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Fleabay sale is over...

select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2005 in General Discussion
Local guy who emailed me after the auction just came and picked up the mower. Foreigner who was high bidder ( and now a non-registered user ) had the $2850 check sent anyway ( after I sent him an email not to send it ) It is in my possession. He wanted me to refund the difference western union to him. OH well.. thats life in the U.S.A. Should I hold the check , burn it, or send it back where it came from? Check is good for 90 days.. and it will cost the foreigner to stop payment or wait till it is good [:D]
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he mailed it, give it to the postal inspector.[:D][}:)]
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    dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Take it to your bank and have them "verify" funds. If it's the fake you expect it to be, turn it over to the DA or your state AG.

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    zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    Notify E-bay - scan check to keep copy - send it back.
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    John ZoellickJohn Zoellick Member Posts: 105 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wouldnt cash it,its probably a scam.you cash the check, keep your dough, send him the balance.the check bounces and your liable for the whole amount.

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    John ZoellickJohn Zoellick Member Posts: 105 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    oh yea report him to E-bay too.

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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cash a worthless check? Then you pay bank fees as well.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't deposit the check cause I didn't sell the goods to the foreigner ( ismal jahod ). I believe this was some sort of money laudering scheme. He wanted the 2300 back out of the $2850 check. Funny how Ebay banned him without me contacting them. Maybe a carload of them foreigners will show up at my doorstep.
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    dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    I'm a little confused. Did you give him the mower?
    The check is obviously bogus and now you're out of a mower.
    IMO, turn the check and all the info you have to the police or postal inspector as another poster said.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No he doesn't have the mower.. I have his check !! Mower was sold to a local buyer who contacted me after ebay sale was over.
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    bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    report him. the draft is worthless. youve been scammed with 419 scam.
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    wipalawipala Member Posts: 11,068
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    I can't deposit the check cause I didn't sell the goods to the foreigner ( ismal jahod ). I believe this was some sort of money laudering scheme. He wanted the 2300 back out of the $2850 check. Funny how Ebay banned him without me contacting them. Maybe a carload of them foreigners will show up at my doorstep.
    Take it to the Postal Inspectors and let them go after him. They deal with this scam a lot. If someone sends you more money than they are supposed to it is either a mistake or a scam. If they do it on purpose it's a scam. Run do not walk to the nearest USPO and get them involved asap

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