Great...I'm okay with the price, so I want you to consider it sold, so i will be paying with a certified check it will deliver to you, then I will arrange for a pick up after check cleared at your bank. so i will need your full name, full address and your apartment number or a p.o box for the check to be issue out to you, and after the check clear my movers will come for pick up asap okay..
Get back to me with your full name, address, apartment number, city, state and zip code of where to mail the check to okay.
My name is Steven Varghese Am from, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 I can only afford a bank certified check to your name and once you get it proceed to deposit it in your account then wait for just 24hours or less cos i want you to have your money in hand before pickup so get back to me with your full name and full address to mail the check out to you okay
He tried with me too. I can't figure out his end-game though. If the check doesn't clear, he doesn't get the product he's attempting to buy. What's the sense?
There are actually TWO steps that take place after you deposit the check:
1) The check is paid immediately (from your bank's reserves). This is, in effect, a loan to you.
2) Your bank then waits to be paid by the issuing bank. If the issuing bank informs your bank that there were no funds available to pay, your bank takes the "loan" back.
If you sent the item after 1), but before 2), you get dinged for the bad check, AND lose the item!
Gen's friend was lucky. The bank caught the problem before the item was shipped. Some banks are slower.
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The way the scam works, the buyer's payment includes extra money you are to wire to a shipper chosen by the buyer. You deposit the check then immediately wire the shipping fee to the shipper. The wired money clears instantly.
The check is a well-made fake. It bounces, but it takes several days. Your bank makes you pay back all of the money in the bad check, including the shipping fee plus a fee for depositing a bad check. Depending on the size of the check you may also face criminal charges for passing a bad check. The shipper is also the buyer. He keeps the shipping fee and vanishes.
Steven Varghese contacted me also on Craigslist. My wife had a bad feeling and Googled him. I send him back a nasty gram. Used the 8053017368 and said he was also using another phone.