Pufferpunk
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Darn & I really thought I sold that stand, at 1st! Not fair!
Scam?
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bboersma79
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yes, it is a scam...
think about it, would you buy an aquarium stand from someone in germany and ship it here? Heck, I won't even pay to ship something from Florida...
be careful, if it sounds too good to be true it is. I buy/sell on craigslist but only locally and make sure I can meet the people.
think about it, would you buy an aquarium stand from someone in germany and ship it here? Heck, I won't even pay to ship something from Florida...
be careful, if it sounds too good to be true it is. I buy/sell on craigslist but only locally and make sure I can meet the people.
Pufferpunk
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Well, he just said he was on a business trip in Asia & would have his secretary arrange everything (payment & PU). I figured he lived around here. Really sounded legit at 1st.
bboersma79
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my assistant, had the same thing with a couch she was trying to sell, same exact scam...
Pufferpunk
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I'd like to sic my puffer on em!
Getting into this late, but YES, YES, YES...it's a total scam.
This happened to me about a year ago and I was a moron and fell for it.
I was living in Chicago and searching for a roommate, on Craigslist.
I recieved an email, almost exactly like yours...."I'm away on a business trip, but I'm mailing you a check to cover the rent and deposit".
The total was only supposed to be for $1200, but the check was made out for $4000.
I contacted the person and they instructed me to return the remainder, to an address on the southside and that's when I started getting suspicisious (sp?). Unfortunately, it was already after I'd deposited the check and used part of the money to pay my rent and util. bills.
A few days later, I got a call from the bank, informing me that the check was fake and that they wanted their money back. I'm still in debt, because of this.
The bank WILL hold you responsible!
This happened to me about a year ago and I was a moron and fell for it.
I was living in Chicago and searching for a roommate, on Craigslist.
I recieved an email, almost exactly like yours...."I'm away on a business trip, but I'm mailing you a check to cover the rent and deposit".
The total was only supposed to be for $1200, but the check was made out for $4000.
I contacted the person and they instructed me to return the remainder, to an address on the southside and that's when I started getting suspicisious (sp?). Unfortunately, it was already after I'd deposited the check and used part of the money to pay my rent and util. bills.
A few days later, I got a call from the bank, informing me that the check was fake and that they wanted their money back. I'm still in debt, because of this.
The bank WILL hold you responsible!
Yes this is a big scam they send you a bogus check that will bounce higher then the sears tower for a reasonable sum over the amount owed to you. They then hope you will send them a refund before you bounce there check so they get your good money that they keep and you get a call from the back saying the check is no good and your out whatever amount you refunded them plus the bounced check fee's. These people should be found choped up into tiny bits and fed to our fish.
acsi
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Jeni
Sorry you are having such trouble. You can send copies of your emails from the scammer, complete with the full headers and all pertinent information to the FTC and FBI who work on these things. There are websites specifically for reporting such scams. Also, forward a copy to your ISP's abuse team. Probably nothing will come of it but at least you wil feel like you did something.
Yean a little tetrodoxin poison from a puffer would be a good punishment for this jerk.
Sorry you are having such trouble. You can send copies of your emails from the scammer, complete with the full headers and all pertinent information to the FTC and FBI who work on these things. There are websites specifically for reporting such scams. Also, forward a copy to your ISP's abuse team. Probably nothing will come of it but at least you wil feel like you did something.
Yean a little tetrodoxin poison from a puffer would be a good punishment for this jerk.
adamjr
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Aside from Swamp Donkey's assertion that depositing the check is a felony being semi-incorrect I agree with all.
I will elaborate so I do not seem boorish. This recently was atrtempted on me for a boat I was selling. I spoke to my attorney (AKA sister) about the legal implications. If you knowingly deposit a bogus check it is a felony. If you believed that you were depositing a real check then you are absent malice, or the more common term, acting in good faith.
You would still be financially responsible if you were absent malice but not criminally responsible.
I had a boat for sale on ebay. Nothing special, no motor, and a project. Still for sale if anyone wants it for $400.00 OBO. It's an 18.5 foot 1972 Sea Ray. It is seaworthy but needs an outboard 120 horse or smaller.
Anyway, I got contacted a couple of days into the listing by some guy claiming to be a broker with a buyer in Colorado. Right away spidy senses were tingling. Like there aren't boats for sale in Colorado that couldn't be bought with a motor for less then shipping alone from Illinois would cost.
I told him then fine, bid on the auction. Four or Five emails each way I say I'm not pulling the auction. Your guy wants it, bid on it, select my Buy-It-Now of $700.00 and it's his. Never responded once to the Buy-It-Now in any way shape or form.
I did give him my contact info. As an act of good faith I extended the length of the auction to give him an opportunity to send me the check.
On Friday afternoon with a couple of auction days left my wife chirps me on the Nextel. Shocked me because I was in a place where there is lousy reception in general (Lake Forest at 43 and Westleigh) and worse in the location I was working.
I go outside and she beins to excitedly tell me that I got a cashiers check in the mail for $3700.00 with an email address for some shipper in europe and instructions to wire the remainder back. I said immediately it is bogus. I am one of the least trusting people you will ever meet. I have worked in auto service, auto sales, and the electronics industry. I trust my mother, my brother, my sister, my friend (and brother of another mother) Edward and my wife. Outside of that circle my trust has to be earned.
My wife searched the net for the bank that the check was supposed to be drawn from. She read them the numbers and described the check. Of course it was bogus. She had the banks site on screen when I got home and I pointed out about six glaring inconsistencies between the check and the website that made it a poor fake.
emails flew, my life was threatened, and I shook it off. FBI had no interest. Banks had no interest. I let it drop.
Adam
in short, trust no one.
I will elaborate so I do not seem boorish. This recently was atrtempted on me for a boat I was selling. I spoke to my attorney (AKA sister) about the legal implications. If you knowingly deposit a bogus check it is a felony. If you believed that you were depositing a real check then you are absent malice, or the more common term, acting in good faith.
You would still be financially responsible if you were absent malice but not criminally responsible.
I had a boat for sale on ebay. Nothing special, no motor, and a project. Still for sale if anyone wants it for $400.00 OBO. It's an 18.5 foot 1972 Sea Ray. It is seaworthy but needs an outboard 120 horse or smaller.
Anyway, I got contacted a couple of days into the listing by some guy claiming to be a broker with a buyer in Colorado. Right away spidy senses were tingling. Like there aren't boats for sale in Colorado that couldn't be bought with a motor for less then shipping alone from Illinois would cost.
I told him then fine, bid on the auction. Four or Five emails each way I say I'm not pulling the auction. Your guy wants it, bid on it, select my Buy-It-Now of $700.00 and it's his. Never responded once to the Buy-It-Now in any way shape or form.
I did give him my contact info. As an act of good faith I extended the length of the auction to give him an opportunity to send me the check.
On Friday afternoon with a couple of auction days left my wife chirps me on the Nextel. Shocked me because I was in a place where there is lousy reception in general (Lake Forest at 43 and Westleigh) and worse in the location I was working.
I go outside and she beins to excitedly tell me that I got a cashiers check in the mail for $3700.00 with an email address for some shipper in europe and instructions to wire the remainder back. I said immediately it is bogus. I am one of the least trusting people you will ever meet. I have worked in auto service, auto sales, and the electronics industry. I trust my mother, my brother, my sister, my friend (and brother of another mother) Edward and my wife. Outside of that circle my trust has to be earned.
My wife searched the net for the bank that the check was supposed to be drawn from. She read them the numbers and described the check. Of course it was bogus. She had the banks site on screen when I got home and I pointed out about six glaring inconsistencies between the check and the website that made it a poor fake.
emails flew, my life was threatened, and I shook it off. FBI had no interest. Banks had no interest. I let it drop.
Adam
in short, trust no one.
Pufferpunk
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It's a real shame that the folks that are supposed to "protect" us, have no interest...
