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Originally Posted by Eric Coffey
Resourceful little bastard, lol...
....Check scam #2: Same as above, but check is stolen/counterfeit (legitimate routing/account numbers), so actually passes bank deposit, but then bounces/gets flagged as fraudulent, and funds returned (or never makes it passed "pending" status).
Premise is that you ship item before it gets flagged.
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This one brings back painful memories. Flash back to late summer 1974, when I'm in college. I had bought a 65 911, found in a local paper, for $600 I'd saved from my summer job.
Nice original car, silver with blue leather, wood dash and wheel, and nice chrome steelies, ran great but with low oil pressure. Tested the OP with a mechanical gauge, and replaced the faulty OP sender. Fixed. PO knew nothing of foreign cars, much less Porsches.
Advertised for sale in the Sunday NY Times, Section 5, which was the place in the 70's to find nice old sports cars for sale.
Sold it for $1,500 to a guy from NYC who came to pick up the car with a certified check, and a set of plates to drive it back to the city.
I deposit check, go back to school, and 2 weeks later find out from my dad that the certified check had been forged. Bye bye summer savings, nice profit for a 19 yr old college kid in 74, and one damn nice Porsche.