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T.A.DAVISON

T.A.DAVISON

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just got 4000. in american express travelers checks from a guy in the uk.
they were counterfeit, my bank almost cashed them. DAM them sons of........
anyway you know. be careful dont send out any knives til you get cash.
 
Even if your bank had cashed the checks, they sill still reserve the right to charge your account if the checks are returned.

These days, any checks are getting pretty dicey. You should wait until any checks actually clear your bank before shipping if you do not know the party.
 
I sure hope you didn't ship the knives before you realized the travelers checks were bogus. I am in the export business and have received bogus certified bank checks, bogus travelers checks and even bogus Letters of Credit as payment. My policy now is not to ship anything until the instrument has cleared and my bank has the cash in hand. We have learned that if we were stuck with counterfeit payment, we have zero recourse off shore.

These scams are rampart lately, many of them appear to be from Western Europe, but most actually originate in Nigeria or Russia.

Don
 
Be glad the bank caught it. Seems to be alot of fraud from England, I get offers all the time about Ebay items I've either bid on or sold.

Win
 
Now you should saw out some wooden knives, put $4K for customs value, and ship them. The crook will have to ante up for the customs fees just to find out it works both ways.

Gene
 
spyken said:
who was the crook? maybe posting will help others avoid him?
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william lilly, or Bollie William ... from the UK??
what a scam, they send ton's of extra money thinking you will cash it and
return the rest to them? with knives??

He says his wife is in the hospital getting ready to have an operation??
needs extra money for this.??


The Reciever for it....
BABATUNDE SAHEED GBADEBO
Address; 11 ivydale rd nunhead SE 15 3 DR london
United Kingdom

All becareful
Todd
 
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bigal2me said:
william lilly, or Bollie William ... from the UK??
what a scam, they send ton's of extra money thinking you will cash it and
return the rest to them? with knives??

He says his wife is in the hospital getting ready to have an operation??
needs extra money for this.??


The Reciever for it....
BABATUNDE SAHEED GBADEBO
Address; 11 ivydale rd nunhead SE 15 3 DR london
United Kingdom

All becareful
Todd
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There Slimbags! ...people have even tried sending phony or queer USPS money orders as well. There was just a story on it here in NY. The recipient had cashed the USPS money orders at there bank and they cleared a couple of weeks go by and there bank takes the funds back because the USPS money oreders were QUEER!. I take all USPS money orders right to the P.O to be cashed. No chances taken here! Also no knives are mailed til the USPS money order is cashed at the P.O. Be careful people, there's a lot of slimbags out there that just want to rip you off!

Jules
 
The crucial point from that story:

a month later, Chase notified him the money orders were counterfeit and deducted the $1,900 from his account
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Once upon a time you could just wait until it clears and you were safe, but that doesn't work any more.
 
"Now you should saw out some wooden knives, put $4K for customs value, and ship them. The crook will have to ante up for the customs fees just to find out it works both ways."

love that idea!

I had someone offer me a couple of hundred extra if I would end my E-bay auction early and ship the Playstation I was selling right out to them via overnight mail. It was clearly a scam but even though I sniffed it out, there was no way to get back at them. I didn't send any itmes of course but it would have been funny to ship them a box of junk or something. That way, they think they scammed someone but when they open it, they look like idiots. I would have done it but it would have cost me money and time for nothing.
 
Glad to hear you didn't get ripped off Todd. As your popularity increases you are bound to draw the attention of these lowlifes too. Unfortunate and it almost forces you out of international shipping altoghether.
The same thing could happen in the states but at least the bank can contact other agencies and better track and trace a criminals activity. Overseas it's next to impossible.
 
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