> prospective buyer then told him that he had an associate that he does
business
> with in the United States who owes him $6000. His plan was to have his
> associate send my boss a money order in the amount of $6000 that he could
> deposit immediately. Soon after that he would send someone to pick the
car
> up. At that time, my boss would hand him a check for $2500, and was told
to
> keep $500 for his troubles. Instead of $3000, he would now have $3500.
Sound
> good so far?
Has he given his bank account numbers to all the Nigerians who e-mail him as
well?
These people are using forged cashiers checks. If your bank doesn't detect
it as a forgery, they won't know for several days that the check is no good.
Give it some thought. If Mr X owes Mr. Y. some money, why doesn't he just
send him his own cashiers check, instead of having you fork over the cash?
Here's a web site describing the scam and the variations:
http://www.geocities.com/scamvictimsunited/
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