[sharyn0615]

Scam??? I received a text reply to an ad I posted. The person wanted to buy the items, sight unseen, with a cashiers check, for more than my posted price and even more $ to pay a moving company which would pick up the items. The phone number was from Keller, Texas.I said NO DEAL as it seemed hokey to me.

[spring_chicken]

Oldest one in the books.

[MSchad]

Originally Posted by sharyn0615

Scam??? I received a text reply to an ad I posted. The person wanted to buy the items, sight unseen, with a cashiers check, for more than my posted price and even more $ to pay a moving company which would pick up the items. The phone number was from Keller, Texas.I said NO DEAL as it seemed hokey to me.

Definitely a scam. Been around for long time. Mover will come, you pay them. A month later bank takes money out of your account because cashiers check was counterfeit.

[retiredguy123]

Doesn't it seem strange that banks can't scan the check, send it to the originating bank, and determine almost immediately that the check is counterfeit?

[claricecolin]

Very old and common scam

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by claricecolin

Very old and common scam

Yet some people will fall for it.

[EdFNJ]

It's on Judge Judy almost every week. Usually the recipient of the cashier's check gives the check to a "friend" to deposit, LOL, and the (ex)friend sues them. I ALWAYS got that on Craigslist in many shapes and forms when I sold something..