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Attorney General Warns of Phony Car Buyer Scam (FL folks, FYI)
Office of the FL Attorney General ^
| Aug 8, 2005
| Atty General Charlie Crist
Posted on 08/08/2005 1:10:59 PM PDT by summer
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To: ChildOfThe60s; All
You're right; this could happen anywhere. Also from article:
Another South Florida couple fell victim to the scam in January after they posted an online ad for a Miami apartment to rent. They were contacted by a student from London stating he or she was interested in the apartment and would send a cashiers check for the rent. The check was for $2,500 more than the $1,000 the renters asked for. The student asked the couple to wire the difference back, saying the overpayment was a mistake. After wiring the money back, the couple realized the original check was fraudulent and they had lost their $2,500.
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:03:25 PM PDT
by
summer
To: FreePaul
In my friend's case, apparently the check was either a stolen original or a near-perfect forgery. What the other bank said was that no check by that particular check number had ever been issued. He was luuuucky!
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:07:06 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. -- Benjamin Franklin)
To: summer
For some entertaining reading check out
www.419eater.com
Scamming the scammers is their hobby.
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:09:13 PM PDT
by
Wakulla
To: Wakulla; lowbridge
lowbridge, did you ever submit your trophy photos
here?
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:19:00 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Wakulla; All
But a note to all who read about your link: As noted on that site, these people who scam are CRIMINALS and DANGEROUS!
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:20:13 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Wakulla
PS Gosh, these people are desperate to steal -
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:22:22 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Wakulla
From the site's Hall of Shame - a fake ID (notice cut out/pasted head):
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:24:46 PM PDT
by
summer
To: All
REPEAT: these people who scam are CRIMINALS and DANGEROUS!
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:26:00 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer; Cacique; rmlew
This is an old scam, common among the Roma (aka Gypsys). Caveat Vendor.
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posted on
08/08/2005 2:27:08 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Intelligent Design Isn't Very Intelligent)
To: summer
Nope. Never submitted my pics there.
To: lowbridge
Well, yours are better than most of theirs!
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posted on
08/08/2005 4:17:39 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Clemenza
I've never heard of it before. And since it's going on now, people need to know!
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posted on
08/08/2005 4:19:28 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Clemenza
Yes and back in the Balkans it started with selling horses. I gotta tell you, those Roma were way ahead of their time :-).
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:24:23 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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