Scam warning to everyone!!!!
08-23-07, 03:18 PM
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So who DOES take care of these issues then?
Also, for those of you that don't belive me, try selling an item on recycler.com. And check your emails. You will get wierd emails also. I showed the detective those emails and he told me that those are all scam emails...scary.
08-23-07, 03:51 PM
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That's my policy......and if he has a cashiers check or the likes, we go to the bank where it was drawn and cash it right there....buyer and seller.
But I always tell them before they come over, "Cash only unless you are willing to have me escort you to the bank and draw the cash out or get a check directly from the teller to my hand"
What city are you dealing with? If the transaction happened in that city, it IS his jurisdiction and since it is a felony, he IS required to act.
08-24-07, 02:26 AM
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Speaking of which....my roommate posted his room up on craigslist for subletting. Some "British lady" from "Africa" contacted him, and actually sent him a cashier's check for an amount greater than he requested. When he went to deposit the check, they noticed something is wrong, and the next day they found out it was a fake. They didn't arrest him tho.
08-24-07, 02:44 AM
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On a side note when I received a cashiers check from an ebay customer which I suspected to be fake, but in the end wasn't, I called the bank on the actual check and verified that the check was made. I hope everything works out for you. Same thing happened to my friend who sold a golf club and cashed a fake check.
08-26-07, 10:30 PM
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did you get bailed from a bails bond? you will not get your money back if that's the case. your actual bail was $30,000 which you only paid a 10% fee to get bailed out. i would sue the city and bank to get some of that money back.
i recently got an emai from some guy. he said he would buy what i had for sale and he would send me a cashiers check for X amount, over what it was suppose to be. he then asked if i would ship the item and the extra money. I emailed back asking why would he send a cashiers check for more than my asking price? he backed off and never contacted me again. everyone needs to look out for these types of things. if something does not seem right, take extra precausions to ensure you are not being scammed.
i recently got an emai from some guy. he said he would buy what i had for sale and he would send me a cashiers check for X amount, over what it was suppose to be. he then asked if i would ship the item and the extra money. I emailed back asking why would he send a cashiers check for more than my asking price? he backed off and never contacted me again. everyone needs to look out for these types of things. if something does not seem right, take extra precausions to ensure you are not being scammed.
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08-29-07, 02:30 PM
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08-29-07, 05:20 PM
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Like what everyone said, get an attorney. A fraud happened and it was the way how the detective and bank mishandled the situation.
Rather than focusing on the other guy, they're making you as the bad guy
And the camera, what about the pictures from the camera?
(BTW, I had a bad experience with union bank. Closed my account after teller screws up a deposit and manager blamed me???-different story)
Rather than focusing on the other guy, they're making you as the bad guy
And the camera, what about the pictures from the camera?
(BTW, I had a bad experience with union bank. Closed my account after teller screws up a deposit and manager blamed me???-different story)
08-30-07, 02:42 PM
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My souces are my whole family and majority of family friends and the fact that Union Bank of California is merged with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ which makes travel between the two contires more convinient. It was kind of pertinent, kind of not but I was addressing someone who was asking about what bank the poster of the thread was using.
08-30-07, 04:44 PM
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I am not questioning the story, but it seems absolutely wrong to me that a person could be arrested for receiving a bad check. How is that a crime? The criminals are the ones committing the fraud.