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I had a couple listings last week and I received one e-mail from a potential buyer to instruct me to contact him via his private e-mail right away.

I was offered to be paid by Cashier Check rather than Paypal.
I accepted the term that the buyer would have his "agent" to pick up the units for sale. In term, I told the buyer I would only accept the Cashier Check from major banks.

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from the buyer instructing me to deposit the Cashier Check one I receive it BUT since the Cashier Check was made by his "financier" for more than the sale price, the buyer wanted me to cash out the difference and send a Moneygram to his "agent" so his" agent" can pick up the merchandise and the buyer thanked me for my " corporation".

I demand to know if the Cashier Check was made from major banks or not and how much is the difference between the sale price and the amount of the Cashier Check. I have not heard a response from him since then.

What's up? Was I born yesterday or is it a case of innocence
'till proven guilty?
Andrewdoan  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-23-12
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04-23-12   Avoid this person.....   Czbbcl

04-23-12   A legitimate and professional agent (such as for a celebrity ...   Stevecham

04-23-12   unfortunately, this has become a very popular scam. i sold ...   Waltersalas

04-23-12   Danger danger danger   Philjolet

04-23-12   Yes, a huge scam. i had a similar thing happen to me several ...   Lak

04-23-12   Well that proves that thieves will infiltrate any medium to ...   Theo

04-23-12   How it works if you fall for it. buyer sends a cashier's che ...   Uru975

04-23-12   You need to tell audiogon about this. they should be doing e ...   Mingles

04-23-12   I had the same thing happen last week.   Sabai

04-23-12   Buyers are best to stick to paypal payments. sellers should ...   Buconero117

04-23-12   I had a similar experience a while back. needless to say, r ...   Bifwynne

04-23-12   I've seen something like this on local classified listing si ...   Jedinite24

04-23-12   I had the same experience. my bank immediately told me that ...   Gsm18439

04-23-12   First thing first....what was the name of the buyer? audiogo ...   Jerroot

04-23-12   Born yesterday, yup.   Slikric3000

04-23-12   I recently had such an offer from a potential buyer. unfort ...   Eslaudio

04-23-12   Got a similar offer on audiogon. once i asked for clarificat ...   Mihaitaa

04-23-12   It's an old scam - just this weekend i've got several " ...   Pbnaudio

04-23-12   Scam! run away   Grinnell

04-23-12   I had the same experience selling on audiogon. the buyers au ...   Sgunther

04-23-12   This is a scam and back out right away. i have had this trie ...   Grannyring

04-23-12   Perhaps we ought not be so passive. why not try to actually ...   Mechans

04-23-12   Hilarious scam. you should take the cashiers check and send ...   Elizabeth

04-23-12   Elizabeth if i ever did anything to offend you i apologize n ...   Philjolet

04-23-12   If you want a second hobby try scambaiting. check out sites ...   Ghostrider45

04-23-12   Classic nigeria 419 scam.   Prpixel

04-23-12   Scam that is also uaed in car sales. why would someone over ...   Polk432

04-23-12   This is a well know scam; avoid this scam artist like the pl ...   Mgattmch

04-23-12   I have had this happen several times since the beginning of ...   Csmgolf

04-23-12   I've received over a dozen of these "offers" and t ...   Audiofeil

04-23-12: Polk432
I agree with Elizabeth. String em on. Then string em up!
Polk432  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


04-23-12   These crooks are getting as bad as lowballers. at least you ...   Polk432

04-23-12   If you have to ask, you were born yesterday.   Sebrof

04-23-12   the fbi could care less about these scams. i had a guy send ...   Sounds_real_audio

04-23-12   I have received a couple offers like this one. they are answ ...   Timrhu

04-23-12   Nothing new under the sun. i remember buying a demo pair of ...   Stanwal

04-24-12   When i was sent a cashiers check (by express mail, no less) ...   Gsm18439

04-24-12   I’ve reverted to posting wanted ads for what i’m looking for ...   Raks

04-24-12   Standard money-back scam. the check will be a forgery.   Lloydc

04-24-12   Why would someone pay more than your asking price? and then ...   Audiolui

04-24-12   I get more of these than i do legit emails these days. proba ...   Zydo

04-24-12   Similar offers from nigeria are usually ok. 8^)   Rja

04-24-12   More importantly, what name does this buyer use here at audi ...   Lifeengineer

04-25-12   I guess i'm the minority in thinking that in addition to sel ...   Jedinite24

04-26-12   It's important to forward the scam offers to audiogon so the ...   Chashas1

04-26-12   elizabeth, good idea. got the check today and has been pres ...   Andrewdoan

04-26-12   Here's one i received tonight, which i just forwarded to th ...   Chashas1

04-26-12   Well i'll be darned, here's one of three i received all from ...   Audiofeil

04-27-12   They're nasty parasites, bill. audiogon already removed the ...   Chashas1

04-27-12   And yet another one tonight.... questions from patrick24 ( ...   Chashas1


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