If you receive a bogus check in the mail, the proper thing would be to take it and the envelope it came in to your local Post Office and have them forward it to the Postal Inspectors. They would be the ones that would investigate it and have the jurisdiction over it. If an e mail was involved, then i would forward that to the IC3 website.
He contacted me about a craigslist ad saying he would send a check with extra money for movers to deliver. He responded until I said I want paymemt via money order. He ignored that request. (Twice) He contacted me the next day from a different number (209 813 8799) and said he sent extra money for the movers once I cashed the check. Sounds fishy!
Ask for AD on furniture and wanted to send me money and did. When I got his check it was 1600 over to cover the expense for "movers"- I asked to speak to him but he will not talk- just text. I asked him why not send two checks? No answer- I told him I can either rip the check or send it back to him... no answer....
Scams everywhere....
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The same thing happened to me about a ring I was selling. The whole thing sounded fishy especially since his first phone number contact(857-219-9094) came from Boston and his second Iowa. However, he said he was from Monterrey and was working in Boston. That seemed somewhat logical. The only problem was I didn't understand how they could trust someone without seeing a ring. What did everyone do with the check? I haven't received it but if I do, should I send it back..rip it up? Or cash it and send him the ring?