iam selling something on the internet and some person somewher is offering to buy this item without seeing it,sending a cheque for almost double the amount ,and sending a shipping firm to come and collect it, and then wants me to give the excess money back to the shipping firm as this happened to anyone else
2006-07-09 06:23:15 · 21 answers · asked by kep1 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing
A total scam!!! Beware.... They send phony money orders, they pay the shipping, and you are stuck!! A popular trick on 'Craigslist'.
2006-07-09 06:28:35 · answer #1 · answered by RICHY RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the Mail on Sundays Financial Mail section and go to page 11. Same sort of scam , someone from Holland wants to buy a car off autotrader for £7000.00 yet wants to send a cheque for £10,000. Then asks the seller to give a middle man £3000 to ship the car to Holland. The cheque bounces ... SCAM
2006-07-09 17:11:22 · answer #2 · answered by Lingerieandtoysbypost 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not check a company before entering into a transaction, you could lose your money, time and credibility. Some widely used resources are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and the national fraud center ( www.fraud.org) These days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can details about its ownership, how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers.
You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89
2006-07-12 05:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by comptermind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a scam and usually occurs with Nigeria or some African countires. I have been scammed before and ebay is aware of these happennings. Email them back that you will not send a thing, they even have fake paypal addresses and moneygram addresses so that you will recieve an email saying that the payment has been recieved and to ship out your item. be very careful sweetie
2006-07-09 14:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by BeautyMark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is a well-known scam. Do not give up what you're selling or give anyone any money until you KNOW that check is good. That's the key to the scam, you find out later that the check isn't good. And then you've lost your product AND some money.
2006-07-09 13:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Farly the Seer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its a scam, the cheque is stolen so you'll be out of pocket for the goods, the shipping costs and the 'refund'. Its a common one on e-bay.
The "shipping firm" is probably in on the scam. Watch your back, they sound well organised.
2006-07-09 13:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It definitely sounds like it. You may want to read Frank Abagnale's "The art of the Steal" - I think he has a whole chapter on scams like that. (Frank Abagnale is the one from "Catch Me if You Can"). The book is interesting and provides a lot of pointers for avoiding this + other scams.
2006-07-09 13:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure your bank has cleared the cheque and you actually have the funds before you return the difference. I smell a rat, and wonder why they dont clear the cheque themselves first.
2006-07-09 13:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't deal with this person. Also, is is from someone over sea's? Never do business with a third party - always a scam.
2006-07-09 13:29:45 · answer #9 · answered by D J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called money laundering and this scam was unearthed about 18 months ago.
2006-07-09 13:28:31 · answer #10 · answered by MSMORTGAGE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋