[extropy-chat] internet car sale scam

[Spike]

Thanks Don and Harvey!  This matches the case almost exactly.  
I didn't realize that if one cashes a counterfeit money order
one is still liable to the bank, even after one is
holding the cash.  So my buddy might be out 3500 bucks.
Im pissed at myself for not having caught this *before*
the 3500, but at least we stopped the 7k loss.  The Snopes
writeup is probably the right deal.

spike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org 
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> Don Dartfield
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:40 AM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] internet car sale scam
> 
> 
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> 
> > Ouch!  This is a variant of the old Nigerian scam.  See
> > <http://www.fraudaid.com/scamwarnings/419-030303-01-warticle.htm>.
> 
> Snopes has a good writeup on this scam here:
> 
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/carsale.asp

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