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rochellepfaff 02-02-2023 07:29 AM
This is a scam!!!!!!
 
Quote:
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?
This is a 100% scam!!!!!! He will send you a cashier's check for more than you asked for, then claim it was a mistake and ask you send him a refund of the overage. Then the cashier's check will bounce. DO NOT DO IT!!! CASH ONLY!!!!!

jimkerr 02-02-2023 07:30 AM
Quote:
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?
Can you not tell with the poor English and asking for your personal information that this is a scam? Come on man.

airstreamingypsy 02-02-2023 07:47 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by larbud (Post 2182048)
Ya’ll got some dumb assed answers, IT’S ONE MILLION PERCENT SCAM…
..
Finally, someone with some sense. Of course its a scam. Good grief.

Notsocrates 02-02-2023 08:06 AM
Quote:
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?

bogus address

clossonjunk 02-02-2023 08:11 AM
Quote:
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?
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.

JMintzer 02-02-2023 08:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by larbud (Post 2182048)
Ya’ll got some dumb assed answers, IT’S ONE MILLION PERCENT SCAM…
..
You mean all of the posts saying it was a SCAM? Yeah, they were certainly "dumb assed"...

JMintzer 02-02-2023 08:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2182173)
Finally, someone with some sense. Of course its a scam. Good grief.
EVERYONE was saying it was a scam!

bdw08 02-02-2023 08:13 AM
Total scam.

MandoMan 02-02-2023 08:14 AM
Quote:
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?
This has happened to me several times when I’ve tried to sell things in this area. It is a common SCAM. Do NOT agree. I always sold things soon to good buyers after that. A similar scam is for people to offer an insultingly low price, like half of what you ask for. There are people or gangs probably that, say, go to used musical instrument sale sites and offer half or less to a hundred people, eventually find someone desperate who will sell, make the purchase, then resell it for the original asking price. This is legal, but you should know that it’s a business model. Lower the price if you like, but that offer may not be the best you will get.

hoot2602 02-02-2023 08:16 AM
Scam Money Orders
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Triker (Post 2182121)
That has SCAM written all over it.
That’s how they work.
This trick is so old...using personal or business checks or money orders that can easily be forged. Cash and carry! If not, I would not accept any payment method that I did not witness being created or is verified.

Examples: Go with buyer to place who "sells" money orders. If legitimate, will probably use credit card to purchase the money order (some places may not accept credit cards to purchase money orders). Anyway, when you witness the payment method being verfied by a legitimate bank or financial entity, you then can feel comfortable about the non-cash payment method being valid.

Caution!!!!

Laurel Maryland 02-02-2023 08:19 AM
Donate the furniture
 
Quote:
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?
A retired couple in Mt. Dora was murdered recently by some one they let into their house. Lesson: If you can afford to do so, donate the furniture. The few bucks you might make selling it is not worth the risk of opening your door to a stranger.

Bill14564 02-02-2023 08:34 AM
Quote:
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.
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?

ahrens fox 02-02-2023 08:40 AM
Toss it

JMintzer 02-02-2023 08:45 AM
Quote:
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?
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...

Cheapbas 02-02-2023 08:47 AM
Quote:
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?
All the scams on FB marketplace and other sites begin with a long tale of why they can’t pick it up in person. The checks they mention aren’t going to clear.

Block them and move on


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