From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 18:43:20 PST
I bought a used alternator for my CUCV a few weeks ago and sent the man a
Sonny
Thieves have ALWAYS been sophisticated, and on the forefront of
Go back to the wild west even; the best of the best hacked into the
That's not so MV-related, so here: I've bought stuff of this list, some
Aaron Horrocks
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The thieves are getting so sophisticated now days, that a normal person
Thanks for the info.
--- Mark Contractor <markeoffice@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Go with cash or a bank transfer.
check. I thought he would send the item on after he got the check and saw
what it said on the left top but he wouldn't. I needed the item real bad
but had to wait on the check to clear on his end. He was right, there is no
more trust and for good reason because of scumbags who make it bad for the
honest guy.
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From: "Horrocks, Aaron" <ACHb@pge.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
technology. (minus the stupid ones. And there's lots of those.) Not only
do they usually have the best weapons, which is even more present with
modern "gun control" laws that severely limits what everyone BUT the bad
guys have... but they have the funds for the newest hitech toys. There's
lots of advantages to not following the laws ya know!
brand new telegraph systems and exploited it. The History channel had a
show where train robbers posed as the bank keepers via telegraph and
claimed to have lost the keys to the safe. They requested that the safe
be transported unlocked. Certainly made that train a breeze to rob.
of it rather expensive, and it's always been smooth. I've paid with
check, and I'm pretty sure every time the guy's waited for the check to
clear. Takes something like 10 days. =/
Sr. Electrical Engineering Estimator
Livermore Office
achb@pge.com
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of Mark W
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:04 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
can't keep up with all the techniques they use. I once had a guy who
wanted to wire money, but something about the guy made me nervous.
Sometimes you have to go on your instincts.
Wouldn't it be risky to give a stranger your bank routing info?
Mark
> Consider using Pay Pal like they do on Ebay.
>
> Or call the bank that the cashiers check is drawn on.
> Check up on the bona fides, yourself.
> Don't accept a call from what the buyer says is his bank, unless you
> know the phone number of the bank ahead of time and have caller i.d.
>
> I am still sweating a cashiers check that I took.
> My bank said they "thought" it looked good.
> I hate to lose $7000 on the oppinion of a $8/hour teller.
>
> I did give it a week before I allowed the new owner to pick up.
>
> If you have any doubts, take cash. But run the $100s thru a currency
> sorter at the bank. They could be bogus, too. A good Cummins Allison
> currency sorter can detect counterfeit bills.
>
> Mark W <mnm3693234@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm in the process of selling a truck and would like to know how to
> protect myself from fake cashier's checks or money orders, etc. What
> I'm dealing with is in the $7000 range. In the past I usually insist
> on cash, but I always run in the question of checks. Is there a way to
> protect yourself? Can a bank determine up front if the check is valid.
> I had once heard that even if it is a cashier check, the bank I
> deposit it, still wants a few days to see if it clears.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>
>
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