Almost got ripped off

[slvrsvtlghtng]

Well I have been trying to sell my motorcycle for a few weeks and some guy contacted me saying his client wanted to buy it. The guy was from Canada and said his client would send a check. Well I got the check yesterday for $13,600.42 and I was supposed to send the remainder to a shipping agency so they could ship it to the customer. Well called the bank that the check was from and it was a fake. So if some thing like this happens to you and seems kinda fishy make sure you check it out or you could get in trouble for conterfit checks.

 

[1badredsvt]

Very smart move,edwin

 

[SVTlightning01]

haha someone tried to do that to me, same exact thing, send the remainder to the shipping company, i knew it was a fake so i told them no thanks.

 

[rem177]

Yep thats a very popular scam nowadays.

 

[Screaming01L]

I have a 15 thousand dollar fake check sitting in my office, I let the dumbass go through all the motions and once the check arrived contacted the bank and let them take it from there.

 

[slvrsvtlghtng]

My bank would not even see if it was good for me they told me I had to contact the bank the check was from. I thought they would do it but I was wrong

 

[dirtchicken]

I can't believe morons still fall for this one. This scam is OLD.

 

[His Grace]

I can't believe morons still fall for this one. This scam is OLD.

Who fell for it, the thread starter didn't :shrug:

 

[1stCobra]

I had a stupid friend fall for it..... :nonono:

 

[CobraChris08]

My cousin got something like that. He was selling his 69 Chevelle and he wanted like $8,500 for the car. Some guy sent him a check for like $9,2XX. Well my cousin smelled b.s. called the bank and it turned out to be fake. I think he filed a police report.

 

[FordSVTFan]

Well I have been trying to sell my motorcycle for a few weeks and some guy contacted me saying his client wanted to buy it. The guy was from Canada and said his client would send a check. Well I got the check yesterday for $13,600.42 and I was supposed to send the remainder to a shipping agency so they could ship it to the customer. Well called the bank that the check was from and it was a fake. So if some thing like this happens to you and seems kinda fishy make sure you check it out or you could get in trouble for conterfit checks.

Lets see, someone offered to buy your motorcycle sight unseen for more money than you are asking for it and that alone didnt seem like a SCAM

 

[UCBeau]

I'm surprised sellers still fall for this kind of crap.;

 

[FordSVTFan]

I'm surprised sellers still fall for this kind of crap.;

You would think not considering that scam is over 3 years old.

 

[UCBeau]

Exactly, I receieved 2-3 emails a week with this scam back when I was selling my car. It was fun to string them along for a while, but it was blatantly obvious to me that it was a scam.

 

[crystalwhitesvt]

It sounds as though that anyone trying to sell a car has had to deal with this scam, I had it tried on me two separate times with the same car.

 

[GreyAsp]

Check out this guy:
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/
It's freaking hilarious the way he turns the tables on similar scammers.

 

[Riddla]

I could see that one coming a mile away....... :idea:

 

[o4nccobra]

The disturbing part is after several attempts to contact a law enforcement agency that would respond to this type of attempted fraud, not one would even touch it!!!!
Keep up the good work.
My wife was trying to sell our horse trailer and, this guy, even after my wife told him to g.f.y.s. still sent the bad check.

 

[slvrsvtlghtng]

Lets see, someone offered to buy your motorcycle sight unseen for more money than you are asking for it and that alone didnt seem like a SCAM



He did not offer me more he offerd me less than I was asking

 

[SpectorV]

ship them a big pile of human feces.