i put up my CB7 on Hondaclassifieds.com for sale....i was asking 3100 OBO....some deaf lady called me through TTY service (thats some kind of service where deaf peeps type and operators read to the caller) offering 3300, so think "SWEEEEEEEET! Fck everyone, ill wait for this sweet old ladys money...
" So the check arrives today, fedex, just like she said it would....and it comes for $7500 (huh?)....i get a call from the lady saying to go cash it at a western union, and wire her the rest of the money, so think ok, whatever as long as i dont have to use my bank info, the checks CERTIFIED anyways so....i go to western union & they look at it and go, sorry, the amount is too high, go to YOUR bank....im getting suspicious at this point, so i go call fedex since the package return adress was only "o.george 159 palm st Maryland" (hmm, no city, no zip...you dont seem to notice those things when your dancing with a 7 grand certified check in your hand)...fed ex tells me that the origin is from AFRICA, in nigeria as a matter of fact (WHATTT?
) ....i go search online, and as it turns out, the check is an exact replica of an authentic certified check(real bank, real accounts, real routing numbers, etc) except that the gov't has issued a special warning about "identical counterfeits" being circulated (the only differece is the fakes dont include bak phone # on the check, but all the other stuff, watermarks, etc are real)...so im stuck with a fake check, and i turned down a shitload of potential buyers.....moral is "its always too good to be true", you guys better watch it cuz supposedely, this scam is gettin real big fast in the honda community.....peace
" So the check arrives today, fedex, just like she said it would....and it comes for $7500 (huh?)....i get a call from the lady saying to go cash it at a western union, and wire her the rest of the money, so think ok, whatever as long as i dont have to use my bank info, the checks CERTIFIED anyways so....i go to western union & they look at it and go, sorry, the amount is too high, go to YOUR bank....im getting suspicious at this point, so i go call fedex since the package return adress was only "o.george 159 palm st Maryland" (hmm, no city, no zip...you dont seem to notice those things when your dancing with a 7 grand certified check in your hand)...fed ex tells me that the origin is from AFRICA, in nigeria as a matter of fact (WHATTT? ) ....i go search online, and as it turns out, the check is an exact replica of an authentic certified check(real bank, real accounts, real routing numbers, etc) except that the gov't has issued a special warning about "identical counterfeits" being circulated (the only differece is the fakes dont include bak phone # on the check, but all the other stuff, watermarks, etc are real)...so im stuck with a fake check, and i turned down a shitload of potential buyers.....moral is "its always too good to be true", you guys better watch it cuz supposedely, this scam is gettin real big fast in the honda community.....peace
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