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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I had someone try to "buy" my classified ad item by sending me a check for several thousand dollars over the amount agreed to sell. I was then to send the difference back via western union.
he fedexed the check to me and i never cashed it. he was going to call the FBI on me. I just stated that I was not going to send any funds until after the check cleared.
he never contacted me again.
greed makes people do dumb things.
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When I worked at the bank, I can't even begin to tell you how many times this scam was pulled off - and worked. The unfortunate thing is that we had no choice but to take the money from the person that got scammed - the check was fraudulent.