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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => PCP/CO2/HPA Air Gun Gates "The Darkside" => Korean Gate => Topic started by: supertech77 on October 16, 2015, 08:03:56 PM
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put up one of my 909,s for sale, got this woman, whom after a week of saying she wants it, and as i asked postal money order or paypal gift only, she sends me a check from citi bank for 2000.00, i was asking 600.00 shipped,i was suppose to cash the check, that is in my name,keep 650.00 and mail the rest and the gun to some guy she calls her shipper,when i got it i e-mailed her back telling her i don't do stuff like this, and that i am gonna contact the police to see if this is a good check,i was looking for a citi bank near me to see if the check is good or fake,but have not found one,2 days later she emails me again, wanting to know if i got the cashiers check,after i emailed her 2 days ago i was going to take it to the police , which i have not had time to do,any idea's ,what i should do?, i have heard of scams like this,where you cash the check at your bank,on your accounts, only to find out 2 weeks later the check if bogus. :-\
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Don't do it man, sounds like a scam.
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It is a scam. If it was legit the check would be for the right amount. This is trying to use greed against you.
You cash the check, send her gun and money. Then 3+ days later your bank will tell you it bounced.
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It is a scam. If it was legit the check would be for the right amount. This is trying to use greed against you.
You cash the check, send her gun and money. Then 3+ days later your bank will tell you it bounced.
You are 100% correct, this absolutely is a scam. I have seen this before. The check is totally bad. Supertech77, I hope you can nail her !
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100% scam ... So long as YOU DO NOT cash the check or deposit it ... there is No liability on your part or any record of check coming to you. ( Unless a Certified or Registered delivery of it )
Turn it over to the police or burn it ... maybe frame it !!!
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It's a scam my friend.
A guy I know had a similar thing happen with computer parts.
He wanted 200 for the parts and they sent him a check for 2000. They wanted him to ship the parts and 1800 dollar cashiers check to another person.
May want to call your attorney general could be wire fraud
Hope this helps
Dave
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i too think its a scam,or a stolen check,i have no intention on cashing this thing,don't need the money,but whats weird is this gal has brass balls,after i told her i was not interested and was gonna contact the police, she emailed me to ask if i got the check,duh ;D
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Well one thing for sure, if you cash that Stolen Check we wont be seeing you on the GTA for a While!!!
Its one the biggest scams around, what they do is print out a check on a printer (which anyone can do) with a bank account number they have swiped from someone, then once you cash the check it may still be good and you may get the cash but when it finally gets back to to owner of the account they and the bank will file charges of grand theft against you and you go to jail, it happens all the time.
Best thing you can do is turn it over to the Police and explain the situation. Let them play the game with the thief and catch them.
William
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Yes it is a scam.
MAKE time to go to the police. Probably won't catch them but it is worth a try.
Then tell everyone you know what happened, may save someone else a lot of trouble and dollars.
Thanks for running it here in case someone else has not hear of this type of scam.
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It's a scam...don't cash it
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It's a scam big time, don't cash or deposit that check. If your state has a consumer fraud department contact them or the state attorney general's office and report it. Don't let this slide, if they don't get you they will get somebody else.
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not gonna cash it, ;D
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SCAM
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Scam plus USPS Used. Double trouble for some one. Once that check hit the mail with scam attempts the game grew larger!💀👀
Seen kick backs from vendors where people charged merchandise to a company's account. Did not get the items. Vendor split the money and mailed checks to the other party.
Once this scam was busted the money by USPS fraudulent transfer made the scam much bigger.
Notify the police and possibly Cities bank. JMO
FANG
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that,s why i have kept the USPS priority mail envelope,and all emails, its federal now,no way i was gonna cash that check,not only does she implement herself,if it actually is a she,[may of ate Wheaties ,like Bruce]but she has give her shippers name and address in the email as well. scam from the get go,
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How are you doing Today.i just got a mail this morning from
USPS post agent about the delivering of the payment with the tracking
number .but they told me that you will get it any moment starting from
today ,i know how you feel just trust me and let me know if you got
the payment.
Here is the Confirmation from the USPS post Office : Tracking
(9470101699320018267555),i will also like you to track your payment on
(www.USPS.com (http://www.USPS.com) ) to know when they will be delivery the payment .
Pls kindly bear with me and understand the situation at hand .Just get
back to me faster as soon as you read this email for confirmation
and here is the instruction to follow below :
so when you get the payment go to you bank and cash the check and
deduct your asking price which is $525 and additional 50$ for the
stress i will be causing your total will be $575 and get the excess
fund send to my shipper and here is the shipping agents information
which you would be needing while Transferring the money via western
union immediately you have got the Check cashed.
HERE IS THE SHIPPER INFO
WESTERN UNION INFO: name....KELLY SMITH
city....DELCAMBRE be deducting the western union charges also .......As soon as you have
the money sent to my shipper via western union I would like you to get
back to me with these information's stated below:
Sender's name ( As written on western union receipt ):
MTCN:
Total Amount Sent:
And also a copy of the western union receipt scanned and sent to
me.After you send the money, my shipper will get ready to come down to
you location to perform the home pickup, But right now the only delay
is having the Shipment fee Transfer to my shipper so he can transport
himself down to your location. Hope to read from you now.
Regards.
God Bless You
this was the email i got the day the check arrived, lol
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Wow, they went "all in".
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absolutely a scam,
they do not have the $$ in that account and YOU will be on the hook for the entire check with your bank should you try to deposit it and take the money.
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Quick, Mickey. Send the 909 to me and I will keep it safe and out of harms way...whew! Dodged a bullet on that one. (oh, and I will send you a check for 2000.00, keep 700.00 for yourself and send me...) LOL!
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Super is getting deals left and right!💰💣🐐
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You can find templates for that stuff online. Screw with them for sport!
Also tell then you need a western union of $20 to conver the fee the bank charges since you don't have an account. These are foreign scammers have fun with them.
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na, that would well make me them, ;D though it is tempting for sure, ;D
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Rid yourself of all of this. JMO
FANGSTER
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Rid yourself of all of this. JMO
I heartily agree with that opinion. Drop it off at the local law enforcement office, with whatever explanation is needed, and go on your merry way. Anything else simply mires you more deeply in the obvious muck. Simply deleting/destroying everything allows these parasites to continue feeding on others while involving law enforcement at least offers the possibility that something will be done, made more likely by the amount of information the scammers have provided to you (even if the information is wrong, the emails offer some possibility of tracking). All in all, you have an opportunity to do a generally good deed and I feel you should take advantage of that opportunity.
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Had an aunt of mine actually cash one of these checks.... She only got lucky in the sense that she wasn't jailed and accused of the entire crime. But her accounts were frozen for almost a month!!! Totally not worth the hassle.
Hope you do the right thing and hand all this over to local law enforcement or attorney general, etc.
Best of luck
-Medi
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Had a similar experience and knew it was a scam right away. I took the check and email(s) to the police. It's either a scam or money laundering.
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In my area just explaining to them the sale of an air gun alone would be a mess. All they would hear is the Word GUN 🔫
and selling. 😮
Once past that all might be good. ALREADY had an experience of explaining a spring gun not being a .22 PB to my loval police . LOL
Frozen money is hard to spend.😨
FANG
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SCAM!!!
I had a similar experience.
I sold a Sheridan for $200.00 and received a check for $1800.00.
When I contacted (all contact was via text) the woman (said she was traveling on business) she told me that her assistant made a mistake. I told her I would return the check and she could send a USPS money order or make a Paypal payment. She wanted me to deposit the check anyway. I told her that there would be a delay of up to 14 days while I waited for the check to clear before I could ship the Sheridan. She assumed that I was going to deposit the check after all.
Within fifteen minutes of that text conversation she contacted me with a sob story about her son being rushed to the emergency room by the nanny. She said that because she was traveling and could not access her bank she could not pay for her son's medical treatment.
She wanted me to "send funds to the nanny to cover medical expenses". Of course I was supposed to keep an extra $300.00 for my trouble.
I informed her that my bank would not deposit the check because they said, "the check was no good". Also, I told her, "If you want the Sheridan then I have to have a USPS money order!"
She responded, "Really!!!"
And nothing after that.
I actually did contact my bank explaining the attempted fraud. They advised against depositing the check, obviously(duh). They also told me to not bother the authorities.
A couple of interesting tidbits. The phone number that she contacted me on was local to me(Cincinnati, OH). The overnight letter was from Virginia. Finally, the check was from a farm in Nevada.
She definitely has a big set of kahuna's.
I hope this helps someone else.
Sincerely,
Shawn
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yeah after i told her i was dropping the check off at the FBI office in Langley,1 mile from where i work, have not heard a word from her, i am so surprised.............not lol scammers, what a wait of life..... ;D