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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1610185, member: 37498"]I won't accept them because there's too many bogus money orders out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every now and then, when I feel like messing with someone, I respond to a spam email that I know is a scam. Or I respond to a scam email that was sent in reference to a craigslist ad. After baiting them on for a little bit, I've received several bogus checks. A couple of them were quite obviously fakes and I doubt any bank teller would accept them, but most of them are very good: Printed on actual check stock with watermarks, microprint, Micr ink, etc. The last one I received had the logo, address and a phone number for the Bank of America. I looked it up online and it actually was a phone number for the Bank of America. I called it and told the person that I had a check written on an account from their bank and that I wanted to verify the funds before depositing the check. She confirmed the account number was valid and the account had sufficient funds. Which means the check likely would have cleared, but eventually the account holder would notice and the funds would be removed from my account.</p><p><br /></p><p>What does all this have to do with FeeBay? Think about it: If your buyer pays with a fraudulent check that is drawn on a valid account that has sufficient funds, it could be weeks or even months before you ultimately lose the money. You might even have the authorities knocking on your door accusing you of fraud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1610185, member: 37498"]I won't accept them because there's too many bogus money orders out there. Every now and then, when I feel like messing with someone, I respond to a spam email that I know is a scam. Or I respond to a scam email that was sent in reference to a craigslist ad. After baiting them on for a little bit, I've received several bogus checks. A couple of them were quite obviously fakes and I doubt any bank teller would accept them, but most of them are very good: Printed on actual check stock with watermarks, microprint, Micr ink, etc. The last one I received had the logo, address and a phone number for the Bank of America. I looked it up online and it actually was a phone number for the Bank of America. I called it and told the person that I had a check written on an account from their bank and that I wanted to verify the funds before depositing the check. She confirmed the account number was valid and the account had sufficient funds. Which means the check likely would have cleared, but eventually the account holder would notice and the funds would be removed from my account. What does all this have to do with FeeBay? Think about it: If your buyer pays with a fraudulent check that is drawn on a valid account that has sufficient funds, it could be weeks or even months before you ultimately lose the money. You might even have the authorities knocking on your door accusing you of fraud.[/QUOTE]
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