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JDM onlyy
08-21-2007, 06:50 PM
Alright well heres the deal guys, I got a dual cam ZC motor for sale. Made an agreement with a guy to sell it for $280 and he send me money for the engine and shipping. So I got the check today, its a Cashier's Check...but the thing is...he sent me a check for $5000 dollars.... :thinking:

And they guy that's buying the engine, his name is different compared to the name thats on the check. The Remitter's name is different then the name on the outside of the envelope that I received. Me and my mom were thinking its a scam, its fake and when we called the place to verify the cashiers check they said that company only gives out checks with 9 digit checks not 8..like the one I have. And it's also got the date July 2, 2007 on it, when I didn't even talk to him until like late July? Or early August?

So give me a bit of advice guys, what do you guys think I should do about it? Go along and act like I sent it, or should I just say that when I went to verify the check they told me it wasn't real...what do you guys think I should do with this guy?
Wurm
08-21-2007, 06:52 PM
i wouldnt talk to him again and turn the check in to the police with his address
JDM onlyy
08-21-2007, 06:58 PM
i wouldnt talk to him again and turn the check in to the police with his address

Hmm, probably will...still trying to figure out what the hell this guy was trying to do...did he think I was going to ship the engine out without getting the money first? Lol, he even sent the check through FedEx to try and make it legit I suppose...
james
08-21-2007, 07:40 PM
the guy probably doesn't even want your engine. its probably way more involved than that.
JCRolla
08-21-2007, 08:34 PM
the guy probably doesn't even want your engine. its probably way more involved than that.

Thats right. Report it to the police. You ended up being smarter than he thought you were. He was hpoing you would deposit the check and send the difference right away. Then he would have over $4000 of good money (not that bad check)! Hope his a$$ goes to jail
JDM onlyy
08-21-2007, 09:24 PM
Thats right. Report it to the police. You ended up being smarter than he thought you were. He was hpoing you would deposit the check and send the difference right away. Then he would have over $4000 of good money (not that bad check)! Hope his a$$ goes to jail

Hmm...interesting. Never thought about it that way...I was just going to get it cashed at a check cashing and then keep my money and use the rest to pay for his shipping crap then send whats left back in form of a money order or cashiers check. Will be reporting this to police soon.
brads94accord
08-21-2007, 09:32 PM
report it to the police.
JDM onlyy
08-21-2007, 09:53 PM
Will be reporting to police tomorrow I believe.
HeLLo iM iZzY
08-27-2007, 04:49 PM
Update?
highspeed
08-27-2007, 07:57 PM
Actually the FBI should be notified. This is more than likely an international scam. I had this happen to me 2 yrs ago with my sentra se-r. What they want you to do is cash the check at your bank, you keep "your part", and give them the rest for something like escrow service or something. You probably will not catch them but notify the FBI and give them all of your info on the check and letter that the check was sent in.
Sushi
08-27-2007, 11:20 PM
Dont Mess with the check. Call the cops. Let them handle it so you dont get into any trouble for trying to cash it!
itsjustdee
08-28-2007, 01:38 PM
it's a fake...
there's a lot of people scamming right now just sending fake money orders.