Major Wood
ArboristSite Lurker
You know the age old adage "if it sounds too good to be true it usually is" Well I just want to advise all members of a scam that is rearing its ugly head again. And to please tell everyone you know about it. If any of you guys on here are in law enforcement please P.M. me I have a few questions for you.
These b**tards troll Craigs and Kijiji looking for mostly furniture, you will get an inquiry that states they are interested but are out of town (trip, honeymoon, business but will have their secretary send you a check. they will also ask you to pull the ad off of the site because they want to make sure you will sell it to only them. About 2-3 days later you will get and overnight envelope from UPS with nothing in it except a very official looking check it might be a bank check or a check from a particular business DO NOT CASH IT!!!!It is not worth a penny. These guys know when you receive it because they track it and you will immediately get an email informing you that their secretary made a major error and made the check out for more than what you were asking for your item (sometimes hundreds or thousands of dollars over) They will tell you to keep an extra 50 for your trouble and to Western Union the difference to a bogus shipping company that is going to pick-up your item. The check is worthless and you just sent them hundreds or thousands of dollars in cash for nothing. My brother in law came to me with the check and asked me what to do I said deposit it but don't cash it and see what happens 2 days later it bounced haven't heard a thing from the guy wanting to pick-up his furniture. If anything the only way to get back @ these guys is to string em along let them send you the check and do nothing (they send them overnight so it costs em a few bucks to send the bogus check) No matter how official the check looks do nothing with it save it for evidence. I have a way that I believe would bring these scum sucking pigs down but I can't share it yet as I am trying to talk to some authorities about it. Again please let everyone you know that deals with internet want ads know about this. Thanks
These b**tards troll Craigs and Kijiji looking for mostly furniture, you will get an inquiry that states they are interested but are out of town (trip, honeymoon, business but will have their secretary send you a check. they will also ask you to pull the ad off of the site because they want to make sure you will sell it to only them. About 2-3 days later you will get and overnight envelope from UPS with nothing in it except a very official looking check it might be a bank check or a check from a particular business DO NOT CASH IT!!!!It is not worth a penny. These guys know when you receive it because they track it and you will immediately get an email informing you that their secretary made a major error and made the check out for more than what you were asking for your item (sometimes hundreds or thousands of dollars over) They will tell you to keep an extra 50 for your trouble and to Western Union the difference to a bogus shipping company that is going to pick-up your item. The check is worthless and you just sent them hundreds or thousands of dollars in cash for nothing. My brother in law came to me with the check and asked me what to do I said deposit it but don't cash it and see what happens 2 days later it bounced haven't heard a thing from the guy wanting to pick-up his furniture. If anything the only way to get back @ these guys is to string em along let them send you the check and do nothing (they send them overnight so it costs em a few bucks to send the bogus check) No matter how official the check looks do nothing with it save it for evidence. I have a way that I believe would bring these scum sucking pigs down but I can't share it yet as I am trying to talk to some authorities about it. Again please let everyone you know that deals with internet want ads know about this. Thanks