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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:01:31 PM EDT
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You're not sending them Anus laptops?
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:02:13 PM EDT
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Fun!
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:03:18 PM EDT
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Are the MO's fake?
You should contact Postal Inspection. Especially if the MOs are fake. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:03:49 PM EDT
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Are the postal money orders fake ? I have only done this once and I got a legit check from a hijacked bank account .
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:06:16 PM EDT
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PMO's are fake. Not even real ones that have been stolen. And, the PO doesn't care. They don't investigate, they don't even want to send someone down to collect them. No 'damage' has been done, since I'm not out anything.
But, they do look good. They'd fool a lot of folks that don't handle real ones regularly. The MoneyGrams appear to be real, but I suspect they are stolen. Some are dated current, some from a year ago. The business checks are all forged. I contact the companies listed on them to let them know. Thankfully, while the bank numbers are often correct, routing numbers are not. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:06:24 PM EDT
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Regardless of them being overseas, they do use pawns(people truly dumb) that are in the usa.
You're giving your home address to them? Regardless of the fake name just not safe. 
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:08:19 PM EDT
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You're giving your home address to them? Hahahah! No. And, the text messaging I do with them is Google Voice, and the email is also a disposable Google address. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:09:28 PM EDT
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PMO's are fake. Not even real ones that have been stolen. And, the PO doesn't care. They don't investigate, they don't even want to send someone down to collect them. No 'damage' has been done, since I'm not out anything. But, they do look good. They'd fool a lot of folks that don't handle real ones regularly. The MoneyGrams appear to be real, but I suspect they are stolen. Some are dated current, some from a year ago. The business checks are all forged. I contact the companies listed on them to let them know. Thankfully, while the bank numbers are often correct, routing numbers are not. Maybe we can archive your thread so when the "Someone wants to buy my car on Craigslist, is this a scam?" posts come up we can just link them 
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:10:18 PM EDT
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I like it. Fuck those assholes.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:12:07 PM EDT
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You're not sending them Anus laptops? P-P-P-PowerBook! http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/p-p-p-powerbook |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:12:27 PM EDT
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Well played OP. Be safe but keep wasting their time, maybe they'll find something better to do with it, like take a job as a $15/hr cash register worker.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:13:41 PM EDT
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anita johnson
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:14:39 PM EDT
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Stokes, I can send you a Postal Money order for that upper...
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:18:42 PM EDT
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I can write a check on a napkin. Will you accept that?
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:19:06 PM EDT
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What do the Postal Money orders look like under UV?
What other details flag them as fake? How many times have you been burned by Paypal Thread? |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:19:29 PM EDT
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Now you need to find a backpage girl named Anita Johnson.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:26:24 PM EDT
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How does one steal a moneygram money order? They aren't even printed until you pay for it. Do you stand at Walmart for days and wait for that one guy to buy a MO for the exact amount you need then club him over the head as he walks out. I'm not really understanding this scam. The personal checks I get, the money orders not so much.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:29:39 PM EDT
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Are the MO's fake? You should contact Postal Inspection. Especially if the MOs are fake. lol they don't give a fuck. unless you're a politician with strings to pull. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:32:08 PM EDT
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How does one steal a moneygram money order? They aren't even printed until you pay for it. Do you stand at Walmart for days and wait for that one guy to buy a MO for the exact amount you need then club him over the head as he walks out. I'm not really understanding this scam. The personal checks I get, the money orders not so much. you have your inside person like Chiquita-bolita-mimosa Shondell Quantrey Jackson working the counter make up some bogus ones with money that never existed and give them to you to pass off to suckers. They'll be flagged as bad by the time they're cashed but the sucker already western unioned the overage back. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:36:04 PM EDT
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How does one steal a moneygram money order? They aren't even printed until you pay for it. Do you stand at Walmart for days and wait for that one guy to buy a MO for the exact amount you need then club him over the head as he walks out. I'm not really understanding this scam. The personal checks I get, the money orders not so much. You answered your own question. People think they must be safe if they can only exist after cash has been paid! Get a printer, and steal the paper, and you are in business. LOTS of employees will gladly take some forms or paper they have around at work and make Great Profit. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:43:30 PM EDT
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What is their story on western union wiring the money back? How do they sell that to the mark? That's where the whole thing is fishy, even to someone who isn't very bright.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:52:40 PM EDT
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So anytime you get a moneygram you should call the 800 number on the back and verify it's kosher before cashing? I always just take it to the local convenient store and cash them. They never even give them a second look or ask for ID.
Hey that gives me an idea actually. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:54:17 PM EDT
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What is their story on western union wiring the money back? How do they sell that to the mark? That's where the whole thing is fishy, even to someone who isn't very bright. This, mainly. That's some Jedi mind-trick level stuff getting someone to do that. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 7:16:37 PM EDT
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I'd guess that most of the time, the postage is paid with a stolen credit card. Names and return addresses never match.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 7:41:17 PM EDT
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Another common theme is that the amount of these checks is often $975. I think they must believe they need to keep it under a $1000 threshold for some legal reason. But, some of these checks are for more. From a quick search: If the check amount is over $1,000 and less than $75,000, it is considered a crime of the third degree and carries a sentence of up to 5 years and a fine up to $15,000. So if it's over $1k, I'm guessing they'd probably go way over $1k. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:47:35 PM EDT
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It often starts as:
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:50:14 PM EDT
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http://www.419eater.com
Crack open a beer and enjoy your Sunday evening...this will be right up your alley. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:54:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:56:04 PM EDT
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Area code 785 is east central KS fwiw. Probably some jobless hippie doper in Lawrence.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:00:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Area code 785 is east central KS fwiw. Probably some jobless hippie doper in Lawrence. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:02:20 PM EDT
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Area code 785 is east central KS fwiw. Probably some jobless hippie doper in Lawrence. A jobless hippie doper from Lawrence isn't gonna think that far ahead. Trust me.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:05:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:12:51 PM EDT
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This is real!
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:13:28 PM EDT
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About as much as I am a heroin user, but you might not catch onto that thru the projection. ;)
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:22:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2015 4:18:09 AM EDT
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You're not sending them Anus laptops? P-P-P-PowerBook! http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/p-p-p-powerbook I remember when that hit Slashdot... Many lulz were had. |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:03:35 AM EDT
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Bump for people thinking money orders are safe.
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:10:24 AM EDT
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I hope you have them sent to a PO Box...
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:10:44 AM EDT
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So anytime you get a moneygram you should call the 800 number on the back and verify it's kosher before cashing? I always just take it to the local convenient store and cash them. They never even give them a second look or ask for ID. Hey that gives me an idea actually. Yes. Keep in mind, they only verify one was ISSUED in that amount/serial number and not that the actual cheque you possess is good for the money. It could be a forged copy. Chances are minimal but exist. If you cash it at the store, they'll take the risk. Put it in a bank and it could come back out. |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:11:52 AM EDT
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Bump for people thinking money orders are safe. I'm wondering how u can tell if a Usps mo is fake |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:22:55 AM EDT
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This is one of the reasons I've been asking new clients for either Cash, or Bank Check, and we do the transaction at the bank. The money is not the risk, it's the liability I face if it doesn't clear.
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:23:33 AM EDT
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I'm wondering how u can tell if a Usps mo is fake It's actually pretty easy to spot the small differences. I'll try to take a close up of one today. The biggest and easiest tell is the perforations on the top edge, where you would 'tear' off the receipt portion of the money order. On the fakes, that perforation is much coarser than on a real money order. The hologram is also wrong, and the overall quality is not as good as a real PMO. |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:25:20 AM EDT
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OP, I like that you're toying with these scammers.
In Fact, I'd like to send you a check to show my appreciation. I figure your efforts are worth at least $500. How about I send you a check for $975. You can then wire me $475 back. Does that sound like a good idea? |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:27:39 AM EDT
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It's actually pretty easy to spot the small differences. I'll try to take a close up of one today. The biggest and easiest tell is the perforations on the top edge, where you would 'tear' off the receipt portion of the money order. On the fakes, that perforation is much coarser than on a real money order. The hologram is also wrong, and the overall quality is not as good as a real PMO. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm wondering how u can tell if a Usps mo is fake It's actually pretty easy to spot the small differences. I'll try to take a close up of one today. The biggest and easiest tell is the perforations on the top edge, where you would 'tear' off the receipt portion of the money order. On the fakes, that perforation is much coarser than on a real money order. The hologram is also wrong, and the overall quality is not as good as a real PMO. Interesting. What would a Usps Post office do if you tried (not knowing it was fake) to cash a fake money order? Would they call the cops on you? |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:35:00 AM EDT
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You should put on your ads...
I WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY... Then send them some dog poop via DHL sent COD, with a declared value of $10,000 so they have to pay the Nigerian import tariffs/duty tax. Of course it should be something nice enough the scammer actually wants the item, like some of the ANUS brand laptops that have been mentioned here. Anus Laptop (Work safe... one of the junk laptops the 419 eater guy sent to Africa...) |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:35:23 AM EDT
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OP most certainly does not have the ghey. This is all fun.
OP can they trace your cell number back to you? These days you just enter the cell number in google and sometimes it kicks back an address or some ad you may have placed online with your number. Any add I ever make I general say my number is as such two oh one, tree55-7sixsix8. That will never google back to your number. 
785-251-9167. Comes back as Abilene, KS. PS I HAD ONE OF THESE SCAMMERS SEND ME HIS ID AND DRIVERS LICENSE. IT WAS A COPS! OF COURSE MOST PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE A COP IS THE MOST HONEST PERSON ON EARTH TO DEAL WITH AND WOULD END THEIR SEARCH THERE. I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT. END OF TRANSACTION.
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:38:19 AM EDT
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PMO's are fake. Not even real ones that have been stolen. And, the PO doesn't care. They don't investigate, they don't even want to send someone down to collect them. No 'damage' has been done, since I'm not out anything. But, they do look good. They'd fool a lot of folks that don't handle real ones regularly. The MoneyGrams appear to be real, but I suspect they are stolen. Some are dated current, some from a year ago. The business checks are all forged. I contact the companies listed on them to let them know. Thankfully, while the bank numbers are often correct, routing numbers are not. OP, while it's funny you're playing with fire. If they mail these checks you've given them your address. I hope you're willing to use your self defense skills, because you may eventually have to. |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:41:22 AM EDT
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I know the scam but don't get who is issuing the checks for them. Are they just fake money orders? They cancel them some how? I don't get how they get the checks they write in the beginning.
I've listed two cars on car trader and EVERYONE was a scammer, every single one edit guess it was answered |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:44:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll243/Stokespump/C0B25F81-CC75-453A-A65D-6560E6F7473E_zpsgmrkes3k.png http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll243/Stokespump/DD82A957-20EB-4A8E-8F97-E08B8C9DC657_zpslh3w4glk.png http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll243/Stokespump/4457597A-0994-434E-A14E-BDEAB1078CF9_zps2kjmr1dw.png  Some lawyer? in maybe New jersey got one of these guys to show up to her office. She had a hell of a time getting the cops to come over and arrest him |
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Posted: 8/10/2015 11:45:10 AM EDT
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I had about $75,000 in fake checks at once:
1 post wheels for sale $250 shipped 2 "how much are the wheels to being of price?" 3 $6000 USD 4 "OK I am to send check for recieve agent, you are ok to keeping a percentage for efforts" 5 toplol most checks were REALLY bad fakes... others were pretty damn good |
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