It's where they send you a fake money order, cashier's check, etc for more than the amount of the item and shipping, so you refund them the difference.
...and, of course, you end up out the money when the instrument proves to be fake.
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Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2006 5:34:42 am PST #4726 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2006 5:36:36 am PST #4727 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's where they send you a fake money order, cashier's check, etc for more than the amount of the item and shipping, so you refund them the difference.
So people actually send a refund check without cashing the one they received first? I guess there is one born every minute.
sumi - Feb 03, 2006 5:40:40 am PST #4728 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
brenda m - Feb 03, 2006 5:51:56 am PST #4729 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I thought about notifying law enforcement, but at that point the guy had yet to do anything illegal.
Probably not true: the woman they were featuring resisted the constant emails to wire the money to the guy, but deposited the check - took three weeks for it to come back as counterfeit. I can't imagine that's not illegal. Or had your guy not sent it yet?
tommyrot - Feb 03, 2006 5:52:13 am PST #4730 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So people actually send a refund check without cashing the one they received first? I guess there is one born every minute.
Well, some people think that a cashier's check or money order is "as good as cash."
brenda m - Feb 03, 2006 5:53:29 am PST #4731 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, that's kind of the whole point of them, isn't it?
Tom Scola - Feb 03, 2006 5:54:42 am PST #4732 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sometimes the cashier's checks are so well counterfeited, that they even fool the bank (for a little while).
tommyrot - Feb 03, 2006 5:55:59 am PST #4733 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Probably not true: the woman they were featuring resisted the constant emails to wire the money to the guy, but deposited the check - took three weeks for it to come back as counterfeit. I can't imagine that's not illegal. Or had your guy not sent it yet?
Nope, he hadn't sent anything....
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2006 6:01:51 am PST #4734 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Well, some people think that a cashier's check or money order is "as good as cash."
Which is how the scam succeeds as often as it does.
JZ - Feb 03, 2006 6:07:58 am PST #4735 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, sumi, the puppymill rescue dogs are breaking me into little bits. Poor little creatures. Stupid humans (the puppymill breeders, not the rescuers, who are excellent humans).