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

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Michael wrote:

>
>> 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.
>>

I have a friend who almost fell prey to this scam.  He listed a Corvette 
for sale on the web, and had a guy from up north somewhere contact him 
to buy it.  The guy sent him the fake cashier's check, and my friend had 
a funny feeling about it so he went to the bank to check it out.  They 
called the originating bank to check on the funds, and it turns out the 
check was originally made out for $2.00 instead of $20,000 and the guy 
edited it to the (much) higher amount.  My friend took the check to the 
Postmaster General and they said it's getting to be a pretty common 
scam.  Hopefully they caught the guy, but who knows...

-N



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