Oddly this scam was almost the exact scam I read about on a golf forum I read except it was a service man and a car. Almost the same dollars on all accounts!
Run away
Rod
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, "G. Armour Van Horn" <vanhorn@...> wrote:
>
> That's the best plan for one of these I've ever seen!
>
> It's not even worth calling the bank to see if the funds are there, they
> probably are. Depositing the check will, depending on the terms of your
> bank, result in a nice balance within a day or two. However, when the
> actual transaction takes place, there might not be. Worse yet, there is
> the possibility that the check is good, that the funds will stick, and
> that the check itself is a forgery and you will be expected to return
> the full amount when it is discovered. When the company reviews the next
> bank statement and sees that it doesn't match any register entries, it
> probably won't be until early to mid October, and I believe they have
> six months to file a claim.
>
> For anyone else, just sticking it on the bulletin board with a pushpin
> would be appropriate, but as a photographer you probably have frame
> pieces laying about that will be suitable to a more impressive presentation.
>
> Van
>
> On 03/09/2010 13:11, James Dunn wrote:
> >
> > I got an email from a someone claiming to be a woman who
> > wished to buy three of my images - $950 worth, However,
> > she and her husband are moving from Seattle to London
> > England and want the shipping company to get the images
> > in the shipment of household goods.
> > So I say OK. Today a check for $3500 arrives via
> > Fed Ex. And her email - "oops" her husband got confused
> > and added the shipping company's payment to mine and sent
> > it to me by mistake. Could I deposit the check in my bank account
> > and give the extra to the shipper for her ?
> >
> > How many of you think
> > 1. This check is any good
> > 2. The shipper will demand cash
> > 3. No one cares about the images.
> >
> > Additional info. Fed Ex overnight letter sent from
> > New Jersey by someone who's name has never
> > appeared in the conversation so far.
> > The check is supposedly written on an account
> > belonging to a company in Houston Tx. and drawn
> > on a bank in Minnesota.
> >
> > I think I'll frame this check and put it on the wall.
> >
> >
>
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