A guy tried to do that to me when I was selling a bike frame one time. I was about 15 at the time. I showed my parents the check and we took it to the bank. The bank told us it looked legitimate but to wait and see if it bounced regardless if it cleared after a week or whatever that rule is. It ended up bouncing and luckily I waited until the bank found that out before withdrawing the $4000 and sending it with the frame to the guy.

 

Sorry my post was a little confusing, I'm just disappointed that WAMU didn't catch it as it's not hard to spot, I'm not trying to say it was their fault by any means.

 

I just got some more info on this. The scammer is back and sent another $4000 check to my brother. His address is supposedly in Washington. What agency should I report this too so we can try to nail this guy (police, FBI, FTC?)

 

call your local FBI office.

 

[QUOTE=pwe312,Aug 21 2008, 05:16 PM] I just got some more info on this.

 

i've seen this scam millions of times... maybe he has a chance of getting out of it by being under 18... don't know what to tell you though

 

damn, thats messed up! almost the same thing happen to my friend who sold his apple cop on gl and the check was fraud! so he pretty much got screwed!for scammers

 

lesson learned, take cash ONLY!!! not even paypal as some people have learned

 

Has anyone watched "Catch me if you can"?

 

So i dug through my brother's emails and this scammer got him by trying to get assurance that my brother wouldnt rip her off. Then she went on with a whole story about her daughter and that she couldnt pay the shipping company. So she sent a 2nd check with a UPS tracking #.

We're gonna go to the authorities tomorrow, but right now I think the best thing is this UPS #. Hopefully they can trace who paid for and sent it.