>> I received a bank check for four times the asking price? <<
Do NOT attempt to cash that check!
Instead, bring it and the envelope in which it came to your local post office.
The postmaster will pursue "using the mails to defraud".
Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."
mandy,
I put an ad for a washer and this number texted me and then 4 days later I received a bank check for four times the asking price?? Really weird. They will not reply to my text anymore
>> I received a bank check for four times the asking price? <<
Do NOT attempt to cash that check!
Instead, bring it and the envelope in which it came to your local post office.
The postmaster will pursue "using the mails to defraud".
Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."