Fraud

[Captain Oates 911]

I haven't been scammed yet although I reckon I am being set up this weeks so I am ready.

ok scenario 1:

You want to buy a parrot cage you see on craigslist for $40. You email the seller. He says call him to discuss your requirements. Yes come on round. You go round and pay him $40 with a check:

What a nice man - he trusts you and accepts your personal check

He now has

A: Your name (from the check)

B: Your address (from the check)

C: your bank's ABA routing number (from the check)

D: your bank account number (from the check)

E: a specimen of your signature (from the check)

F: your phone number (on his caller ID register)

G :your physical description (he met you)

H: your $40

I a specimen of your check that he can perfectly Photoshop and replicate

You have - a birdcage.

If he can crack your email password he can scam people by doing buyer scams using your ID and your checks and your email and your address. He will pay using your checks then ask for a refund to be sent to a different address.

You might not notice a debit on your bank for 2 or three weeks by which time he has his 'refund'

If the other seller checks with his bank, they will say your bank account is genuine and has funds. He will have the best part of a month to get away with it.

I WILL NEVER EVER ISSUE A CHECK EVER AGAIN - I will send money orders or pay by credit card or cash. That's it - 3 methods only.

I am currently being set up by a buyer from 800 miles away who has paid me $1300 without seeing my boat. He sent me a check 9 days ago which has 'cleared' but hasnt really. He has been called away to the middle east for 3 months and wants me to keep the boat that he hasn't seen, until he returns.

I bet my boots that in the next 3 days he wills say he has to stay abroad a long time and if I just send a money order for $1,000 to a different address (possibly abroad) then I can keep the other $300

Of course he could be genuine but anyone who logs onto a craigslist site 800 miles away to look for an inflatable boat is ...unusual ?

Then pays in full unseen ?

Doesn't want it for 4 months ?

My bank says the account and account holder exists ..but warns that 2 or 3 weeks later they can return the check

So I will never accept checks again - only cash or a Post Office money order I can cash at the post office (not pay into the bank as they take 4 weeks to bounce) before the buyer takes the goods.

...and I will NEVER pay anyone by check ever again

The REFUND REQUEST must be cooking now... !!!!

Edited September 13, 2011 by Alan the Red

[MyLittlePony 340]

I have no problem flagging those type.

[Inky 1,111]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/329223-fraud/

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Please stop spamming the board. This is the 3rd thread you have started on this subject.

[Captain Oates 911]

Please stop spamming the board. This is the 3rd thread you have started on this subject.

I am trying but my pouter is epileptic !

Edited September 13, 2011 by Alan the Red

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I am trying but my pouter is epileptic !

If you had an Apple Airport Extreme, this wouldn't happen.

[Ban Hammer 14,269]

Please stop spamming the board. This is the 3rd thread you have started on this subject.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

As Nixon said, "I am not a spammer."