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Dateline NBC: To catch a scammer.
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| Nerologic |
So a couple weeks ago i put a ad on craigs for an iPhone. Its been sold of course locally.
Well of course i got a grip of scammers saying "Is the item still available" I will pay top dollar. Blah blah blah.
Well i responded to all of them, i mean why not?
One of them took the bait.
First off the check has been discarded. I know it illegal to have a fraudulent check regardless if i made it or not.
Secondly, that fedex scan isnt legit. I ran it on the site and of course nothing came about. So who ever dropped it off drove the car here. I am actually going to make a copy and take it to a fedex place to see if its anything legit (which i doubt).
Third they put gate locked (where i live its gated) but they still left the envelope there. It was just the check floating inside the envelope, anyone could have just opened the envelope and taken the check. Legit fed ex would have left a note and made me drive there to pick it up.
Fourth thing is they guy asked me if i got the check about a week ago, yet look at the date on the check it was yesterday.
The check looks 100% legit. I have worked for a casino in the cash cage, and i have worked for a bank. The paper is legit. The address and company is legit, and i am am pretty sure the tracking number and banking number is legit to that company.
So i am sure if i go to the bank, the check wont have a hold because its a commercial account. I would get the money instantly, but then they would refute it saying it was fraudulent once accounting went through things.
Kinda makes sense now on how all the people get scammed.... |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| $3200 for an iphone? |
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| Trancelover24 |
that is an expensive IPHONE
So how does the scam work?? When do you send them the IPHONE and to who do you send it to??? |
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| Nerologic |
Well i think i was supposed to meet up with one of his "shipping agents" and i am supposed to give him the phone and like 2000 bucks.
I dont think this guy wanted the item shipped.
I will find out once i get an email from him.
Also to add, the adhesive on the envelope was never used. Only the 2 metal prongs were holding it shut. |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancelover24
that is an expensive IPHONE
So how does the scam work?? When do you send them the IPHONE and to who do you send it to??? |
guy gets a phone. seller ends up with no money and a hassle from the bank. |
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| Trancelover24 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nerologic
Well i think i was supposed to meet up with one of his "shipping agents" and i am supposed to give him the phone and like 2000 bucks.
I dont think this guy wanted the item shipped.
I will find out once i get an email from him.
Also to add, the adhesive on the envelope was never used. Only the 2 metal prongs were holding it shut. |
Oh I get you!! You will give him the phone along with money and in return they give you a check, in which you will get the difference!
Yet, only a stupid naive person would fall into that, because why the heck would you take such a big check, cash it, and then send money back.. shady people.
So in the end you would get $1200 for the IPHONE and in a perfect world, that would be the end of it!
But since you are the dummy cashing this check into your bank account. That check will be traced back to you and you will have to pay back or be accused of fraud, yet you will be out $2000 plus the IPHONE.
my brother told me he got offered some like this, also on craigslist..
BECAREFUL people don't be that naive idiot!
Nerologic,
When do you get the police involved? |
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| Nerologic |
Not sure when the cops get involved, just trying to see what way he wants to get the iPhone.
As far as shipping, i am an idiot. It was legitimately shipped through UPS it says UPS Next Day Air. Yet my dumbass didn't notice that. The lady at the shipping place did LOL |
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| DaveT |
I actually know three people who were dumb enough to be scammed this way. Two of them by check, one through a wire transfer or maybe a money order or something.
The checks and all are legit -- but, like in this case, tend to be from an address far different than where the check was shipped from. And I think they will even clear right now if you cash them....so you thihnk you are good. But then after it's all done and settled (in which the person will never respond to you again, changes phone #s if he gives you want, etc etc)....the banks get a whiff that the checks are fraudalant or, in many cases, stolen and that money gets take right back out of your account. So you end up losing the iPhone + whatever you paid him back....so if you did it in this case, $2000.
I cannot believe I knew not one, not two, but THREE people who have been suckerd for this stuff in the past. |
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| bigperf |
bring the man down to north county!
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| DaveT |
BTW, I would call the company on the check an see what they say.
And I woulda got the authorities involved and saved the check. They coulda possibly checked it for fingerprints...if they see it as any type of priority. $3,200 check is huge though. Bigger than you usually see. |
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| Cool1g |
i think $3,200 would qualify for a felony.
a buddy of mine was contacted the same way when he was selling his car! he actually thought it was legit until i told him otherwise. |
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