Caesars License Company Check 02600953 is Fake

Reader shares experience with "Caesar's License" Issued Check:    

 In searching the internet to determine if I had become another statistic in the long list of "craigs list scam-ees", I found your page offering folks to share their experiences of being scammed in hopes of saving one more gullible (but desperate) soul from the pit of doom! 

     My first (and last!) experience with craigs list was about a month ago.  I posted a few items with pictures and brief descriptions. Imagine my delight when I was contacted by email that I could make some fast money by selling one of these items at wwaaayyyy above and beyond the asking price!  Call me naive when I tell you I did respond to him/her with questions of my own... still not realizing there was never gonna be a sale at any price.

     Because I was a bit leary of the authenticity of the buyer's "odd" circumstance that he/she was so far away and would have to send someone to pick up the item, that's when I did some fact-finding at the craigs list website.  It was as if I had been chosen to become the poster child under the SCAM section warning folks "Do Not Do What This Girl Did!"  Not only did I quickly remove my posted items and closed the account, but I made a vow that day to stick with the tried-n-true local newspapers and thrift papers for my advertising.

     Now, fast forward to this week.... When I arrived at home yesterday, there was a FedEx envelope addressed to me.  As I opened it, a check -- made out to me, with my address, and a $2,350.00 dollar amount -- from a company in Florida I'd never heard of.  My first reaction was "It's from a loan company wanting us to come sign a loan for that $$ amount."  I almost threw it in the trash.  Nothing on the check or the envelope showed an explaination of what it was for.  When folks are gullible and desperate enough, common sense is thrown out the window.  

     Today, I did a Google search for that particular company where the envelope came from.  In fact it is a legitimate company in Florida that deals in selling jewelry and estate properties.  Well, I have neither... so my next call was to the local Better Business Bureau.  The lady I spoke to there was sympathetic, but couldn't really help me without actually seeing the check.  She suggested I take it to my bank and they would be able to verify if it was real or fake.  I didn't want to wait that long.  So, my next call was to the phone number listed at the website of the estate property & jewelry buyer.  By the way, the check was written on a Bank of America bank in Las Vegas, Nevada.

     As I explained about the check -- asking why would I get such a check for such a large amount -- the lady quickly asked had I ever posted anything on craigs list.  I confirmed that I did about a month ago.  I could almost hear the sorrow in her voice as she tried to break it to me gently... "Dearie, it's a scam check.  Someone intercepted our account and we have since closed that one and have created a new account.  So that check is no good.  I'm so sorry."  I couldn't help but chuckle as I said, "Well, I couldn't imagine someone sending us that kind of money for nothing!"  I thanked the sweet lady for her time and determined that I would not be the last one in this line of scammed victims.

     So, if there is a way to block out my address on the check before posting it at your webpage, feel free to show it to the world!  And if there's some way you can help others beware of such evil before they run to the bank to cash their real-looking check, then I say GOOD JOB! 

     Thanks in advance,

     NAME OF READER  (aka "Gullible Gertie"!!)