I advertised my item online and a buyer replied saying she was owed money and this person would send me the money, I would cash cheque, keep my amount and forward remained to her. My husband says this is dodgy, what do you think?
2007-03-27 08:15:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Beware
2007-03-27 08:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Baby Bloo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your husband is 100% correct! This is a very popluar scam. You forward the "excess" -- usually via an untraceable wire transfer -- and the checque bounces a few days or weeks later. You are left holding the bag; your bank will expect you to cover thet cheque immediately and will freeze your account if you do not.
If you want to wind the scammer up, tell them that it must be sent to you via a traceable carrier such as DHL, UPS or Fedex and that your bank will put a 45 day hold on it due to the large amount of fraud going on. You'll have to forward the balance via traceable carried to the return address on the original shipment. Of course, they will not agree to those terms since their scam would be unwound.
2007-03-27 15:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will be arrested by the FBI.
Usually the checks are stolen or fake.
2007-03-28 00:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely DO NOT do that. If I were you I would ONLY accept a money order from her.
2007-03-27 15:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Twinkle♥Toes 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋