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I posted my car up on auto-trader about a month ago. I get an e-mail from a person who is interested in my car. He asks me what my bottom line price is. Its a2005 Nissan Alitma with 64k miles and a couple of upgrades(DVD/nav playstation the works) so I tell him 12.5K. He says ok. Tells me a cashiers check will be inthe mail and his "agent" will come inspect the car.
The cashiers check gets here and its for 18k. I e-mail him and ask why is it so much more? He told me he made the check for another car but not to worry justcash the check and give his "agent" the difference. Me being who I am I know there is NO way anybody sends 5.5 k more for a car and trust somebodywill give you the difference. I call the bank the check is supposed to come from and they tell me there is no way the check is legit. They ask me to fax a copyover to them so they could get a better look and she calls me back LAUGHING! She told me they have seen some pretty good fakes but these were horrible. Theyhad just changed checks but it was still no where close to what the old checks looked like.
Then she alerted me to the scam they use where they send people cashiers check's because people believe they clear faster then regular checks. You cash thecheck and send them the difference. In two to three weeks the check will bounce and the bank will want their money back. Nine times out of ten the money willbe gone by then so you are out of luck.
I am glad I called the bank so just as a lesson to anybody selling your car watch out for this mess.
The cashiers check gets here and its for 18k. I e-mail him and ask why is it so much more? He told me he made the check for another car but not to worry justcash the check and give his "agent" the difference. Me being who I am I know there is NO way anybody sends 5.5 k more for a car and trust somebodywill give you the difference. I call the bank the check is supposed to come from and they tell me there is no way the check is legit. They ask me to fax a copyover to them so they could get a better look and she calls me back LAUGHING! She told me they have seen some pretty good fakes but these were horrible. Theyhad just changed checks but it was still no where close to what the old checks looked like.
Then she alerted me to the scam they use where they send people cashiers check's because people believe they clear faster then regular checks. You cash thecheck and send them the difference. In two to three weeks the check will bounce and the bank will want their money back. Nine times out of ten the money willbe gone by then so you are out of luck.
I am glad I called the bank so just as a lesson to anybody selling your car watch out for this mess.
