This is an email I have recieved from the looser who responded to my for sale ad on CL. Be careful not get scammed by these blood sucking people.

"Thank for the prompt response my secretary will process and mail a
certified draft to cover the cost as am completely satisfied with it.I
will need the details of whom & where to mail the payment
1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address
3.Mobile # preferably
Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box
addresses and i will not be mailing a draft to one.My mover will be
coming over for the pick up right only after the payment as been
delivered.Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed to buying
from you to save cost,..Here is my relay phone # is (210) 209-8524 am
deaf and will receive your phone messages via email ,
regards"

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Anyone who falls for something like that needs help...serious help

Anytime I put something on craigslist over $200 I get 1 or 2 of those. There are people dumb enough to fall for it too.

Okay, I'm stupid. What's the scam?

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The scam is they mail you a legit looking check (from a foreign bank) that makes it thru the first round at your bank, then send someone to pick up your stuff only to have your bank call you a few days later and tell you your passing a bad check and the money is no good. Most that I have heard of or talk to are from foreign countries, AKA bad grammar and english. I seen a guy on a motorcycle forum sell to some dude after 3 or 4 people told him dont do it its a scam.
They usually tell you they will pay more than your asking price for dealing with them via email and having some random shipping company come out, which is always a dead giveaway.

Evan,

There are alot of people that fall for crap like that. They just need to be advised. There was a case of it similar to this on tv that the lady cashed the check and got arrested later on and stayed in jail for a few days and then couple of thousand dollars later ( attorny fees ) learned that she was scammed.

Ali

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Los,

This is how they work. First of all the checks are always more than your asking amount, alot more. Then, they ask you to deposit / cash the check at your bank where you know there is $ and take your portion and then they ask you to send the rest of the $ through Western Union back to an account number.

Then, they tell you that someone will come to get the item and they never will.

They already have what they needed. YOUR CASH that you sent through Western Union.

A few days later, you will recieve a letter / call from your bank about the forged / counterfit check that you deposited and basically you will learn it the hard way that it is you that have lost your hard earned cash.

I have been sent many of those checks for various amounts, and everytime I contacted police so they can pursue / stop this form of scam, but they can't do anything about it as they come from outside and .................basically, they politely tell you that you have been screwed.

Watch out guys.

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Someone actually tried to pull that on our hotel!! They're going big. They sent us a check for half a million bucks!

But we figured there was something fishy about it and our Accounting team did their due diligence and basically the routing number on the check didn't match to the bank that the check was supposedly cut from.

This also happened a couple years back where someone sent a check and it turns out they had our management company's routing number and checking account on there (but on a different bank's check).

The Accounting Team and DOS hounded them with questions for more info and eventually they just faded away. Dead giveaway ~ a company with a hotmail email address ???

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That is so funny. Hyatt@hotmail.com

Ali

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um... that was me..... english is not my first language and I was just trying to get a good deal on your items. Do you still have them?

Sad story - my brother's girlfriend fell for the "check turnaround" scam.

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sorry to hear that, but have to ask. Is she blonde?

Hooking up on the internet is fun, but be careful out there kids.!!!

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It sucks that there's predators like that out there. That's why there's a warning on Craigslist about dealing with people outside of your area!!!! First clue should be: Why would someone offer you soooo much more than what your asking for? I've had those offers before too. First thing I did was research them and look them up online. Unfortunately I guess people still fall victim to these guys. A while back I got one like Bad Kitty. It was for quite a chunk! I called up the company that it was made froom and spoke to their accounting dept. Apparently a few people had already cashed some of those checks (I think it was for about $8,000.00) and the FBI was involved in an investigation. Everything looked legit, even the routing number, I don't know about the accnt. number. I sent them everything I had received to help them with the investigation. I guess sometimes in a time of need we could get blinded by the circumstances surrounding the truth of it and could fall victims that way...

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Nope, just dumb. No excuse

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