I got a $6,000 check from an e-mail scam! - GoFuckYourself.com

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 05:50 AM

Yep.. I fell for this one.. but only a little.. it was the one where you deposit their check then send them a wire transfer after depositing the check.

I suspected fraud right from the beginning.. but was curious .. I mean $6,000 has to make anyone a little curious.. and one other thing.. they responded to an ad I posted selling some stereo equipment, offering me $6,000 for something I was asking $2,500 for and explained the rest was for the shipper that I was to pay when they came to pick up the speakers. It alsmost seemed legit the way they explained it. So what I did was I told them to go ahead and send me the check.. they sent me one... I took it to the bank.. and they almost let me deposit it.. but then I asked them to investigate it and sure enough it was bogus.

The thing that made this so believeable was my ad for the speakers.. so when they responded, I didn't think much of it as I'd had many responses already.

I don't mind admiting I almost got taken by this scam.. I gotta admit it's a pretty good one : /

funkmaster · 03-01-2004, 05:57 AM

... my check didn't bounce.

Digipimp · 03-01-2004, 06:00 AM

That's not a good scam, and you don't mind admitting almost falling for that?

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Digipimp
That's not a good scam, and you don't mind admitting almost falling for that?

It was a good scam digipimp.. I get scams in my mail 100 times a day.. I know one when I see it.. but this one played on the fact that I was selling something.. it was about 8 months ago, and after investigating it I found that I wasn't the only one to think it was true

The reason I don't mind admitting it is because it happened.. and I'm a smart person

josipk · 03-01-2004, 06:18 AM

make sure it doesn't happen in the future again.

Nat · 03-01-2004, 06:25 AM

it's good that there are people that can admit they fall, or neraly fall for a scam, that way they can keep others from falling in the same trap!

thanks for sharing graphicsbytia

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nat
it's good that there are people that can admit they fall, or neraly fall for a scam, that way they can keep others from falling in the same trap!

thanks for sharing graphicsbytia

that's exactly why I posted this Nat

There seems to be a "don't admit the truth" theme around here, I see it all the time.. threads on business being down for example, guarantee you'll have at least 50 people jump in and disagree .. I gotta tell you.. when I see this, it makes me wary.. I tell things how they are period.. let the haters do their thing.. I'll do mine

Steve W · 03-01-2004, 06:35 AM

scams are shit

Nicky · 03-01-2004, 06:42 AM

I get those scams every day.....dont even look at em anymore, delete them and put the adress on the spam filter

HS-Trixxxia · 03-01-2004, 06:45 AM

Tia....did you report the scam to the police?

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trixxxia
Tia....did you report the scam to the police?

Yes I did.. it's in their "who cares" file by now I'm sure

these scammers realise that it takes a lot of time and money to go after them.. I just don't have the time.. and they know that darnit

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nicky
I get those scams every day.....dont even look at em anymore, delete them and put the adress on the spam filter

If you were selling something online.. I guarantee you'd not only look at it but consider it.. that's what was so awful about this.. I was expecting mail about selling my speakers

taboo_dude · 03-01-2004, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by graphicsbytia

Yes I did.. it's in their "who cares" file by now I'm sure

these scammers realise that it takes a lot of time and money to go after them.. I just don't have the time.. and they know that darnit

"who cares" is about like it.

beemk · 03-01-2004, 07:27 AM

its a good fresh new scam. there was a thread about this that xengo posted that he was trying to tell this girl she was getting ripped off and she wouldnt believe him.

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by beemk
its a good fresh new scam. there was a thread about this that xengo posted that he was trying to tell this girl she was getting ripped off and she wouldnt believe him.

I saw that beemk.. and I was thinking it may have been the same thing.. or close to it

erehwon · 03-01-2004, 07:45 AM

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polish_aristocrat · 03-01-2004, 07:50 AM

bump for the guy who's friend is participating in this

HS-Trixxxia · 03-01-2004, 07:52 AM

BTW, I got that email with a job posting - (edit) through (edit)Monster.com.
What intrigued me what how they were targetting people looking for jobs. Anyhow, I put their 'human resources' through the wringer with 2000 questions. She stopped answering. The difference was you are a representative of the company - you collect payments from their 'clients' deposit in your business account and you send them 80% or 70% of the cash.

I didn't get scammed - I was interested in how this scam works so I could report it.

mardigras · 03-01-2004, 08:02 AM

Authorities don't care about scams, they get more publicity prosecuting people for having an online adult novelty shop.

SoundMan · 03-01-2004, 08:05 AM

why take a chance on a check anyways?

= REVOKE

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trixxxia
BTW, I got that email with a job posting - (edit) through (edit)Monster.com.
What intrigued me what how they were targetting people looking for jobs. Anyhow, I put their 'human resources' through the wringer with 2000 questions. She stopped answering. The difference was you are a representative of the company - you collect payments from their 'clients' deposit in your business account and you send them 80% or 70% of the cash.

I didn't get scammed - I was interested in how this scam works so I could report it.

did you report it to monster.com?

steffie · 03-01-2004, 08:43 AM

OMG I received the same email ;-))

for 10k.. lol
I am glad I didn't go for it

cool1 · 03-01-2004, 08:46 AM

Takes all kinds to make up a world

jimmyf · 03-01-2004, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by beemk
its a good fresh new scam. there was a thread about this that xengo posted that he was trying to tell this girl she was getting ripped off and she wouldnt believe him.

Yep I remember that she wouldn't listen 2 him.

My friend got the same thing a month or so ago, selling a pick-up on ebay, he'd called me about it and I told him don't fucking do it.

turbomax · 03-01-2004, 09:15 AM

gotta becareful

media · 03-01-2004, 09:15 AM

This is an old ass scam.. It's not a good one any more.. If someone sends you a check and they want you to send money back thats a god damn red flag.. They did this with cars back in the day, and they do it with plenty of other stuff.. If people let common sense provail instead of greed they would see it right away..

WicKed NinJas · 03-01-2004, 09:30 AM

its sad but this kinda shit will only get more and more commen, as if it isnt already commen enough. I hate scammers, get a life and get a job.

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by media
This is an old ass scam.. It's not a good one any more.. If someone sends you a check and they want you to send money back thats a god damn red flag.. They did this with cars back in the day, and they do it with plenty of other stuff.. If people let common sense provail instead of greed they would see it right away..

doesn't really matter how old it is media, and it's a good one to anyone who hasn't seen it before.

common sense is great.. wish we all had as much as you do

Ironhorse · 03-01-2004, 10:35 AM

Greed is the thing that makes these things work, good for you, you have some smarts also

hoe_vender · 03-01-2004, 11:19 AM

did the check clear

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hoe_vender
did the check clear

no, but I didn't deposit it.. what I did was had them check it while I was there because I did some checking on this before I went to the bank. The place I found out about the scam was the site I was trying to sell the speakers on, they had letters from other people who these people had contacted also asking them to do the same thing.

The thing that got me was .. the bank was willing to let me deposit the check.. if I hadn't said anything.. it would have been deposited and I could have sent a wire to these people before it cleared with no problem at all.. scary

Lord Helpus · 03-01-2004, 11:41 AM

I wonder if you could cash one of these at those all-night checkcashing places that are always filled with crackwhores trying to cash in for $20? They don't seem to be too thorough with their verification...

Rictor · 03-01-2004, 11:44 AM

Haha. I don't think I'd fall for that one. Hell, I wouldn't take a check for $6k for anything I was selling anyway. Fuck checks. Money order, cashier's check, credit card, or cash.

rounders · 03-01-2004, 12:17 PM

$6k i'd buy a plasma on eBay with it

GonePhishing · 03-01-2004, 12:31 PM

Man, good thing it didn't really happen to you all the way!

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rictor
Haha. I don't think I'd fall for that one. Hell, I wouldn't take a check for $6k for anything I was selling anyway. Fuck checks. Money order, cashier's check, credit card, or cash.

I forgot to mention.. it was a cashier's check.. if you can't even trust a cashier's check.. then what would make you trust a money order?

~Ray · 03-01-2004, 01:43 PM

I learned a little tip a long time ago, but never got to try it...

when depositing a third party check, write:

"Without Recourse"

above your signature, that means that if the check bounces, they Have to go after the check writer... not you. It's some legal mumbo jumbo that protects your account from fraudulent checks.

VeriSexy · 03-01-2004, 01:52 PM

Scammers

Nismo · 03-01-2004, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by graphicsbytia

Yes I did.. it's in their "who cares" file by now I'm sure

these scammers realise that it takes a lot of time and money to go after them.. I just don't have the time.. and they know that darnit

very true. my mother was scammed out of almost $100k along with some of her business associates. the feds wont look into since it's not over $100k, but we have local PD, private I and 2 lawyers after it. This guy will more than likely get away with it, too.

Doctor Dre · 03-01-2004, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by beemk
its a good fresh new scam. there was a thread about this that xengo posted that he was trying to tell this girl she was getting ripped off and she wouldnt believe him.

It wasn't the same scam but both are very old ...

Ross · 03-01-2004, 02:07 PM

Thats got to suck big time

swedguy · 03-01-2004, 02:11 PM

If it sounds too good....

Lykos · 03-01-2004, 02:29 PM

Nice try...

Pamporn · 03-01-2004, 03:28 PM

Do a search on Google or Yahoo! for "Nigeria counterfit check scam". here are a couple of links. They tried to screw me out of $55.000 but I didn't fall for it.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0%...6829%2C00.html

and

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/...tion_scams.htm

Ic3m4nZ · 03-01-2004, 03:30 PM

It was probably a check from "PerfectionJeff"

Basic_man · 03-01-2004, 03:35 PM

Wow! Thanks for sharing !

graphicsbytia · 03-01-2004, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AdvertisingSex
I learned a little tip a long time ago, but never got to try it...

when depositing a third party check, write:

"Without Recourse"

above your signature, that means that if the check bounces, they Have to go after the check writer... not you. It's some legal mumbo jumbo that protects your account from fraudulent checks.

hmm.. interesting, I'll have to look into that

pushpills · 03-01-2004, 04:45 PM

bwaaaaaaaahahaaaaaa

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Oracle Porn · 03-01-2004, 04:46 PM

didn't xeigo's friend fell for that shit?

exposed · 08-22-2004, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ic3m4nZ
It was probably a check from "PerfectionJeff"

lol

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graphicsbytia Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,618	I got a $6,000 check from an e-mail scam! Yep.. I fell for this one.. but only a little.. it was the one where you deposit their check then send them a wire transfer after depositing the check. I suspected fraud right from the beginning.. but was curious .. I mean $6,000 has to make anyone a little curious.. and one other thing.. they responded to an ad I posted selling some stereo equipment, offering me $6,000 for something I was asking $2,500 for and explained the rest was for the shipper that I was to pay when they came to pick up the speakers. It alsmost seemed legit the way they explained it. So what I did was I told them to go ahead and send me the check.. they sent me one... I took it to the bank.. and they almost let me deposit it.. but then I asked them to investigate it and sure enough it was bogus. The thing that made this so believeable was my ad for the speakers.. so when they responded, I didn't think much of it as I'd had many responses already. I don't mind admiting I almost got taken by this scam.. I gotta admit it's a pretty good one : /

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