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Yeah, I have seen these floating around the last month or so. Quite a few people on the shop talk forums have received these. Fortunately I don't know of anyone that's been "taken" by these, though one guy was very close. Drake 72 Square "Ginger" 63 Bug "Christine" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@dataflake.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 5:03 AM Subject: [T3] Latest scam > This might interest those folks who are selling cars and/or parts using > online ads, such as thesamba.com. Someone using this particular method > answered a couple dozen ads on type4.org: > > There's a new scam which involves forged cashiers checks > that are made out to an amount higher than the purchase price and > necessitate you sending money back to the purchaser. It is explained on > this > website: > > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/carsale.asp > > The important thing to note is that the forged check is only discovered > after your own bank clears it, thereby creating a false sense of > security > that the check is good. > > jens > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >