Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] There's a Scam for everything

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I read about this scam somewhere.  What happens is that when the bank 
says that the check has cleared, all it means is that you can now draw 
cash on it.  Months later they come back and so, no it was counterfeit, 
and then they take the money away from you again.


Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> But, you can't write a cashiers check with out securing it with money.
> Wait for the check, cash it, and then let him get in trouble for it when
> it bounces. Or report him to the FBI for fraud.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of F Vernon
> Green
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 11:41 AM
> To: 'MLUG Off-Topic Discussion'
> Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] There's a Scam for everything
> 
> Well I had an interesting situation this weekend.
> 
> I have a boat I am trying to sell. I listed it on an Internet site that
> also
> prints a paper copy of the ad. I received a number of e-mails from
> people
> all wanting to buy it.
> 
> Upon closer examination all these people were from Belgium, Scotland and
> West Africa.
> 
> Immediately my mind raced for reasons why these people would be
> interested
> in my boat. There were some plausible reasons, especially for someone
> who is
> a motivated seller, why they might want the boat. None of these reasons
> really worked for me though.
> 
> I was in contact with one particular person and he promised he would be
> sending a cashiers check in the next few days for payment. I then
> decided to
> do a search on the Internet for this seemed too easy to me.
> 
> Entering a search for "boat buying scams" I found that this is a common
> scam. Apparently, what they do is send you a cashier's check that is for
> more than the value of the boat with the explicit directions that you
> are to
> send the remainder of the value of the cashiers check to them
> immediately
> upon receipt, along with the title. Of course then the check bounces and
> you
> no longer have the title of the boat. 
> 
> Now this is a pretty hard scam to pull on someone that has no money as
> is
> the case with me. It would be hard for me to send them a couple of
> thousand
> dollars without the check first clearing the bank. 
> 
> This is just another one of those messed up things on the Internet that
> I
> guess we have to put up with. Annoying.
> 
> Vern
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