In Reply to: Strange Craigslist response posted by ThomDP on February 12, 2009 at 06:42:04:
Next comes a bogus cashier's check and the request to return excess money by Western Union.
I once agreed to take the cashier's check, but on receipt just to check it out deposited it. It was returned two weeks later as bad. I told the guy after a week that I would send the excess funds, but didn't. A week later he emailed that he hadn't received them, I said that I had sent them but would check if they were actually sent. Later I said there was no way to check. A week later he emailed that he still had not received them. I said there was nothing I could do and perhaps they were slow in getting there. A week later he again said that he had not received the money. I responded that indeed, I was stealing all his money and had sent nothing. He raged threatening me with Voodoo. Later when the forged check had been returned, I wrote to tell him how disappointed I was with him being a crook. He did not respond.
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Follow Ups
- This is a common scam. I have seen it in newspapers, Ebay, etc. - Norm 07:10:21 03/07/09 (3)
- You shouldda sung: "Go do that voodoo that you do so well!" (NT) - Steerpike 16:36:07 03/31/09 (0)
- RE: This is a common scam. I have seen it in newspapers, Ebay, etc. - REL54 16:53:52 03/09/09 (1)
- FBI? * - Norm 09:29:55 03/11/09 (0)