"Panzer240" wrote in message
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"Marvin Moss" wrote in
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Very strange. I, too, had a gentleman from England offer me a third
party cashier's check for $5000 for a $1500 rig I was trying to sell and
he wanted me to send the difference to him along with the rig. I even
answered him with "no deal".
Boy, was I stupid to even answer him like a gentleman.


Hmmmm...... I musy be getting thick in my old age. If you wait until the
cheque shows up, have the cash in your hot little hand, then the radio
gets sent out, where's the scam ??? Now if you were to ship first and wait
for the cheque........... more fool you !!!!

The problem isn't cashing the check, it is in getting the check to clear. If
you would wait for the check to actually clear, then it would come back bad
and you would be out $50 or whatever your bank charges for bad checks.

Not to mention the problems you get into if you get indicted for money
laundering or anything else that can happen in international money
transfers.
thanks, John.
KC5DWD