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Is this a fraud?!?

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Beckers

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Oklahoma

Okay, I've been advertising an accordion for some while on different websites. A few times, I got obvious frauds, and did not even start anything with them.
But this time I really am not sure. The asking price is $900, he says that someone who owes him money will mail a check for $3000 to me, and I should western union the excess to his shipping agent. Well, I was sure that it was just a fraud, wrote back telling him that there is no way I ever ship anything without the money in my hands, and was pretty rough with the whole email. Well, he wrote back explaining all about how the guy who owes him the money doesn't want to mail two checks, and that he would never, ever ask me to ship anything before the check clears.

So, I said fine, whatever, send the check.

I will certainly not give the accordion to anyone, until I really have the money. My question, can this still be some sort of fraud? Could it be that he's somehow cheating me in another way? It just sounds so much like any other fraud, but the he says he doesn't have a problem with me waiting until the check clears.

He says he lives in New York, by the way. Obviously I don't know if that's true, since his "shipping agent" will pick it up. He has a yahoo email address, but the name sounds slightly foreign. I just don't know what to do, he didn't even ask for pictures, or the condition of the item. I already have the check, it's by qchex.com, with payee as I.I.B.A.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Rebecca

P.S.: I hope you don't mind if this is not really a legal question, but I have no clue where else to ask!
 


bella0214

Junior Member
Don't do it!! Is it a cashier's check or money order? Many of these counterfeit checks look so authentic that it can take weeks/months for the bank to realize they are fake. It happened to a friend of mine. She advertised a room for rent online for a rental property she owns. She received a bogus money order and was told by the bank it cleared after 10 days. She kept a portion of the check for a deposit and western unioned the remainder. The person never showed up to move in and her bank came back to her 3 months later wanting the full amount because the moneyorders were counterfeit.

Trust me, it's not worth the outcome.
 

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