I think im dealing with a scammer.. and boy is it fun! I swear once you realize (or have reason to believe) you are being taken advantage of the ball is in your court. I have been dealing with a guy who is "in England" lol and was more than willing to issue me an $8,500 check for my car (marked on CL for $3500) The excess was for his "shippers and personal buyer". I would seriously like to meet the person who has a personal shopper, buys their own stuff online, and never has a return address on the envelope sent to me check included (although it does say it came from london). It says the check was sent two days before i got it (about 2 weeks after we had started talking) and now all of a sudden he needs his $$ for his shippers (which really shouldn't be the responsibility of the seller anyways) ASAP. I called FTC and reported them, explaining my situation carefully and asking what to do, they suggested I:
1. Call the bank it came from to check routing #
2. Take it to my bank to have it checked out (not the most secure way)
3. Take it to the post office so they can know about the mail fraud going on, something that will land quite a hefty fine upon the fraudulant bastard!
Something that made me question the cashiers check immediatelly was where you endorse it, it was a pixilated line which looks more like it was typed and then printed with a printer that is out of ink. (and it is crooked) Another issue was how it came with Taylor's name on it rather than Silvers when it supposedly came from England... and the Bank is based in Chicago Illinios... doesnt make much sense!!
I am going to deal with him more to get a feel for how these people work, I am hoping to bait him into saying something i can really have fun with
the poor fool!
The guy I have been dealing with goes by the name Mark Silver and like I said, I am farily certain he is trying to scam me but have no real evidence of the fact save the check which i still have to have checked out. According to him his associates go by Steve Taylor and Martins Jones, so if you see these names well... just be wary..
I hope this may have helped somebody, but if it doesnt atleast it provides a semi-entertaining novel with a (hopefully) good ending.