Originally Posted by PBNJ2 (Post 2181872)

I have listed items for sale on TOTV. Recently received an inquiry asking if I will accept cashiers check, to which I responded that we prefer cash. This is the response that I received from the inquirer....has anyone else had this kind of experience? I have read that scams can be a problem with stolen Cashier checks.
This is the email they use...

report2storecherkersurvey@aol.com

This is the response...
"Good day Seller,

Am sorry about the late respond....I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I really want to buy this furniture from you. I would have love to come personally for viewing and pick it up but am currently not around due to nature of my work,. We move from one location to another And i believe that is in good condition base on your explanation. Pls do withdraw with immediate effect, the advert from Web, i don't mind adding $50 extra for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me.... I locate at 18028 Gawthrop Dr Bradenton, FL 34211, I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via Cashier check/ Certified check as i mention in my previous mail, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be responsible for the shipping once the Cashier Check has been cleared from your bank. Also The check will take only 1-2 to cleared your account which will be sent to you soon Via USPS next day delivery . where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the. following details below

Full Name(required)

Home/ Mailing Address

City/ State/ Zip Code

Phone Number(required)

Email(required)

LAST OFFER :(required)

Thanks

I await your response.
Regards."

Thanks for reading this post.
What would you do?

Originally Posted by clossonjunk (Post 2182188)

I have sold a few things recently and this is definitely a scam. I got responses just like this. Never never accept anything but cold hard cash. Also, asking you if you will accept a Zelle payment is also a scam!!!! I got no less than10 responses asking immediate for my phone number and/or demanding me to accept Zelle payment. All the responses were identical, so I was suspicious enough to research if they were scans. Don’t even accept Venmo or PayPal. There’s a way for them to take the money back doing that. Don’t give out your phone number or address. Keep your communication within the site you posted and have them meet you at a rec center or mailbox parking lot. I got so many of these scammers responses, that a few months ago, when I was selling furniture, I had the person meet me at the mailbox and then had them follow me to my house. If they showed up to the mailbox, I knew they were legitimate.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2182223)

Please explain how a Zelle payment to you can be a scam? To me, a Zelle payment is equivalent to cash, the money won't transfer into your account if it wasn't in the sender's account. How does this become a scam?

Originally Posted by PBNJ2 (Post 2181872)

I have listed items for sale on TOTV. Recently received an inquiry asking if I will accept cashiers check, to which I responded that we prefer cash. This is the response that I received from the inquirer....has anyone else had this kind of experience? I have read that scams can be a problem with stolen Cashier checks.
This is the email they use...

report2storecherkersurvey@aol.com

This is the response...
"Good day Seller,

Am sorry about the late respond....I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I really want to buy this furniture from you. I would have love to come personally for viewing and pick it up but am currently not around due to nature of my work,. We move from one location to another And i believe that is in good condition base on your explanation. Pls do withdraw with immediate effect, the advert from Web, i don't mind adding $50 extra for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me.... I locate at 18028 Gawthrop Dr Bradenton, FL 34211, I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via Cashier check/ Certified check as i mention in my previous mail, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be responsible for the shipping once the Cashier Check has been cleared from your bank. Also The check will take only 1-2 to cleared your account which will be sent to you soon Via USPS next day delivery . where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the. following details below

Full Name(required)

Home/ Mailing Address

City/ State/ Zip Code

Phone Number(required)

Email(required)

LAST OFFER :(required)

Thanks

I await your response.
Regards."

Thanks for reading this post.
What would you do?

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2182234)

They tell you they sent a Zelle payment and then claim it won't go thru because your account needs to be updated.

The e-mail will include a link to do this. It will look like a Zelle website, but the header will be wrong.

If you sign in, you'll be giving them your account info and password... Bye Bye money!

I was selling some musical equipment on e-Bay and I received no less than 5 of these scam attempts... I won't get into specifics about how I responded, but it was instructions on how to "self-copulate"... Oddly, I never heard back form them...

Rather than click on their link, I went to my Zelle app and all was fine.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER respond to a link received by e-mail for any banking activity. Open a new window and go to the site YOU usually use. And problems will be listed there...

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2182248)

Ah, so it isn't an issue with Zelle, it's a social engineering attempt.

I can't remember how many times my M&T Bank account has been frozen. I would care more if I ever had an M&T account in the first place.

Originally Posted by Golfer222 (Post 2181890)

I wouldnt send cash if I were the buyer- no trail- what is the problem if they are telling you to wait until the check clears before shipping

Originally Posted by PBNJ2 (Post 2181872)

I have listed items for sale on TOTV. Recently received an inquiry asking if I will accept cashiers check, to which I responded that we prefer cash. This is the response that I received from the inquirer....has anyone else had this kind of experience? I have read that scams can be a problem with stolen Cashier checks.
This is the email they use...

report2storecherkersurvey@aol.com

This is the response...
"Good day Seller,

Am sorry about the late respond....I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I really want to buy this furniture from you. I would have love to come personally for viewing and pick it up but am currently not around due to nature of my work,. We move from one location to another And i believe that is in good condition base on your explanation. Pls do withdraw with immediate effect, the advert from Web, i don't mind adding $50 extra for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me.... I locate at 18028 Gawthrop Dr Bradenton, FL 34211, I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via Cashier check/ Certified check as i mention in my previous mail, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be responsible for the shipping once the Cashier Check has been cleared from your bank. Also The check will take only 1-2 to cleared your account which will be sent to you soon Via USPS next day delivery . where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the. following details below

Full Name(required)

Home/ Mailing Address

City/ State/ Zip Code

Phone Number(required)

Email(required)

LAST OFFER :(required)

Thanks

I await your response.
Regards."

Thanks for reading this post.
What would you do?

Originally Posted by nhtexasrn (Post 2182259)

This is a well known scam. The check actually does clear but then is found to be fraudulent and the money is withdrawn. I hope you don't fall for this some day. They are always "out of town" and will have a relative come pick up the furniture, hence the need for a cashiers check.

Originally Posted by PBNJ2 (Post 2181872)

I have listed items for sale on TOTV. Recently received an inquiry asking if I will accept cashiers check, to which I responded that we prefer cash. This is the response that I received from the inquirer....has anyone else had this kind of experience? I have read that scams can be a problem with stolen Cashier checks.
This is the email they use...

report2storecherkersurvey@aol.com

This is the response...
"Good day Seller,

Am sorry about the late respond....I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I really want to buy this furniture from you. I would have love to come personally for viewing and pick it up but am currently not around due to nature of my work,. We move from one location to another And i believe that is in good condition base on your explanation. Pls do withdraw with immediate effect, the advert from Web, i don't mind adding $50 extra for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me.... I locate at 18028 Gawthrop Dr Bradenton, FL 34211, I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via Cashier check/ Certified check as i mention in my previous mail, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be responsible for the shipping once the Cashier Check has been cleared from your bank. Also The check will take only 1-2 to cleared your account which will be sent to you soon Via USPS next day delivery . where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the. following details below

Full Name(required)

Home/ Mailing Address

City/ State/ Zip Code

Phone Number(required)

Email(required)

LAST OFFER :(required)

Thanks

I await your response.
Regards."

Thanks for reading this post.
What would you do?

Originally Posted by PBNJ2 (Post 2181872)

I have listed items for sale on TOTV. Recently received an inquiry asking if I will accept cashiers check, to which I responded that we prefer cash. This is the response that I received from the inquirer....has anyone else had this kind of experience? I have read that scams can be a problem with stolen Cashier checks.
This is the email they use...

report2storecherkersurvey@aol.com

This is the response...
"Good day Seller,

Am sorry about the late respond....I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I really want to buy this furniture from you. I would have love to come personally for viewing and pick it up but am currently not around due to nature of my work,. We move from one location to another And i believe that is in good condition base on your explanation. Pls do withdraw with immediate effect, the advert from Web, i don't mind adding $50 extra for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me.... I locate at 18028 Gawthrop Dr Bradenton, FL 34211, I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via Cashier check/ Certified check as i mention in my previous mail, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be responsible for the shipping once the Cashier Check has been cleared from your bank. Also The check will take only 1-2 to cleared your account which will be sent to you soon Via USPS next day delivery . where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the. following details below

Full Name(required)

Home/ Mailing Address

City/ State/ Zip Code

Phone Number(required)

Email(required)

LAST OFFER :(required)

Thanks

I await your response.
Regards."

Thanks for reading this post.
What would you do?

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2182428)

After reading all 58 posts, I am beginning to conclude that someone was probably trying to scam the OP.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2182223)

Please explain how a Zelle payment to you can be a scam. To me, a Zelle payment is equivalent to cash, the money won't transfer into your account if it wasn't in the sender's account and once you have the money it cannot be taken back. How does this become a scam?

Originally Posted by clossonjunk (Post 2183220)

I agree with you. I always thought Zelle, PayPal, and Venmo were same as cash. I use them in my business, but when the first 10 responses were demanding me to give them my Zelle account info and telling me to open a zelle since I told them I didn't have one, I Googled Zelle payment scam. I read many many posts researching it and I'll be damned if it wasn't a latest scam. Zelle is connected to your bank account, so that's the reason they want it so bad. I don't remember how it works, I just know that you don't use it with unknown people. I was also shocked to know they can swipe their money back from Venmo and Paypal.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2183294)

The scam with PayPal and collection of goods is that after payment and collection, the buyer claims 'goods not received.
As the seller cannot show proof of delivery, PP will refund buyer.
That's how it used to work, and be. System may have changed since.
When I sold my fishing gear, which was quite high value, I only accepted cash on collection.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2183322)

If you send with "signature required", they cannot claim they never received the item...

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2183401)

Captain Obvious strikes again!

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2183545)

It's a shame that you couldn't figure that out when you posted your "how the scam works"...

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2183598)

Because there was nothing to figure out.
The subject was collection of goods, and scams of collections.
Nothing to do with sending goods with signed for postage.