Craigslist scammer targeting my son...

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krazykuda

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My son put an ad on craigslist for some car parts and a guy responded who is trying to scam him... He sent a large check above the amount, and is trying to get him to send him back the "difference"...

I told him to be careful and not send any money until the guy's check clears, and wouldn't you know it, the check bounced (bank says the account was closed)...

Now the guy is getting real pushy trying to get him to send the "refund"...

We haven't told him that we know the check was no good, just stalling him saying it hasn't cleared... The bank hit my son with a NSF fee for the check bouncing...

We are going to string him along for a bit... Anyone have some suggestions of some other things that we can do to "play" with him....

Post them up and we will have some fun with this guy....
 
email him with a fake tracking # for the return check (certified) - then when he replies that the # is no good, tell him you'll look into it and see what is wrong
 
Call the police and give them the info, because bank and postal fraud is a federal offense.
Obviously you need to mess with him anyway while doing it. :D

Tell him the check finally went through and he's keeping all the cash and not shipping the item.
If he's stupid enough to fall for that you know you can really have some fun with him, right up to the point the police find him.
 
TrailBeast said:
Call the police and give them the info, because bank and postal fraud is a federal offense.
Obviously you need to mess with him anyway while doing it. :D

Tell him the check finally went through and he's keeping all the cash and not shipping the item.
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We went to the bank yesterday to report it after he looked up his balance and it was negative... His paycheck also was direct deposit yesterday and they "tied" it up for the bad check... They released the hold for today and recommended that we make a police report...

The police say that they do not have the manpower to chase down a scammer that we are only out $35 for a check bouncing fee, but made the report anyway...

So since we have $35 into this, we are going to string him along to get our entertainment value out of it....
 
TrailBeast said:
Call the police and give them the info, because bank and postal fraud is a federal offense.
Obviously you need to mess with him anyway while doing it. :D

Tell him the check finally went through and he's keeping all the cash and not shipping the item.
If he's stupid enough to fall for that you know you can really have some fun with him, right up to the point the police find him.
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It is against the law. Call the cops and let them do their job.
 
His check came from a bank in Boston, his cell phone number is a California area code, and he's trying to get us to send the part(s) and "refund" to Atlanta, GA.... :realcrazy:

Some big red flags coming up.... :mob:
 
Why did you guys deposit a check into your account that you knew or should have known was a fraud? I say you owe the $35 NSF fee fair and square.

Block the guy and ignore him.
 
Your bank should be able to waive the NSF fee under the circumstances.
 
If he's local, tell him your going on a Biker Club Pub Crawl in his area and would like to stop by and make it a cash transaction
since the check hasnt cleared........
 
jbc426 said:
Why did you guys deposit a check into your account that you knew or should have known was a fraud? I say you owe the $35 NSF fee fair and square.

Block the guy and ignore him.
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We didn't know it was fraud until after the check was deposited and some of the other signs started coming up...

Yeah, turn it around and try to blame us.... :icon_fU:
 
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gdrill said:
Can you attach a cell number to some form of telemarketing sights? :)
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Not sure if the kid has tried to "trace" the phone number...

Most likely, it's not in their true name and address...
 
krazykuda said:
Cops say that they do not have the manpower to chase down only $35.... :mob:
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It's not just 35 dollars.
It's your money and someone else's, and someone else's and so on as long as he is able to keep doing it.
Call your local DA's office and tell them you are a taxpayer and expect them to do their job, because even if it was only a one time thing the amount doesn't matter as it is still Federal fraud.
As long as these people are able to keep doing this unaffected we are all going to keep paying the price for it.
Use the talking points "Bank fraud", "Federal Postal fraud", "Affects everyone", "will keep happening to others unless stopped" and "may even be involved in bigger frauds" if left to do so.

All they have to do is follow the check because it has to be picked up or sent somewhere from there, so also let the DA in the Georgia town where the check is supposed to go in on it.
 
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I would tell him you lost the check so never did cash it and that he needs to send another one.
Then if he does send a 2nd one then tell him you have a fire and his parts are ruined. Say you need his insurance company info to get him about twice what he was going to pay.
 
73AbodEE said:
I would ship him a barbeque sauce jar full of dog **** in a flat rate box
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My Aunt was doing some Christmas shopping one day and left the trunk open in the driveway while she carried things into the house.
She came out and 2 of the boxes were gone, so she filled a box with dog **** and left it in the trunk with the lid open.
About an hour later she went out and it was gone.
Nobody ever said a word of course, but we always wondered who got it and what they thought about it.

She tried to give away a completely functional refrigerator by setting it out on the curb with a "Free" sign on it, but it sat there for three days until she chained it to the telephone pole at the edge of the driveway.
Chain was cut and it was gone the next morning when she got up.
 
Be careful Karl. These scams are typically run by an organization not an individual. They first try to get the over payment refunded but they are also after getting you to deposit the check into your bank account. Once it bounces, they now have your bank routing number and your account number since it reports back through the electronic banking system to their empty account. Even if they don't get the overpayment, they will use forged documents to drain your account before you know what has happened. Then they move the money around faster than the bank can chase them trying to get it back.
 
One of the oldest cons running.

Close bank account it was deposited in and get a new account.
 
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