CL Fraud hahaha

[RiceNmotioN]

After posting my charger on CL i started to get this email from a guy name tim terry, funny guy, but i also did a email scam check and his email came out legit... but its funny when you can clearly see that its a fraud...

Hello Seller,
I am Tim Terry.... i would like to know maybe you still have the item for sell and let me know the last Price for this Item and some pictures and i would want you to know that my means of payment will be Cashier's Check or money order ,which is more secured and better than any other means of payment. ....so get back to me if the Item is still for sale.....i would make you an immediate payment.......................

i wrote:

I still have the item but I would only take cash, cause any one can make a money order or cashier check now a days, or to even make thing easier I would need pay pal payment, cause I trust pay pal more then the other that you said. If you are still interested we can meet in person for more detail I already have pictures posted on the listing if needed more we can set a time so I can ensure this is not a fraud.


He wrote:
Hello,

Thanks for the response, My name is Tim Terry,And this is my first time purchasing on Craigslist...We are in some highlands at present and don't have phone network, this is why we have to do it this way,This is exactly what I need.I'd really like to pay you in cash at hands.But right now I'm not within your reach that I could easily come for the payment and pick-up ..Am a set administrator for a movie. We move from one location to another.
I would make arrangements for it to be picked up after you must have confirmed payment with your bank.So my means of payment will be Company Check ,which is more secured and better than any other means of payment. Your asking price is okay by me and I would be willing to send you the asking price and I Would also like you to know their will be an Extra money on the check which you will have to transfer to the shipping .
which i would highlight later.Because i have other stuff to pick-up by my shipper in your area.Please Note that my shipper will come to your location for the pick up after you have confirmed the payment.If this is ok by you,I will need these information below to enable me send the payment out to you immediately via Ups so that we can proceed.

1)Full Name...
2)Address to mail the payment....
3)Cell Phone number....
4)No po box.....
5)Last price...

I will mail you the payment as soon as I get the information and let you know when you will receive it.And I believe business is based on trust and i can trust you. waiting for your swift response immediately PLS

Thank!!

I wrote:

Sorry no can do, paypal and cash is the only way I will accept a payment and no I will not have some one else do a pick up unless it was you, the more I get into this email its sounds more like a fraud. I am sorry but cash or paypal are the only way we can do business, because in your first email you state money order or cashiers check, but now you are saying it’s a company check, more like a fraud check. Like I said before no checks, no money order, no cashiers check, only way of buying this is pay pal or cash.

[chris]

Sounds Legit, I say go for it.

[HondaPower]

Do it, I believe him.

[Conrad]

Should give him a bogus name and what not and see if a real check comes... I am curious as to what a nigerian company check looks like.. lol

[Chris Barnett]

I get 2 or 3 of those every time I post something on craigslist. If you notice there are gigantic red warnings all over the craigslist explaining it's common and it's a scam.

[theidealone]

I got one of those checks once. LOL. It was done in "Comic Sans" font. LOL. I was selling a bike for 300, and they sent me like 3,000. LOL.

[JDM]

i got a fake check on CL a few weeks ago for a few grand... looking for it now...

[JDM]

alright, so before i left CO, i got 3 money orders for $975. for some car parts off CL, never cashed them.

this is a pic of the newest fake check i have got.

[Chris Barnett]

MG Trust Company, LLC
A wholly owned subsidiary of Matrix Financial Solutions, MG Trust, a Colorado non depository trust company, provides custodial, trust and/or cash agent services for approximately 30,000 retirement plan accounts, totaling more than $28 billion in assets. MG Trust supports third-party administrators who desire a trust organization committed to providing outstanding customer service for its plan customers. MG Trust is also a mutual fund member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation.

Seems like an oddball company to pick to rip checks off of.

[honda1982]

Tell him the car is acually in Nigeria and you're on a Cruise in Italy. So he should come see it himself and give the money to your neighbor (the black guy with dark skin and missing some teeth).

[stu]

Why'd you block out the numbers on a fake check?


Did you try and cash it?

[JDM]

Why'd you block out the numbers on a fake check?


Did you try and cash it?

i blocked out my address and no, i never tried to cash it.

[stu]

Yeah, I saw the address, I was talking about the checking account. I figure it is just out of habit.

Isn't that a real company though? You should call them and let them know someone is washing their checks.

[JDM]

Yeah, I saw the address, I was talking about the checking account. I figure it is just out of habit.

Isn't that a real company though? You should call them and let them know someone is washing their checks.

that little mark at the bottom was an accident.


if i cash it i think the check cashing company will sue me, i dont think it has anything to do with that bank at all.

[Chris Barnett]

Why would you go to a check cashing place? Take it to the bank on the address and tell them how you got it, and see if it is valid. If you take it in and be up front that you worried its a scam check, you're not going to get charged with anything illegal. Plus it helps banks fight that type of crime.