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Seller beware
"JimLane" wrote in message ... Dave Thompson wrote: "Ryan Bates" wrote in message om... The Nigeria scammers are at it again! NOTE: ANY time you receive payment for something you're selling, especially if they try to overpay you, call the issuing check institution to see if it's fraud! I'm sure these jackasses have ripped off more than a few people, fortunately I called and figured it out first. Perhaps they need a real job....... No legitimate buyer is going to send you a check and *trust* you to send him the difference! So anytime that you get an offer of a cashiers check 'from a client' with instructions to send the 'excess funds' via Western Union or MoneyGram, it's a given that it is a scam! If you do receive a check, like Ryan Bates says; call the issuing institution for confirmation. If you deposit the check, your bank will give you the money because it assumes that the check is good. When the check gets returned to your bank as being *bad*, your bank will impound that amount of money from your account. If it can be determined that you knowingly deposited a fraudulent check, you could be prosecuted. If it sounds too good to be true. . . They keep doing it because there are a lot of gullible people without a lick of sense. Why get a real job if idiots will pay you for nothing? jim I agree. |
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