| This was a common type of scam going around earlier in the year. They send you money for item plus enough to pay for shipping, and you put it in your bank. You then send the item off and the bank (eventually) discovers it's not genuine and grabs the money back from your account.
The other variation is they tell you they are owed a larger sum of money and it will be sent to you. They ask you to take what you need for the item and the shipping, then pay THEM the balance. You then find you've not only shipped the item off, and paid for shipping, but have also paid out your cah too. The bank will of course take the money back when they find it is a con - but that is not for a while.
[Edited on 2-11-2005 by HW] |