> This is an example of the type of scam that people will try and pull with > buying a horse with a bogus check and have you send the balance of an > amount > back to them.
When I was first looking for an endurance horse, I talked with an elderly woman in Central California who had almost been a victim of a horse buying scam. Fortunately, she took what appeared to be a cashier's check to her bank where it was examined and declared not negotiable. That hard part for me was that this was probably just the horse I needed. I wanted to have a pre-purchase done, at my expense, before I traveled so I would not waste a trip in case he were not sound. Because of her recent experience, she was unwilling to do that and I ended up buying a nice local horse instead. I still sort of wish I'd made the trip. Nancy
