I almost got scammed $3,200 from someone on cragslist

[DaSkinnyGuy]

If i wouldnt have told my buddy derek here in NC about what was happening i would have fell for the scam. Guy was going to be sending me a bank check for $2,600 for my 92 firebird, but he told me his bank made a mistake and the $3,200 that was for another check for his shippinging cost for other cars he was also buying. I would then recieve a check for the total of $5,800

I would then be sending the extra $3,200 through western union to his shipping companys account or whatever.

Well i learned from my buddy that there was a tv special on these types of scams. The check would be coming from another country. The check would be on hold for 14 days. Meanwhile i would have sent $3,200 to his shipping company and the check would have bounced. I would then have owed $3,200 to the bank.

So far I have not recieved a check, if i do i am to report his email, the check and the location of where it was being sent to, to the state beaur investigation.

I got lucky on this. hope you can learn something from this.

[Mike]

this has been going on for years, its REAL big in the bicycle world. when i raced mountain bikes the forums were FULL of these threads

[Squirrel]

wow...welcome to 2003

[Knipps]

Why would you send anyone money unless you had cash in hand?

[DaSkinnyGuy]

Why would you send anyone money unless you had cash in hand?

a shipping company was to come pick up the car. So there would be no change over of cash in hand.

[Knipps]

a shipping company was to come pick up the car. So there would be no change over of cash in hand.

I was using it as a figure of speech. Why send money out without verifying you had ACTUALLY received any money?

[DaSkinnyGuy]

I was using it as a figure of speech. Why send money out without verifying you had ACTUALLY received any money?

once i would recieve his check of $5,800 and put it in my bank account, i would then trasfer $,3,200 of it through western union to his shipping company.

[Mike]

go to one of those shady "check cashing" places, pay them whatever percent they charge and take the cash........**** them

[Knipps]

once i would recieve his check of $5,800 and put it in my bank account, i would then trasfer $,3,200 of it through western union to his shipping company.

DUH. :banghead: But I mean, you sound like you wouldn't wait for the check to clear.

[Mike]

once i would recieve his check of $5,800 and put it in my bank account, i would then trasfer $,3,200 of it through western union to his shipping company.

wouldn't work unless you have more than 3200 in your account without the check, if not you wouldn't be able to do the western union until it cleared and it would never clear. this works on trusting people with large bank accounts that send out the difference before finding out the check bounced

[DaSkinnyGuy]

conclusion I got lucky

[Blackbirdws6]

once i would recieve his check of $5,800 and put it in my bank account, i would then trasfer $,3,200 of it through western union to his shipping company.

If you didn't know about this then you are lucky. However, even when you take the check to a bank and it "clears" it two days, it takes longer than that for it to fully clear. By the time you wired him the money, the bank would be giving you a phone call telling you the check turned out to be bogus and your SOL.

[NJ346]

wow....have you been living under a tree? lol These have been around for a long time and whenever they say they'll use their own shipping company you run the other way. Also, even though you may have gotten the money in your hand, within a few weeks the bank would have found out that the check was fake and taken $5,800 out of your account. So would be out of your car and the $5800.

[sweetbmxrider]

yeah my buddy was getting these emails with his car on craigslist. i hate ****** people

[NastyEllEssWon]

yeah theres a guy on this site thats trying to buy cars with checks.

[ryanfx]

wow...welcome to 1956

fixed.

[madness410]

yeah someone on ebay almost did this for my psp...stupid me. its probably coming from nigera, dont bother calling or reporting, they get hundreds a day i would assume. best thing you can do is tell all your friends and hope it doesnt happen to anyone you know.

[Tsar]

wow...welcome to 2003

More like <2000. I thought everybody on the face of this planet knew about these scams already. I guess not.

[Tru2Chevy]

yeah theres a guy on this site thats trying to buy cars with checks.

Not everyone who tries to pay with a check is a scammer....

- Justin

[NastyEllEssWon]

Not everyone who tries to pay with a check is a scammer....

- Justin

nope but this type of thing is the reason i accept cash only for all purchases.

[bubba428]

nope but this type of thing is the reason i accept cash only for all purchases.

bingo

[Savage_Messiah]

Many people would prefer paying with something that leaves a trail as opposed to cash, just in case of anything happening

[NastyEllEssWon]

when buying a car as is, there are no warranties.


reciepts work just fine though for paper trails.


what do you mean 'in case of something happens'. when you buy a car the moment you sign the title, anything from that point on is the problem of the buyer, not the seller.

(private party)

[DaSkinnyGuy]

Its offical the bank check was fake. The guy was using a bank of a america check that didnt match anything.