Yes wow I just got a check from that guy Harley Cole n wanted me to do the same thing exactly. My husband said it was a scam n i didnt believe him but still kinda had a feeling something wasn't right so I look it up n well it see me he was right. Lol. Damn it I hate it when he is right but in this case I'm glad I find out now before I made my next move. Thank u sooo much.
SCAMMER ALERT --- 918-217-4064 is a scammer who wants to buy something and then have it shipped somewhere else. They want to send a certified check to deposit, then withdraw the "overage" to send via Western Union to a "moving company". Please, Please, PLEASE, DO NOT FALL FOR THSIS SCAM
9182174064 -- SCAMMER ALERT ....... have sent me 2 "certified checks" in the past 3 days, and both checks have different names and address on them, YET they are supposed to come from the same person. TOTAL SCAM. And they are pretty crappy at scamming too.... Please don't fall for these idiots.
This person is a scammer! She caught me on cragslist. Said "she" wanted to buy my stove but she was overseas at the moment and needed me to deposit her certified check and send the overages to a moving company. I would have to go to Walmart and get a western union...really do you think I am that stupid! He still sent me a check for $1,780 and my stove is only $200...really you trust some random person with that kind of money?....Total SCAM!!!! Not falling for it!
The scam works like this. Communication is always by text or email for some made up reason such as they are deaf, they deployed and can't use their phone (then how did the text get out?), etc. They think your item as described is perfect. They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot, or working overseas, or on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, or simply fill in your own job here). They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to hold it for them. Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”. They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram. The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees. Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally. Take the check and the envelope it came in to the post office and have them forward it to the postal inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens. They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.
I posted something on Craigslist and he responded to my add and the name that showed up on my email was Harley Cole and i posted the add for $150.00 for each item and he sent me a check for $1,498.00 and we wanted me to deposit that check into my banking account and keep $200.00 for one of the item and than take out $1,298.00 and send it to the mover so the mover can come and pick up the item i didnt want to do anything with the check because i had a feeling it was a scam but my wife wanted to see if it was a scam or not and this person also told me that he owned the company and he makes really good money for what he does and my wife called the company and asked them if they knew a Harley Cole and they said that they dont know that person and they also said that the check that was made out with there companys name on it is Frawd.