Check froud! Be careful! - Page 1

Check fraud, be careful !

I advertised a dog in this forum and got the following answer:

Hello ,

Thanks for your response to my mail,am okay with the price and the dog.I want us to conclude
the transaction fast and this is how i want us to do it for quick payment.
I will need the following details to send payment as soon as possible.

Full name.......
Address........
Zip/post code.......
city / state.......
phone number........
Country.........

As soon as i have your address i will forward it to my Boss (company manager) to issue you a
CERTIFIED COVERED BANK CHEQUE for £XXXX POUNDS.....because i am not in UK presently,(just relocated to UAE to join my family),The payment is coming to you in this amount because is for the payment of the dog and for the cost of shipment of the goods as well other
expenses. When the cheque clears and credited in your bank account and you get the money, All
you have to do is to deduct your money which is xxxx Euro, Please let me know if i will
trust you to send the balance(remainder) to my freight forwarder (shipping Agent) , who will
be coming for the pick up at your location to be able to upset shipping charges with his
transport company along side my other items in Europe.

Below is my information and address for the document.

XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
U.A.E

I am offering you additional €200 Euro for the inconvenience and time it might cost you in

this transaction. This exclude the western union charges and express cheque clearing fees if
required which you are to deduct from my balance you will be sending to my shipping agent.
I do hope this is clear and understood, I will be waiting for your reply with address to
proceed with payment.

Hoping for a smooth and secure transaction.I will give you a call as soon as i have your
details for payment.

Urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks with regards,

XXXXX

I made some research and found out that it is a common trick for check froud.
They´ll give you a bank account, where you have to send the deducted money to. As soon as they get the money, they order the check back, as there are at least 43 days to take back a certified bank check.
Be careful!

ttt 

A friend of mine just had this occur as well, he has a litter of GSD pups and they responded to his ad. 

i had the same thing happen.almost the same letter

I have had it happen twice. I just gave them my address and played along to se what happened. Got a check from a person who supposedly lived in England but the envelope was from Spring Texas and the phoney check was from a bank in Wichita Kansas! I have received 2 of these and its funny how they never respond about getting their dog or the balance of their money after I email them informing them that I know its a scam! Lol Vickie

I had that happen to me last year. I posted it on here as well.. I did the same as you Vicki, except I told them I turned the check over to the DA....I never heard from them again....Yesterday I recieved a phone call from someone that identified themself as a message operator and was calling to deliver a message. The message asked what the final purchase price including all fees of my puppies were.... I responded by saying Deliver this message back, our pups are 6wks old and they are all sch3, IPO3 titled, already, and I wanted 15,000.00 each.  They hung up.  I just laughed so hard and tried to figure out how evil and stupid scammers really are...