What they accomplish is this. Say they will owe you $3000 for rent/dep etc. They say their company already prepared a cashiers ck/money order for $6000, since they didn't know how much the fees would be. You are instructed to deposit the check/m.o in your acct, keep the $3000 for the rent/dep, keep $500 for your trouble meeting the movers and send them a money order back for the extra $2500. You deposit the check, send them the money order and then their check bounces and your acct. is debited for the full amt. AND you also send them the $2500 dollars. The fake checks look so good that banks can't tell until they bounce. And they do. If you think someone overseas is legit, have them do a wire transfer into your acct. It costs about $15.00 and the money goes from their bank acct into yours. It is the safest way to send money. Cashiers checks no longer are as secure and they once were. Good luck
I just got a voice mail saying to fax something or leave a message.
This number is being used as a scam phone...
One of those that say they will send you a certified check
And the one on this number is For Scott Anderson... of Costello Industries Incorporated....out of Memphis Tn. The emailer wanted to rent my place in Tallahasse but works in Memphis... go figure!
SCAM
Now his name is Paul Long and his contact is Scott Anderson. Dang I hate it when I think I am helping someone and they turn out to be lower than SCUM!
At least I figured it out before I got hurt. At least I think I didn't get hurt. Has anybody had any trouble after you dropped this gang of thieves?
eileen
did you ever find out what they were trying to accomplish
did anything ever happen to you?
the same thing happened to me and luckily I went on this site , but I am hoping I didn't do anything
What they accomplish is this. Say they will owe you $3000 for rent/dep etc. They say their company already prepared a cashiers ck/money order for $6000, since they didn't know how much the fees would be. You are instructed to deposit the check/m.o in your acct, keep the $3000 for the rent/dep, keep $500 for your trouble meeting the movers and send them a money order back for the extra $2500. You deposit the check, send them the money order and then their check bounces and your acct. is debited for the full amt. AND you also send them the $2500 dollars. The fake checks look so good that banks can't tell until they bounce. And they do. If you think someone overseas is legit, have them do a wire transfer into your acct. It costs about $15.00 and the money goes from their bank acct into yours. It is the safest way to send money. Cashiers checks no longer are as secure and they once were. Good luck
The exact same thing as Eileen in the above post.
Paul Long is coming to the states to work, he is from the UK..blah, blah, blah. I HATE SCAMMERS.
This was all done through email, thank goodness no pertinant info was given out!