Cheque Fraud scam - They got me big time!

hollydays

I wasnt suggesting that was a scammer.Agree with what soolin says above post.

C_Ronaldo

the cheek of some people, sorry you got conned OP, theres no advice i can offer

peter_the_piper

I know my maths were never very good but how is the OP only £2500 out of pocket when the dud cheque was for £3500? Silly point I know but just curious.

davethecue

Apolgies if I'm wrong , but I don't believe it either

A possible explanation is it was posted by someone who is thinking of doing a scam and wanted to find out pitfalls/what websites offer in tracking stuff etc
What better way to set something up than by finding out 'what the enemy know'

Or have I been reading to many conspiracy websites !!!!

ukdrummajor

and i was astounded that it was for £3500. My rent advance was for £800. I cashed the cheque in straight away as the lady seemed anxious that i send her shipper the excess money (£2700) via western union asap.

with good maths and reading it doesn`t make £2500 !!!!!!!!!!!!

C_Ronaldo

id read the rest of the posts and it does seem a bit odd

catlady

Never, ever, respond to any e-mails requesting money or financial information, or any requests to log in to a specific site via a link, forward all such mail, complete with FULL headers, to:-

fraud.alert@met.police.uk

Turning_into_scrooge

Poppy9 wrote:

I thought that too espcially as 1st post. Alll newbies introduce themselves and say "be kind to me this is my first post"

Snap, i wondered that as well :)or maybe MSE has made me very cynical

Turning_into_scrooge

peter_the_piper wrote:

I know my maths were never very good but how is the OP only £2500 out of pocket when the dud cheque was for £3500? Silly point I know but just curious.

Because the given cheque is supposedly a dud so the £800 will be pulled back by the bank and the rest of the money comes out of the person bank account. the £800 will more than likely be found to be a forged or stolen cheque so this money will be debited out of the account also