Here is how it works:

Someone sends you a check and you deposit it.

That person asks you to wire or (in this case) to pay them cash for some reason (in this case, because they sent you money for the movers by accident).

You take the funds out of your bank, because the funds are made available for withdrawal immediately but it takes 14 days (normally) to completely clear, per Uniform Commercial Code, and pay the movers. Just because the bank allows you to access money deposited into your account doesn�t mean the transaction has totally cleared.

Your bank then finds that the check was forged or otherwise fraudulent over the course of the 14 day period, and immediately withdrawals the total amount for the check from your account.

You are out whatever amount they sent you, and you can�t do anything about it.

Usually, the check has red flags but these aren�t always caught by a teller or however you deposited the check. The check is written off an account from, let�s say, Chase. You deposit into your Bank of America account. The Chase check is totally fake, with a fake account number. BoA finds out days later it was a fake check, and charges your account for the missing funds.

This is exactly correct.

I'll add it to my Bucket List

hahah nice try

I got the same message about selling a bed cover although it was not typed in proper English. Same story different item.

Thats all Craigslist is these days is people trying to scam others... stay away from that place.

Long list of victims who shop Craigslist!!!

email and ask him if the movers take lead as payment, tell him you have plenty waiting for them.

Geeze, I just purchased a new warranty for a vehicle I no longer own from Jordan Foster....

I thought I would add this one I got the other day...I would not recommend answering this e-mail.
Do you think people fall for these?


It is a pleasure to introduce to you a business that will make the beginning of never-ending family relationship and i hope this proposal will not be an inconvenience or embarrassment to you.

I am Mr Charles Philip the only son of late Mr Philip Talaku who was a famous cocoa merchant,My late father operated his cocoa business in cote d'ivoire under partnership but unfortunately his business associates poisoned him in-order to claim his wealth in a cocktail party held in his honor as the director of the company.

When he was poisoned he was rushed to the hospital,it was in the hospital that he secretly disclosed to me the cause of the sickness and that he deposited the sum of $10.8m (Ten Million Eight Hundred Thousand American Dollars Only) in a suspense account to a bank here in cote d'ivoire and that i was made the next of kin to inherit the money in his record/file.

He therefore advised me to look for a reliable,trust worthy and God-fearing person who will assist me to transfer this funds abroad strictly for a good investment purposes,this is because he did not want his associates to raise an eyebrow on his funds.

He advised me to avoid his associates who will be running after my dear life,he finally died in the hospital after two days of admission. I am soliciting for your assistance to transfer the $10.8m into your bank account for an investment purposes in your country.

I hope to travel with you to your country after a good successful transfer of this funds. The contact of the bank will be given to you as soon as you show your interest and willingness to me, you can now instruct them on where and how the money will be transferred. I am offering you 10% of the total sum of $10.800.000.00 as commission for your assistance to the transfer of this funds into your country. May i strongly re-emphasize that this transaction is highly confidential, hitch free and this will be successfully concluded within 10 days.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation. You can reach me at ( Lep0012005@yahoo.co.jp ) for more details.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Charles Philip.

hospital admission aint what it used to be