Mayer.Frank70@yahoo.com...you are a crook...

[Fullchat289]

Bill:

No, I don't take offense...I just thank you guys here at CC for highlighting the scams. Over the past year, I've purchased/sold losts of stuff over the internet for both my Lotus and Subaru and have always dealt with folks of integrity. The trouble is you get in a pattern of "trusting" folks you've never met before...so when I got the email from this guy, I was happy to get some movement on my Sportscar Specials, and made an email deal with him, and just yesterday, heard word back from him asking about his payment and the status of his "goods".

Of course I told him I never received payment....thing was, I didn't even recognize his check being from him as the "sendee" was this "Green Dot Corp" and seeing it was from "Wells Fargo" I associated it with some investments I was moving from WF over to Edward Jones and this more-than-requested payment amount didn't even register with me as being associated with my advert on CC. I thought it was a holding I had that Edward Jones couldn't take receipt of and had to be sold... so I was about to hand this check over to Edward Jones until the light clicked on in my brain last evening, and I called the Wells Fargo branch listed on the check and they confirmed it to be fraudulent.

So circumstances aside, I really appreciate the notices here on the forum, otherwise, I could have been a victim!

- Allen.

[Tommy]

Years ago there was a TV program in which one of the characters ran a company that did mass marketing via the mail. The character was amusing because he found his business very exciting while everyone around him found him and it very boring. In one scene he announced with great pride that his latest mailing to a million households had generated an astounding 0.005% return, far above the usual return rate. I think of that when I think of the scammers. They're not counting on fooling two out of three people they contact. If they can fool one out of a hundred, they'll stay in business. Sadly, there are enough uninformed, naive and gullible people out there to keep the scams coming.

[jhv48]

Tell him you received the check and decided not to honor your part of the agreement.

He will then send you multiple emails threatening you with the FBI, police, etc. if you don't send him his money.

Sit back and watch him fume!

[STL Mark]

Agree - have some fun. Tell him you'll ship next week. Then when he calls - say you forgot. Promise him you ship right after Christmas. Then when he calls back promise you'll ship next day, and so on.

Or, try this - tell him you've contacted the Monrovia CA police and the US Post Office and they'll be contacting him in person tomorrow - just to clear this whole thing up.

BTW, the bank may not be interested, and the police may not be interested - but I'd bet the Post Office would be interested. Isn't using the mail for a scam a Federal Crime - called Mail Fraud?

[rodneym]

Small world. Green Dot is about two stones throw from my company (where I am now). They have a nice building. I'm sure it's just a coincedence, but still.
I remember as a kid (mid 70's), my dad coming home with a fat envelope and a million stamps on it, from Nigeria. He and my mom talked about it. He didn't fall for it but for a brief moment it seemed like the answer to his money woes. LOL.
Now my brother gets emails daily that read (no exaggeration):

Hello my good sir,
I am interested in 10 of your products that you make (no actual mention of what they are). Please accept my credit card payment of 50,000 USD (way over priced) and ship to me today. Card number is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
I will aprreciate this too much.
Sincerely,
Father Richard Cunningham

LOL. If it sounds too good.....