I haven't seen this reported before but other people must have been targeted - have you ?
It goes something like this :
You've got something you want to sell for maybe £200, let's say. You advertise and someone gets in touch with you, maybe asks questions, and says yes, it's what they want. Then there's a complication, or a delay, maybe the buyer's partner had to go into hospital but no matter, they still want to buy.
For some reason, they end up sending you a cheque from an overseas bank that you've never heard of and it's for more than you were asking, maybe ten times more. You might get told it's a mistake or some other story. The buyer says that's OK, just send them a cheque for the difference.
Do you think the buyer's cheque is going to clear ? No, nor do I.
The examples I've come across have involved some long-winded and very dubious-looking e-mails. The style suggests a Nigerian source (yet again).
Have you experienced anything similar ?
2007-09-02
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Cassandra
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