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That really sucks, now next time and everytime use an escrow account. It may cost a little but in the long run it will save you a lot more. Even PayPal sucks when it comes to taking responsibility for bad deals. In an escrow account the funds are held until you recieve the product and you release them.
I bank with Wells Fargo and i dont think they do ooffer anything agianst it.
i work for a large bank and they should offer that type of account next time what you can do is tell the to put a hold on the check so that way you dont charge a return check fee and have to worryi about anything comin back to your account, and depending on your bank they should have put a hold on that check right away cause of the dollar amount . did you give him your truck?
everyone look out for this email address. motorsparts_auto@yahoo.co.uk. He goes by the name of Peter Reiss and he "lives" in canada. I had my truck for sale on this website, and he emailed me about it. he later sent me a $7,000 check for it and it later came back as a fraud check. now im in debt with my bank nearly $7,000. I dont want anyone else getting screwed by this guy so just keep you eye out for him and check all checks you recieve from anyone. thanks
No offense, but I honestly don't understand how people are still falling victim to these scams. It didn't strike you as odd that he supposedly lived in canada but his email address is from the UK? That would be the first alarm. Second, I never accept a check from anybody I don't know for any substantial amount of money. If they want it they can either send me a money order from a recongnisable bank, and wait till I have it checked out, or they can hand me a wad of cash. I hope this is another one of those where somebody gets screwed and everybody learns a lesson at their expense. I'm sorry you're out the money, and hope that you will be persistent enough with your bank to get your money back, at some point they have to give in and re-emburse you for this. They should have a way to absorb it themselves as a company rather than you as a smaller individual, and should be able to write it off somehow.
I just checked your ad and saw that you were asking $3500, so I'm gonna re-enact what happened and you tell me if I'm right.He gives you some reason/sob story why he has to or will send you a check for twice the amount, you keep half and he gets your truck, or he's a really nice guy and lets you keep a little more and return the remainder to him with the truck. Only after this all went down did you realize that it was a scam and you're boned.Other thought is, if he's supposedly in canada he pays you extra for shipping, maybe a little extra for your trouble. Now I'm really curious about what actually happened!
Ok This is how it happened.......he emailed me and said he lived in canada but was based in the UK (prob military) and said he was interested in buying my truck. anways we talked for a while and figured crap out then he sent me a check for $7,000. on recieving the check i was suppose to send a cashiers check to his "shipper" for the amount of $3200. I did that, and on the day my truck was going to get picked up i noticed the problem with my account. I emailed the guy and asked him what the hell was going on and he said he had nothing to do with it and, it was the banks, which it was the banks. so i canceled the cashiers check i sent to the shipper and put that back in my account, but after my account shower i had the money i paid off my loan, 1100, paid off a friend for wrecking his car, 1375, and some other small bills. so after putting the cashiers check back into my account and giving the bank all the money i had saved up i now owe 3089. I tried working something out with the fraud department at wells fargo but they are holding me responsible for this and i have 90 days to pay it back or it will get sent to collections. I just got my account in good standings and was working on building credit when i got this stupid check. now im back where i started. yeah i know im probably stupid for falling for the scam but it was all making sence until the end when everything fell apart,crap happens i guess.
yeah the guy never took my truck. when i found out about my account i email him chewing his ass out and the "shipper" never showed up. i wish he would of......if you know what i mean.
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