Got this check today for $2750 from the ARLINGTONVOA LIVING CENTER for a $950 saddle that I had posted on Craigslist/Pueblo, CO. Anytime I see texts from out of state, I know something isn't right. So will be taking it all to the post office for mail fraud tomorrow.
Watch out Patrick bates from treasure homes inc seaside ca.is in the process of trying to scam me sent me a check from Lucille lortel theatre foundationny.ny.for 2000.00 for a 500.00 projector.im going to bring it to the bank ,prove it's fake have them make a copy if they want and hang the piece of toilet paper on the wall with the other bogus checks
Patrick Bates, Treasurehome, INC, 1663 Laguna St, Seaside, CA 93955 mailed me a check for $1050.00 to pay for a rocking chair I posted on Craigslist for $90.00. He said to deposit the check then send the balance to a moving company by the name of Chris Bloxton, 240 Main Street, Arlington, TX. If you receive ANYTHING like this...do not proceed. The check will bounce after you deposit it and the bank will take the money out of your account. It's a SCAM.
Anyone who has received a bogus financial instrument in the mail should take the correspondence down to your local post office and have the postal inspectors look at it. This is clear mail fraud.
I'm just like all of you. Got his "check" in the mail today, thought I'd search to see how often this scam has been committed. He was going to buy something from me, said his "assistant" accidentally sent me more money than required. He wants me to send him back the change; which is about $900. He messaged me from a few out-of-state numbers, and every time I confronted him about the scam, he'd switch to another number. I was targeted on Craigslist. The address on the envelope says:
Patrick Bates
Treasurehome Inc
1663 Laguna St
Seaside CA, 93955
I also have one on the cashier's check:
Department Store National Bank
PO Box 4500
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-6500
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Citibank, N.A
One Penn's Way
New Castle, DE 19720