I don't deposit the check. I just take it to my bank and ask them to verify it as I think it may be a fraud. I have $15k in fraudulent cashiers checks and such that I have received over the years. It is also a good way to test your bank. I closed my account with HSBC after the manager lied to me and told me that the only way to verify a cashiers check was to deposit it and wait. I walked down the street to Community bank with whom I did not have an account, asked the teller if she coyld verify the cashiers check and she got on the phone. Within 5 minutes she told me the check was fraudulent. The banks use recycled numbers on cashiers checks so they are very easy to make look real. The trick is that the dollar amount will never match the same check number again, or so they hope.
Mike On Sep 20, 2011 8:15 PM, "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I tell them to go ahead and send the check and I will send the item >> when the check clears. I at least get a momento and the satisfaction >> that they think they are getting something eventually. Obviously if >> the check never clears the bank then you are not responsible for >> anything but grins. > > Only problem with that approach is that when the check is retured your > bank may charge YOU a fee for depositing a bad check. > > Anyone responding to an ad and offering anything other than cash in > excess of the price is a scammer. And you need to check the cash pretty > closely too. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
