Even if the bank says the check looks good, never ship anything after getting a foreign check for at least 4 weeks. It takes that long to clear. This scam has been going on in the t-shirt business for years.
They ask you how much would it be for 100 t-shirts. You quote them a price. They send you $500 more than you asked for by check. You being honest, wire them the $500 plus send the t-shirts. 4 weeks later your bank sends you an insufficient funds letter and you're out $500 in cash and 100 t-shirts. Never send anything overseas unless they send you AMERICAN CASH. PayPal will not protect you because there is no signature mechanism for overseas shipments. --- On Wed, 3/17/10, John Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Harvey <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] an Internet crime story > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 9:35 PM > If it sounds too good to be true.... > Yeah, it's tough enough to not get > ripped off when buying locally. I don't know for sure this > is a scam, but > why lay your head on the proverbial chopping block, when > you don't have to? > > I put a laptop on Ebay a few years ago, and a guy from > Malaysia sent me an > Echeck for the computer. I had never seen one, but I > thought I'd take it to > the bank and cash it, knowing they would NOT cash it if it > was bogus. I took > it, they declined, saying it was bogus. So.... I sent the > guy an email > telling him I had shipped his computer. He responded > wanting to know the > tracking number. I resent my email telling him it had been > shipped. He would > ask for the tracking number every day, for the next four > days. I finally got > tired of playing with him and told him he was a scum > sucking pig, and he > would get the laptop on the 12th (of never). > > John Harvey > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
