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About two weeks ago I put my AHP exhuast on dsmtrader.com, found a buyer who would buy it for 375.00$ without shipping costs. I told him to send me 45.00 for shipping and we'll call it good, but he wanted to make sure that i got enough for shipping, he insisted on sending me 3000$ in a cashiers check. His idea was then for me to send the rest of the money back to him, so about 2500$ He gave me his name, along with a few others and emailed me countless times from different emails. I recieved the check today and it looked as fake as michael jacksons nose, the bank was - Bank of America Agenices in Wisconsin, US Bank and me looked up the bank and found nothing, i still put it into my account but i will not touch i until it clears, which should be in about 2 months :) I already sent a nasty email to the buyer of my exhaust and explained to him that there will be no exhaust or money sent back for at least two months(just in case it clears). What you all think, and have you guys run into similar situations? Seriously, my bank lady laughed because of how stupid the check looked and how it all sounded, she said i was being scammed all the way!

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This seriously just made my night.

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I can't believe how many ppl out there will do anything besides working to get money!

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This isn't new, people started the "overpay-cashiers check" thing a while back. I had someone try to buy my car and then have it shipped to another country. :rolleyes:

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Why did you even respond to the person? It was defenitly a scam. Haven't you heard of them before? It even says on the bottom of the reply you got from the guy on trader that the replies like that are fraud. If I post something up, I tell people to not even bother trying to respond if they are going to say something like that. I was trying to tell them to go f#ck themselves, but there is a filter and you cant do anything like that.

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Ahhhh fuck!

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Looks like Craig already has this thread squared away.

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I can't believe you even went for it, let alone deposited the fake check into your account. You know when it bounces, you will be charged as well, right? Even though it's clearly not your fault, the bank will charge like $10 bucks for NSF check.... glad to see you don't mind wasting your time & money...

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LOL, that's great!! There's one born every minute!

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Check out this site about scamming the scammers!

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

Jim

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Wow, these scams have only been clearly marked on the Trader for who knows how long, time to wake up buddy:
http://www.used-car-advisor.com/car-buyer-scam.htm
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

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I just got one of these on my car as well. Kinda looks like BKs50trimGST wrote it though so it could be real ;)

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Hello,
I am interested in the Item you have for sale car on the DSM trader.com,and I''''ll like to know your last offering price if it will be okay with me.I want you to tell me the Full Conditions for
the item,I'll be making my payment with a cashier's check.If you do I want you to get in touch with me immediately for me to proceed with the Payment.As for the shipping I'll contact a shipper agent of mine who will arranged for the Pick up as soon as the transaction is sealed and
get back to me. Will hope to hear from you soonest.Thanks and Have a Nice day.
Regards.
Mr Timmy.............
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Just got a 2nd one. lol

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My name is Jessica Dabur (Mrs). I have interest in buying your 1995 Eagle Talon for sale at $7,500. I need you to give me more details of it and reasons why you are selling it out as this will give me great confidence in the purchase. I will like you to send me your offer price of the vehicle so i can send you check for payment in a couple of days. Payment will be made asap in a certified check. If you accept this method, feel free to email me back. I will prefer you send me your full name/address where check could be made payable to for convinience.
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go for it, you can only gain in those transactions...

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The sad part is that 99% of the people know about this scam, but all it takes is that other 1%, who fall for it, to make it worth the effort for these guys to do this.

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The check I used to buy my car was like that. Bank of America something or other. All mine was is a check for a charge card that I had. If you used those checks the balance would only be like 4.9% apr or some shit for the life of the balance only if you used the check. *shrugs* Maybe that is what he was doing and wanted the rest for something else. Or it could be a scam..

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There is a Bank of America, but not a Bank of America Agencies of WI.... not that I have ever heard of...

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Anyone who doesn't think this is a scam PM me quick. If you like this deal, I am sure I could come up with an even better one for you :D

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awesome, i have a rock to sell.. will be sending you a PM, however you will have to pay for the delivery at the delivery time in cash. The only way i will sell this awesome rock is if you use my delivery service.

-E

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The best part is when you cash the fake check and get arrested for check fraud.

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A guy on honda-tech did the same thing a while back. He just kept making up stories and asking for pics from the guy.