reminder about scams

[Greg Johnson]

Agreed and would add that most of these scams are founded on a bogus bank
check.  NEVER allow anything that belongs to you (e.g. money or property) to
leave your possession unless and until your bank informs you that the check
has completely cleared.  In other words the issuing bank has sent to the
funds to your bank and you know for certain the money is there.

Greg J

Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com> stated:

>Because apparently there are still people who think that it's
>perfectly legit when some stranger is willing to give you a check for
>more than what you're trying to sell an item for, and then ask for
>some money back (which even if the "buyer" was intending on following
>through, it's basically money laundering)...
>
>THAT IS FRAUD.  The goal is to get you to send your (real) money or
>your bank account information (yes, even a check is enough.)
>
>In case you are completely lacking in common sense:
>
>http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams<http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fraud<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fraud>