Sold something ($950)....guy sends me a personal check after I told him money order or cashiers check. He says don't worry ship item after check clears....I wait a week and call his bank and check cleared. Now he says don't send item since he was diagnosed with lung cancer and has 2 months to live and wants me to send him his money back. I seem to remember having a check "clear" then later it was cancelled or bounced. Hate to be suspicious of a dying (maybe) man but ....
possible scam - wait longer and ask your bank if it is possible to cancel or reverse the deposit later. I would think once the check is cleared and the funds drawn from his account it can't be reversed.
Don't cash it They will get your bank account info Very popular in California Call the bank name on his check to see if it's real.
...wait long enough for your bank to actually receive funds, usually a working week in US...sad story, but in today's world you have to protect yourself...
Pretty much anything that involves cashing a check and returning actual money to the person is going to not be on the up and up.....add in a sickness or moving out of the country story that has to be done in the next "blank" amount of days and it's all over. Send him some Monopoly money for fun.
What others have said, SCAM. I've heard take of this very scenario where a short time later something comes up fraudulent with the deposited check and you're out the money. I'd call the bank and discuss with them when the check transaction will be legitimately final, or just ship him the part and call it done.
Was his name Ahmed? I heard they found an Ethiopian named Ahmed dead in his apartment. He left a note saying there is 50 million dollars under my bed, no one would answer my emails.
I put an add for a few laser's on some local MA online sights. I got a text on the phone number I posted to a email address of his? hers? I asked for which item they wanted and they said I "guess" the green one. Now my mind is telling me this is a scam. I tell them a price for $200 and decided to play the game. I got a few reply's that they are busy in business meetings, yada, yada, yada and they will get back.. A few weeks later I get a email out of no where saying that I will be happy as they sent me a check as registered mail.. The check was for $3875!!! I play some more and tell them they made a mistake and I get the reply that I can keep an extra $50 for the troubles and if I have an extra $700 pocket money I can send them till the check clears so they won't get fired. I decided to just end this game as I did go to far.. I tried to call the proper authority's but no one seemed to care.. The scammers pretty much piggy backed from sight to sight as far as communication. The check was sent from Brooklyn NY, from a law firm in PA and was a FL based bank.. Not saying its the same but??
Send him the part that he paid for. Let his estate deal with reselling the part. The $950 won't do him any good if he only has 2 months to live.
...But if he sends the part and the check boomerangs, he’s still ‘out’, just the part instead of cash. I say do a lot more investigating before doing anything. Patrick
if the check hasn't cleared into your bank (ie money clear and free into your bank account) simple, just tell him to cancel the check on his end. All solved.
If the money has cleared into your account, call your bank and discuss the matter. Lots of good reading here as well. https://www.thebalance.com/how-long-to-wait-after-depositing-a-check-315006
Send me a cashier's check for $250 and I will investigate it for you and let you know if it is a scam or not. :>)
