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Scott, you're an inspiration!
Posted by Rich (more from Rich) on Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:17:09
In Reply to: not really..., Scott Paterson [Profile/Gallery]
, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:36:42
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That was fantastic! I thought about living vicariously through you, but I equate that to drinking non-alcoholic beer... Sure, it's good, but something would be missing!
My little scammer (James Godfrey, a.k.a. jgautomotive,yahoo.com) posed as a broker for a customer abroad. A week has gone by since I received the cashier's check. Seven days and several inquisitive emails later from "James", I finally responded tonight with the following:
Hi James:
Actually, you and I are two very lucky people. My bank contacted me about two hours ago, and I was trying to decide how to tell you this...
It looks like the cashier's check is no good. Apparently, your customer was trying to swindle us!
My bank's fraud department has already contacted the U.S. Secret Service to pursue your customer through the proper international authorities. You will probably be contacted as well - I assume so they can get additional information about your customer.
I asked if they needed additional contact information for you, but they just use embedded information in your email headers . (Don't you just love the Secret Service? These people have the technology to do just about anything!) They assured me they would be able to contact you directly, so they told me I should just re-list the car for sale and not worry about it. You will probably be contacted next week some time.
Sorry we couldn't finish this deal. Sounds like it would have worked out well for both of us.
Take care, and God bless.
Rich
Who knows whether he'll believe any of that. It's just fun thinking he might lose a little sleep worrying about it.
Anyway, thanks again for a great read and a constructive way to inflict a little poetic justice on these “busturds”.
Rich
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Posts in this Thread:
- The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Scott Paterson , Tue, 13 May 2003 16:18:14
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, alan salsbury, Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:20:19
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, John Benton, Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:28:36
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Kathleen Eldridge, Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:31:59
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, john connelly, Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:18:22
- Here's Your Deposit, Pete , Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:51:41
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Chris Auman, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:37:36
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, M. Hines, Fri, 13 May 2005 09:08:41
- Be careful when you scam the scammers..., JimBlake , Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:33:45
- This scammer says he is in the UK, Lindsay, Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:55:30
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, don hitt, Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:12:16
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Helina, Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:31:50
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, nona nordstog, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:18:40
- Nigerian Scam now gone to Korea, Paul Iddon, Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:14:21
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, richard lacey, Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:49:41
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, mars, Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:35:23
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Tim, Fri, 14 May 2004 14:03:37
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Dave Westlake, Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:04:20
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Clarence Barnes, Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:42:29
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, paul , Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:22:00
- Nigerian Scammers Using Hearing Impaired System, Shirley, Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:53:49
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Terry, Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:43:26
- I just Sold My brothers SAAD..., Adam Dawson, Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:42:22
- Re: commonsense? Where you going to find that?, chudzikb, Thu, 22 May 2003 10:41:34
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Seung Min Yu, Tue, 20 May 2003 11:26:30
- "Frudster": The new roadster/SUV from Pontiac, Nervousaaber, Sun, 18 May 2003 13:52:54
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Huzrjim, Fri, 16 May 2003 11:59:26
- Scott, thanks for being sooo Fruitful!, TERRY, Wed, 14 May 2003 20:13:42
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Jim, Wed, 14 May 2003 18:11:36
- Can we call you Scott, the Fruitful Frudster??, VictorVector, Wed, 14 May 2003 17:07:02
- WHERE IS MY MONEY????, SCOTT JILL, Wed, 14 May 2003 13:57:44
- saad for sale...., Marc Langille, Wed, 14 May 2003 13:21:26
- Vacation ideas, Kevins, Wed, 14 May 2003 11:11:45
- That'll teach him to misspell SAAB,, Nervousaaber, Wed, 14 May 2003 08:06:21
- Thats great! lol... seen on NBC last night, Liam, Wed, 14 May 2003 05:54:15
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, Avanti., Tue, 13 May 2003 20:53:59
- Update: Scammers IP, Scott Paterson , Tue, 13 May 2003 19:32:30
- Awesome story! Check out this link, WASSAAB, Tue, 13 May 2003 18:41:21
- Priceless, Robert Spahr, Tue, 13 May 2003 17:59:42
- that was World Class, great job!!! nm, Bret, Tue, 13 May 2003 17:38:34
- Sweet! n/m, Pete Saab 9-5, Tue, 13 May 2003 17:08:48
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, e smith, Tue, 13 May 2003 17:06:57
- Re: The Over-Pay by Cashier's Check Scam, jc, Tue, 13 May 2003 17:06:20
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