Original_MudButt
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I need some ideas....
Tried selling an antique here in Ca. and got nothing but scammers.
You know the routine, "I'm out of the country, will send you a huge check, you cash it and keep what's yours, send the rest back, blah,blah, blah...."
I've been stringing this a-hole along for a week now, and got him/her to send a check for 1800 bucks to Phil McCrackin at my sister-in-laws' house.
They sent the money through Fed-Ex so I know there is a few bucks outlay there. But I need ideas on how to keep this fish on the hook. I'd love to get this J/O to have to put out more of his money before I slam the door on him...
In case you don't know, the way the scam works is they send me a bogus check and I'm supposed to go to the bank and cash it. Then I'm supposed to keep what's mine (300) plus 50 bucks for my trouble. Then I'm supposed to go to western union and wire the balance (1450) to some BS address they came up with. Then e-mail them back and let them know the money was sent.
What makes this all work is, they ask me for the following:
Sender's Name and Address
Actual amount sent after western union charges
10 digit Money transfer Control Number(MTCN)
Current time for the pickup.
Armed with that information, they can walk into any western union anywhere in the world and pick up the cash.
Then later of course, my bank finds out the check is bogus and I'm on the hook for the original amount. Or possibly end up in jail for check fraud...
So far, the only thing I've been able to come up with is to tell them they spelled my name wrong on the check and the bank won't cash it so they will have to send me another one. If they fall for it, it will cost them another few dollars to send me another check. But I doubt I can do that more than once before they figure out I'm scamming them.
Any ideas how to get these scumbags to cough up some of their "hard earned cash"??
Tried selling an antique here in Ca. and got nothing but scammers.
You know the routine, "I'm out of the country, will send you a huge check, you cash it and keep what's yours, send the rest back, blah,blah, blah...."
I've been stringing this a-hole along for a week now, and got him/her to send a check for 1800 bucks to Phil McCrackin at my sister-in-laws' house.
They sent the money through Fed-Ex so I know there is a few bucks outlay there. But I need ideas on how to keep this fish on the hook. I'd love to get this J/O to have to put out more of his money before I slam the door on him...
In case you don't know, the way the scam works is they send me a bogus check and I'm supposed to go to the bank and cash it. Then I'm supposed to keep what's mine (300) plus 50 bucks for my trouble. Then I'm supposed to go to western union and wire the balance (1450) to some BS address they came up with. Then e-mail them back and let them know the money was sent.
What makes this all work is, they ask me for the following:
Sender's Name and Address
Actual amount sent after western union charges
10 digit Money transfer Control Number(MTCN)
Current time for the pickup.
Armed with that information, they can walk into any western union anywhere in the world and pick up the cash.
Then later of course, my bank finds out the check is bogus and I'm on the hook for the original amount. Or possibly end up in jail for check fraud...
So far, the only thing I've been able to come up with is to tell them they spelled my name wrong on the check and the bank won't cash it so they will have to send me another one. If they fall for it, it will cost them another few dollars to send me another check. But I doubt I can do that more than once before they figure out I'm scamming them.
Any ideas how to get these scumbags to cough up some of their "hard earned cash"??