 Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
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kudos:18 | reply to kba4
Re: [Rant] craigslist scammers said by kba4:this situation played out over the course of 5 days and today I did in fact receive a check for a $420 item made out for $3,500. the check was in a UPS 2nd Day envelope, in an envelope itself. I immediately took the check to my bank to have it verified. It was determined to be a fraudulent document, so I let them keep it and brought them all evidence they might need to investigate (my e-mail correspondence and the UPS envelope). The UPS envelope had a different name than that of the e-mailer. So basically that's where it stands, at least for now. I just wonder something though. Obviously this was meant to scam me somehow, but my question is: "How?!". I haven't sent the guy anything, he only has my name address and phone (I realize this is enough to locate me which is dangerous but it's not enough to get the police involved at this point). I have his "money", he has nothing of mine. So how would I be negatively impacted in this situation? Of course I feel let down but somebody spent time and money sending me a fake document just to make me feel bad? It makes no sense... You weren't supposed to know to inquire about the check at the Bank nor were you to have the Bank verify the check in order to end up telling you the check is truly a fake until afterwards when it is too late. You were to only find out way after clearing the float time and you handing over the overage, but since you didn't just blindly deposit it/cash it out against your account nor offer to send the overage back as they had planned you messed up their next step in the scam. You however are in the minority.
Others that ignore IISTGTBTIPI or think only of their Greed/Personal Gain or those lacking the needed Common Sense to guide them are instead ending up like this.
»Scam artists use technology to their advantage
said by Married Female Victim :
“It took a good 12 days for (the check) to come back and say it was insufficient funds,” she said. “Come to find out, the company was not affiliated with the bank.”
She said she then had to make arrangements with owner Mike Moon to pay him back the $1,600 she had spent using some of her 401(k).
“It put us in a bind,” she said. “I wanted it to be true.”
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 kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
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| I have to laugh when I see grown educated otherwise mature adults falling for something so simple. I thought to myself, something's not right here...
As a general rule, I personally deposit all checks/funds over $200 to the teller. My bank (Chase NA) limits the availability of funds to $216 I believe when deposited to the ATM; so for this reason if I need more than that (or in this case if I simply want to verify legit nature of document) I will go in and ask for it in person. I asked to speak to the manager, and have the check verified. It took all of 10 minutes to learn it was indeed fraudulent and it's their problem from thereon out. My latest scam-bait is 'alliyah cole'; see »www.kba4pcrepair.com/scams/alliyahcole for the correspondence; she sounds a little pissed!
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| If you keep bringing bad checks to your bank, they may get suspicious and report you or maybe refuse to do business with you. I think you have a lot to lose if you continue.
Just my 2c. |
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH Reviews:
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| thats a good point, but shouldn't there be someone I can take them to? Maybe I should have them sent to the Attorney General's office here in OH? Addressed to me/my company, c/o "OAG" or something...
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| It seems to me as soon as you see the line about the check being made out for a higher amount, you should just say no and drop the whole thing. |
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Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
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kudos:18 | reply to kba4
Cole is a very common name used by the Nigerian scammers.
Read here:
»www.thescambaiter.com/
Epic Cole v1.0
»www.thescambaiter.com/forum/show···hp?t=109
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join:2000-12-03
Brandon, FL
kudos:4 | reply to kba4
heh, alliyah cant read very well, you told her you wont give change and they send the overage check anyway. Once I got my instructions from my scammer, I havent heard from them again. maybe too busy scamming others.
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