The only person who would learn a lesson is the guy who got busted for committing bank fraud.

 

There are two good points but if this guy keeps doin this he is gonin to get caught.

 

Of course you're right, Larry. But dang it, I just wish I could do something.

And isn't there an island called Netherlands Antilles or something? I thought the NA could stand for that. Making it one of those off shore banks that are protected accounts.

BTW, I'm not even thinking of sending him any $$. I just want to see how far I can play this.

Steve.

 

There needs to be a way to turn people in and have the FBI or other underfunded agency trck the IP address.
These scammers are all over the world and have nothing better to do but rip off honest folks.
I almost got taken by a very similiar scam a few years ago with a 4 wheeler. The guy ended up actually being from Berlin, Germany. I wonder how many times he went into the same Western Union branch to check if I had wired the money I never wired?
A three day "inspection" period is a dead giveaway. Who in their right mind would give someone three unconditional days to dog a car then send it back??

Jerks.

 

Don't need the IP. The bank account number would be all the FBI would need to start an investigation. Give them a call with the info you have and let them burn the guy. You don't want to do anything stupid- especially after posting your intentions in an online forum

 

speaking of all these scams, i had a reply to my classified ad here for my 68 mustang i was selling, the guy claimed to be from the UK, and wanted to buy my car for $2k cash sigh unseen and have a shipping company come pick the car up when i cashed my money order...i just never replied.

 

No doubt...I wasn't thinking there.

 

I believe it really means "No Assets"

K.

 

I actually had a scam artist send me a check for a Harley. Something like $15k for a $12k bike. The rest he wanted refunded to him to pay for the shipping, or something along those lines. I knew it was a scam the whole time and was just letting him waste his time.

I took the check to the bank branch here at work and went through the deposit process. When they were ready to start punching buttons, I asked if they saw anything about the check that would stop the deposit process. They said it looked perfectly legal to them, with my name on it and everything. I didn't let them process it, because sure as the world I deposit it, there will be some company sending me a payment coupon book or the like. Sure I could've chanced it, but knowing my luck, to re-pay of the whole 15g's early when the creditor came knocking, there would have been a few hundred dollar penalty for doing so. I still have the check around here somewhere. Should I cash it?

- JyRO

 

NA=North America