phony, I almost lose thousands of dollars

[thetop31]

I am a trustful woman, and I sell some extra things on website. there is one woman who contact me and she said she would send a check to me, so I prepared the stuff she need, it cost less than 400 dollars, she always asked me if I received the check, I said I didn't, I am not patient so I told her if she sent let me know. aroud one month suddenly I received one check which is more than 3000 dollars I do not know who sent to me and my husband was angry with me that " why you registered the website which you do not know, what is this more than 3k dollars?" I was suprised too. cos I do not know where it comes from.
then I check from interenet of the info one the check, it is from one company, so I think they want to loan me money or .....I called the company, they had no idea and after I give them the Fedex tracking NO. they said they don't use Fedex, they use UPS, then they told me that check was sent from Houston, they don't have office in Houston....I said I would fax them the check then they can check.
after that ,I received that woman's 3 email which she said they delivery the check and I should receive it. I should deduct the sales amount and send her back the balance.....
since I called that company, I doubt and they I talked in one chat group, they told me that the check is fake and one of my coutrymate was cheated too.  phony. I will just leave her and do not contact her any more!
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[irishlady1970]

Sorry that this has happened to you. Internet scams are on the rise and ripping more people off than ever before. Simple rules to follow that will keep you from getting scammed are:
1. If it sounds too good to be true, it's a scam
2. Use paypal or other payment sources that protect you from being ripped off
3. Don't accept personal checks or money orders
4. Don't give out your credit card number unless you are familiar with the site and the dealer is reputable
5. Never cash a check that requires you to send money back to the sender
One good thing about what happened to you is that you didn't cash the check and you caught on to the scam quickly.

[thetop31]

I am lucky this time,
I was not lucky before, I lost some money before, but not much.
my friend borrow money from me then they disappeared, 3 friends.  we are come different places, I do not know their home address. they need help, then I lent money to them, but never come back.

[syncflame]

yeah i never deal with checks its just so easy to get scamed

[marcar1008]

I get many of those checks, I just ignore them, they are too good to be true. I think they want to do something like a mystery shopper, they send you money but part of that money you need to deposit somewhere else.

[thetop31]

when you send back the money somewhere else, then, you will lose a big amount money and big trouble into your life!
be carefull!

[lynnc35]

Ha, this happened to us, my husband received a check and was told to cash it, that he had been picked to be a secret shopper, it was for over 3,500, yeah, I knew it was wrong, so he took it to the bank and asked them about it, the teller looked it up, if he would of cashed it, he would of been in criminal trouble, there are people over seas, that try to get us in america to cash their checks for them, the money is dirty and this is a con, scam. do never fall for it, it was even featured on some news program in the morning, if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

[mgarmstrong]

If it sounds to good to be true, there is generally a reason.  Be very carefuls of scam's and providing personal info (especially banking info) to anyone.

[lucylaw]

I am so glad I clicked on this as I can be a real sucker. Thank-you for all the good advice.

[loulizlee]

Moral of the story:  Never trust anything on the Internet you can't verify.  And, yes, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

[derrick12480]

That's why most sites like fusion cash seem to be trustworthy. It's not as if they are offering you $100 to fill out a survey each time. On here it may take time but it adds up gradually and is good for some extra needed cash. I definitly trust the if it's too good to be true it's a scam. It's so funny seeing those ads for women who make $4000 a day for doing almost nothing.

[mgint]

yeah i got a check from a secret shopper scam didn't cash it just loooked like a scam you have to be careful these days there alot of people who will do anything to cheat you.

[white_swan]

Something like this happened to my friend but unfortunately she couldnt get out of it.

She was tutoring students for math and science and some guy called her asking her if she could tutor his son who will be in the US the week after they spoke and he said he will send her a check so that she can get paid through his maid. Well, he sent a check for 7000$ and asked her to take her pay rate and send him the rest. She never told any of us what was happening but she went to Wells fargo and completed the transaction and before she realized, she actually sent him money from her account. The WF bank kept calling her for the entire following year but since she was still in school she couldnt pay them. I have no idea how it all ended.

Im so sorry for you.

People like those who cheat others will never really understand the meaning of living life sincerely.

[MrPKitty]

Anytime anyone wants you to accept a check larger than the amount you asked for, and then to send them the difference, it's a scam.

[Azanne07]

I have something similar happen to me.

I was in need of some extra cash for school and I was chatting with people I have never meet before. This one guy said that he would send me a check and that I needed to send me back so much of it. But before he said anything about the check he sent me flowers and candy and a few other nice things to butter me up. I did not cash that check and after talking to a few people, I was really happy that I did not cash the check because I would have been in big trouble.