What to do??????????

[aaronxc]

Hey Guys so my 96 has been on the gumtree site for a couple of days now and on the 1st day of it being advertised a CHOP!!! said he was interested in bying the bike. He later sent me an email with an apparent eft proof of payment attachment which is a fake/poorly done.

 

 

Then on sunday last week he sends me an sms saying that he has accidently made a double payment by cheque of a R34 000 and now today i get an sms from the bank saying I have recived a deposit for that amount and im pretty sure once the deal is done he will cancel the cheque. What I want to do as i want to nail this CHOP!!!!!!!!! cause im sure he has done this to many people and i want to stop him!!!!!! but i dont want to be a hero either just want him to get caught out!!!!!!!

 

So what am I to do??

[Pants Boy]

Mmmm ... tell him you'll draw the cash, and hand it over somewhere .... somewhere 'quiet' methinks

[HandH]

wait for the money to clear... tell him you can only give back the over paid amount

when said chq is loose & in your account...minus fees..

When you have the money, give him the bike??

[mrbaker]

Surely you could contact the bank and they should have a fraud division that can try catch these guys??

It should be in their best interest to nail the f7ckers...

[Joe_Cogs]

Meet up with him and stick a cleat in his ear

[Joe_Cogs]

Surely you could contact the bank and they should have a fraud division that can try catch these guys??

It should be in their best interest to nail the f7ckers...

 

Their money is good for banks. So they don't do anything. The guys have their accounts ear marked as fraudulent but they don't do anything. Just "monitor" their activities.

[TNT1]

PM Wonder Woman. She has some experience with questions like these.

[Iron]

Its a scam buddy !

 

DO NOT PAY HIM **** !

[Red Zone]

Why are you so suspicious? Its so easy to forget that you already deposited one cheque and then to write another and deposit it as well.

 

Seriously though, I tried to report someone for doing this to SAPS and my bank, I was told that there was no real way of tracking the perp down, tell the dude that you have reported him for depositing fraudulent cheques and forget the incident.

[Mr SingleTrack]

tell him to collect the bike at https://maps.google.co.za/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=20+Shepherd+Avenue+Kensington+B&ie=UTF-8

[mon-goose]

DON'T PAY.........

[Iron]

If he want the bike , bring cash and do the swop , that simple ............ i promise you wont smell him then .

[kandui]

Colour copy a couple of R 100 notes and then bundle them up over plain paper, like you see in the movies.

Or tackle the guy with some mates and cable tie him to a lamppost.

[Guest Omega Man]

Colour copy a couple of R 100 notes and then bundle them up over plain paper, like you see in the movies.

Or tackle the guy with some mates and cable tie him to a lamppost.

I'm pretty sure colour photo copying money is illegal. And most modern photo copiers won't do it either.

[aaronxc]

Thanx guys ur all such legends i would really love to tie him to a lamp pole though but for now im just gonna leave it

[kosmonooit]

You did the right thing by posting your dilemma here.

 

Its a scam - old trick. Chq was stolen. Deposited amount will be reversed in the next few days..

 

Tell him you need 7 days for the payment to clear before you can do anything. That will get rid of him.

Edited August 8, 2012 by kosmonooit