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How I Made an Easy $323,947.13 via Saabnet Classifieds 4 Saabers Like This Post! Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] (#13) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Scott Paterson) on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 18:47:43 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Over the years, part of my work has been to thwart scammers. I've collected a number of fake checks from the classic "Over-Pay" scam attempt. The total amount: $323,947.13. Basically, the scammer wants to over-pay you: the excuse is usually either they want to pay you for the transport fees and have you send the transport company the fees or the made a mistake and sent a check for more than the cost of the car so can you please pay the transport company or send the difference back by Western Union... hopefully before you find out the check is counterfeit. You can see one check in the photo marked COUNTERFEIT in red ink. I wanted to see how long it took, so I deposited it knowing I would get charged a fee, but it was worth the $20. In less than 48 hours, I had full access to the $7500, but TEN FULL DAYS later, the check came back counterfeit and the amount was deducted from my account - there was no protection whatsoever.
My original scam-busting page from the late 1990's is still a fun read: https://www.saabnet.com/tsn/class/scam/
I keep an updated page on the most recent scams here: http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/bb/general/index.html?bID=283904?scams
-Scott
_______________________________________ Saabnet.com Webmaster Saabs Owned: 1973 Saab Sonett III (Current) 1983 Saab 900 Turbo 1985 Saab 900 Sedan 1990 Saab 900 1992 Saab 900S 1999 Saab 9-3 Turbo 2005 Saab 9-2X Aero (RIP 95K/Accident-guy ran stop sign) 2005 Saab 9-2X Aero (Current) 2007 Saab 9-3 SportCombi 2010 Saab 9-3X Wagon Winner 1996 Saab Owners Convention Rally Novice Class Winner 1999 Saab Owners Convention Rally (All Classes) Also Founder of two non-profits: Poverty2Prosperity.org RunClubMenloPark.org
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