsnark said:
........So I guess the intent of the scammer is to simultaneously trade a check for the piano? What if you stated that you intended to wait 10 buisness days for the check to clear before proceeding?
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I think Rick (mistercomputerman) has it right, they want you to cash a bogus check and send them the excess. Then the bank calls and tells you the check was bad and they want ALL the money back. They won't even bother with the piano, that's not what they are after.
 
I was selling a truck on truck trader. The contacted me and made the excessive offer with the shipping included. I played with them. The check took about 2 weeks to get to me because it came from overseas. Then I kept bugging them to tell them I didn't get the check. The check looked real.
 
Mozart, Beethoven, what's the difference???
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Get a post office box.
Have him document his offer and send it to the PO Box.
If sent within the US, nail his *** for mail fraud.

Best regards,
Frank
 
There's one scam baiter that has managed to get the scammers to pay to ship his junk to nigeria to the tune of $65k. an old stove, old broken computers etc... Good way to get rid of your junk on their dime.
 
His initial emails screams scam. It's nothing new. The delete button works wonders.

Doug
 
rondds said:
Don't waste your time. You'll probably wind up getting a virus by visiting the porn sites to sign him up. Move on and don't dignify a loser with a response.
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Whoa.. wait a minute. You can get a virus by visiting porn sites??? Dam it!:smt021
 
Bridog said:
Whoa.. wait a minute. You can get a virus by visiting porn sites??? Dam it!:smt021
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:lol: Thus why I use a mac...it is a porn machine.

Apple=garden of eden=sinful acts=sex.

Mac. If you are going to masturbate, nothing else will do. Dave Chappelle knows best:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9QuytK5sbE[/YOUTUBE]
 
Your bank can take 4 - 6 weeks to determine that a cashier's check is false, and then you are liable.
 
A guy I knew sold his RV for like $75K a few years ago and took a bad cashiers check.. quite the eye opener for this lil midwest town for sure.
 
Well he must have gotten tired of me because I haven't gotten any replies from him for a few days. That site Turtle mentioned has a lot of entertaining stories on it about these scammers.
 
Hampton said:
Your bank can take 4 - 6 weeks to determine that a cashier's check is false, and then you are liable.
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Wow. Are you serious? In this day and age? 4-6 weeks?

I once made a decimal error depositing a check in a local ATM. $15 typed vs $1500 deposited. They had the entry corrected (online) within 90 minutes, before I even had a chance to call them.
 
When it's their money, 90 minutes sounds right. When you're liable, 4-6 weeks is about right. This is what I learned when I was researching the sale of a kite-surfing kite online. I checked with my bank.
 
Hampton said:
Your bank can take 4 - 6 weeks to determine that a cashier's check is false, and then you are liable.
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Yep, that is why the lawyers have requested wire transfers for real estate closings. In GA all the funds go into the attorneys trust account and all funds go out of the attorneys trust out. With a wire transfer as soon as the fund hit the trust account, the funds are there period.
 
Wow. Funny in this day and age.

When you send a check to most places. . they will pull a wire transfer from your bank account. You would think they would do the same with a cashier's check.

BTW: I bought my boat with a cashiers check.
 
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Pity the delivery guy...

Dan
 
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