[TheForge] Interesting scam

[Aaron Silver]

The scam is that the $6500 cashier's check is phony. It'll look so real 
that it will fool most locations. So the bank credits your friend for 
$6500. Then he sends the $4500 to the scammer, and says "Come pick up your 
stuff". At this point the scammer disappears. Your friend thinks "Ok, no 
big deal. I've got $2000 and the equipment". But then he finds out that the 
check didn't really clear, and now the bank removes $6500 from his account. 
He's now out $4500. And with Western Union the guy might say he's going to 
get the money in London (or wherever) but he'll be able to get it anywhere, 
so you can't have the cops waiting for him to get his money.

Aaron Silver

At 12:51 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote:
>A friend of mine, not on theforge, is trying to sell a nice drophammer for
>$2000 and other equipment. He advertises on e-bay. He has got 
>approximately the
>  following response from several different sources over the last year.
>
>Anyone know what the details of the scheme are? How does it work.
>
>
>Hello,
>
>this is a very straight forward deal, and not bad  transaction, is just that
>as i have said in my previouse mail that i have an  associate in the states
>that is oweing me a sum of $6,500,and he as agreed to  pay me back in that 
>term
>of cheque so all what i will like you to do is to have  the trust on me 
>that i
>will instruct him to issue you a certified cheque of  $6,500 on my behalf and
>send it to your  location  as soon as cheque  arrives,i will like you to take
>the cheque to the nearest cashing store for the  fast payment of your
>money,at the cashing store all you need to do is you will  be requested to 
>pay for
>some charges in other to get the cheque cashed, so after  that you have to 
>make
>use of the western union money transfer in your location  to get the balance
>of $4,300 wired to them so that the pick up can easily be  made asap.
>
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