Originally Posted by
gbrown
The Nigerian Scam is still very much alive and well. I have listed various items on a local classified ad forum over the past 18 months. IN veritably, I get a text from some clown wanting to buy it, but they cannot pick it up, i.e., they are out of town training, at a conference, and a host of other excuses. They state that they will gladly pay me extra for saving it for them and will send me a cashier's check by mail and then have an agent pick it up. Last item, no less than 5 of these offers. I've seen it hundreds of times. The check goes into your account, a hold is placed on it, it clears, then the item is picked up. A month or so later, you get notified by the bank that it was an Insufficient Fund check and you have to repay the money. The cashier's check is routed thru about 20 banks, and by the time it hits the last one, it is for an account with no money in it. Addendum: As of 2 hours ago, make that 6 on the last item.