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Originally Posted by Tree0164
This is happening more and more. These people are being more sneaky.
They will say I want to buy the car and give you a check to $5k more and send the difference.
I have heard of several cases where tellers say the check looks good when the person is going to cash it and then boom 2-3 weeks later the check is a fraud.
Be aware be smart and my motto if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Yes...selling a car, a horse, jewelry....taking a hotel reservation....starting a business...
The key points are: CASHIERS CHECK FOR MORE MONEY and the 'EXTRA' is to be wired out of the country.
One situation I encountered....a guy was selling his car and the 'secretary sent him the wrong amount (almost $50,000 too much)...The secretary was going to 'lose her job' unless the money was wired back immediately....yikes...luckily, his story got to the fraud department before any money was sent and we put a big HALT on the whole transaction.