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Originally Posted by BaileysMom2008  Hi there just to let you know i work for a bank and deal with scams all the time. I can say that i am absolutely good at detecting scams. This is 100% a scam. The person who is wanting to send the "$1,000.00" in a check for $2,000.00 and have to cash the check off your account for the purchase and wire or send money back is hoping you are stupid and will do so as the check will bounce as a fake check and you would be giving $1,000.00 in real money from your account. As for you and your bank if they did not notice the check was fake then they would do as you asked by either cashing the full check or deposit to your account. Once the check came back from processing they would deduct 2,000.00 from your account and also give you a charge back fee. I recommend that you have them send you money through paypal or cash in hand..... Hint.. Hint.... Cashiers checks, money orders and official checks are not guaranteed as they use to be as people have learned the design of these items and will send them to you instead of a personal check. My guess is they would be trying to send you one of those items to make you think it was legit. Im proud of you for realizing this before excepting and processing this item. |
Definitely a scam. It really just doesn't make sense to me why they would issue out a check for $2k when all that was needed was $1k unless it was a scam.
Thanks for the clarification BaileysMom2008! You learn something new everyday.
