[Shotimes] Re: used car Scam again.

[Al Fitz]

The money order they send is counterfeit. The bank doesn't realize it until
the check is returned which can take up to 2 weeks.

Al Fitz
alfitz@alfitz.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Noah South III" <RaggTopp@comcast.net>
To: "SHOTimes-Mailing List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: used car Scam again.


> I think I get the gist of the scam, but isn't a Money Order good as cash?
> Seems like it would only work with a check or something that would bounce.
>
> -Noah South III
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Keller" <unterhausen@yahoo.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:51 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: used car Scam again.
>
>
> > This is a well known scam, and the best thing is to
> > immediately ignore the offer.  One of the grad
> > students had a similar thing happen, and it turned out
> > the scammers were local.  The police were only mildly
> > interested.
> >
> > The way the scam works is that they want to give you a
> > check for much more than the agreed upon price, and
> > you give them change.  In our grad student's case, he
> > was selling an oven for $350.  They sent him a money
> > order for $4000.  Someone was going to come around for
> > the oven and the change later.  After I had
> > straightened him out about the scam, he told the
> > scammer to forget it.  The scammer started to play to
> > his greed and said that he could keep an extra $500,
> > and then $1500 when he refused again.
> >
> > Of course in the case of the car, it might be worth
> > enough to them just to steal the car, dunno.
> >
> > Eric
> >
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