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theDreamer 08-20-2014 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ka24king (Post 2937325)
What's the plan here though like for me they sent me to post office checks for $900 a piece I was told to deposite and withdraw it. Then for me to keep the $400 they owe me plus $50 for running around. Then i send the rest via western union to a "shipper". And the shipper will come pick up the surf board. What could have been the outcome had I fallen for it. Are the checks fake or what?? Some of these scams seem very poorly thought out. Idk maybe I'm just not dumb. But an explanation for what they were attempting would be cool.

This scam is basically this.
They send money into an account, wire transfer/check, you withdraw it since it initially clears the basic security checks, and forward the money along. A week later the back does a final review and finds it is fake/scam and pulls those funds from your account.

I saw a story on this a few years ago they were doing this to lawyers. It all looked legal, checked out, money went through, but after a week to ten days it all went south.

ZeeBabar 08-20-2014 09:11 PM

Your bank says that their check will need 10 days to clear and they say, the shipper is ready to pick the car up, please send $1200 to the shipper. You send the $1200, the shipper does not come, you call the bank and they say the check has not yet cleared!!

mults 08-22-2014 06:22 AM

Yeah, last week I won a lottery from the UK. I received a letter (with $3750 check) and was told that I won $150K and that all I needed to do was send them back a letter stating that I was who I was.

My wife thought that this was our lucky day although I knew it was a scam. So, to the internet I went. All I had to do is type in the name of the Insurance Company and the word SCAM, and lo and behold, a scam that's been going on since 2007.

Do your homework and the internet can be your friend. If I were you, I'd run like he77.

vegashound 08-22-2014 09:25 AM

I am a retired attorney and I do volunteer work with a local tv station working on cases where people have been scammed. This is a very popular scam. It is simply a counterfeit check that you are asked to deposit and then forward some portion to a third party. By the time the counterfeit check bounces you are already out the money you sent. The story often involves the "buyer" working on an oil rig or an Alaskan crab boat. It is ALWAYS a scam.

Virtual 08-22-2014 04:19 PM

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RonRizz 08-23-2014 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Virtual (Post 2940248)

What the.....Who's that dork with my wife????

ZeeBabar 08-24-2014 09:11 AM

Well, it's over. Traded my 2010 370z with 43k miles, brace coupe, for a 2013 sports package with 8600 miles. Paid $8k difference. Went from a black to a gun metal sports package, wheels, breaks and spoiler. It feels a bit different when shifting but I do not know if it as sensible to pay $8k difference and whether the 2013 sports package is significantly a better car, 3 years newer and 35k miles less.


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