Victim Location 36054
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
The scan involved email/text/phone calls. Scammer started off unsuspectedly via text. Then emails started to get weird to which we said to cancel the deal to which they persisted. Then persisted to ignore email and texts that deal was off. then harrassing phone calls and threatening phone calls. Had to block texts, calls and emails to spam.
1. Beware offers involving shipping – shipped cashier check from california for business based in florida for me to cash and send the cash via Money Order to Texas.
2. Don’t accept cashier/certified checks or money orders – banks cash fakes, then hold you responsible. Check is fake. there are no water marks on the check and the paper stock and text don’t add up along with an electronic signature.
Started with a text message. then a misleading email asking for contact info then instructions that stated they would be sending higher amounts than specified for the items and lying about not living in the area.