It is a tabs check..

I think I saw that movie.

Redbeard, if you cash the check.... and it does not work out...you could always just move to Delware.

They misspelled the street name and that is not Citi's routing number.....

Yep, another check arrives

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So, red beard, you gonna follow Bob's advice? Seems solid.

I say call the police.

I was just thinking that i know of at least 3 people who would have said sweet and run to the bank to cash it. its unfortunate that people buy into this garbage.

Now more UPS chicks please :)

a google search of the above topic will find some more...

Here's a slight variation on the theme. A friend of ours placed her motorhome on Craigs for $50,000. She got an email from some person and after some back and forth, she got a bank check for $59,000. with the explaination that the extra $9,000. was for a person that would show up and drive the vehicle back to Michigan from NY. So, please cash the check and send a Western Union moneygram for the $9,000. to this address... so she did, but after waiting over a week for the check to clear. She went to the bank and asked a teller if it the money was available and clear. "yes, it is in your account" So she take the $9K out and wires it. Two days later she gets an urgent call to come into the bank. The check has bounced, and please right now fork over the $9,000 taken out! Now what? She is on the hook for the $9K and thank god she didn't take out more. I figured the teller had some part of this, but the bank says no, the money was there, then it wasn't when the check bounced. Clearly fraud and the local DA won't even look at it. Our friend is sueing the bank but good luck with it as the bank has more protective rules than you can imagine and losing money through fraud isn't one of them.

Na. I am feelin WAY to lazy to actually search for it.

I'm waiting for them to reach over $10,000 in checks, then the Harris county Texas DA will take serious notice when I call them.

I sell a lot on Craigslist and had an attempted scam yesterday regarding a Specialized BMX bike I'm selling. My ad says it's in rough shape so I didn't think twice when I got an e-mail asking for close up photos of the frame. I take several shots, resize them, and send them off. This morning the response is "Sweet! Just what I'm looking for, but I'm fighting over in Afghanistan right now. Can I pay you via Paypal and then you ship it to my home in TN?"

OK... so you're in a war zone looking at the Phoenix Craigslist for a $60 beat up BMX bike and you're going to pay $100 to have it shipped to TN. Right. What really pissed me off was that I spent 20 minutes of my time taking photos and sending them off to who knows where.

Overall, I have to say that I've sold numerous items on Craigslist and am amazed at how quickly most of the stuff sells. Every now and then something just won't sell. Anyone need a giant Care Bear... I'll cut you a great deal!

I'll take it! But only if you ship via UPS, and make sure "that" driver is subbing for my regular guy when it's delivered :)

They don't have "guy" drivers!

If you say so...but my "regular" driver doesn't look ANYTHING like the pictures in this thread :).

I have a $3000 check which I'm willing to endorse over to you...:p

Careful what you offer... Birthday Bear really wants a new home.

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I would mail the first check to the address on the second check and vice versa. JUust to see what happens.:D

You is what we call an instagator

SCAM THE SCAMMERS. I like it.

I wouldn't sign a check to anyone until his check is clear in my account. And also, I can always stop my check after a certain days, right?
I still don't understand how they can scam people this way. Yes, I received a lot of these contacts when posting things on the internet.

another thing I don't understand. Obviously the receiver is the victim. Why is he treated as a criminal? I saw a similar news on TV years ago and I still don't buy it until now.

What if the check is so good that both the seller and the bank can't realized by human eyes? Of course you will make the deposit... and of course you will go to jail?

You need to read this thread again.

Slowly and carefully.

Especially post #32.