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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Fake Check from Blodnick & Baum
It looks real, but it isn't. Actually, the law firm Blodnick & Baum did once exist, but no more. Mr. Blodnick is now part of a new firm. They have been receiving calls about this check for more than a year now. Please do not try to cash. It is fake.
Have a question. I keep getting emails that want me to stop the posting and they will send me cashiers check. I know this is a scam. Do they send a bogus check or what exactly the scam???
I would love to figure out how to scam the scammer.
I am so glad I came across this site. Last month I worked over a scammer in either Texas or Ohio or working with someone in the other state. I strung him along for 2 weeks and he sent me on of the Blodnick checks for $3150. I had him so believing I would wire him the excess cash for our transaction that he got greedy and sent the bogus check via next day air and it cost him $58! When he finally caught on that I was scamming him, he threatened me with arrest. I sent him an email letting him know what happened and how much I enjoyed showing his check to my buddies at poker. I have another idiot who hit on a craigslist posting today.......I will take him for a little ride too! Just play dumb with them and go along. I used a vacant for sale house down the street and that is where the UPS envelope was sent. I refused to take the listing off Craigslist and I refused to give my phone number. Practice on a couple of these scum and you will get the idea how to waste their time and money. Good luck!
Yeah I just got a fake check from an e-mail account brucescott1000@gmail.com he sent the check for almost $1,900 more than what I was asking for. The check was from a Citibank in Delaware.
They all seem to be from Mountainview Ca, all different emails! I also string them along, it's awesome!! Lol I send them the address of the police and there phone number so when they want there shipping refund back I tell them to call the number I gave, of course they say I'm hearing impaired and can't call, then they start with there threats, "I'm calling the FBI and the CIA" go ahead please do!! I told them how do u like being scammed??
Curious..My father just recently recieved a check from "xxxxxmoore1967@gmail.com"Jonathan Wolfe, for purchasing an item on craigslist. He currently put it in the bank to be cashed, it hasn't cleared as of today, What should he do? Is it too late is something going to happen to his account? He also recieved a second check via overnight from a differant name and this is what caused him to wonder what was going on, he asked to get on the internet to see if there was any warnings. He has now recieved a threatning email from this Jonathan saying he was going to contact the atthorities if he did not recieve a response, my father truly thought he was doing a ligit deal, now he is nervous something is going to happen to him, he also has given them his address to pick the item up and that is making him more nrevous. Any suggestions wht he should do? Please...Thanks
Fraudulent cheques and money orders are key elements in many advance-fee scams, such as auction/classified listing overpayment, lottery scams, inheritance scams, etc., and can be used in almost any scam when a "payment" to the victim is required to gain, regain or further solidify the victim's trust and confidence in the validity of the scheme.[29] The use of cheques in a scam hinges on a US law (and common practice in other countries) concerning cheques: when an account holder presents a cheque for deposit or to cash, the bank must (or in other countries, usually) make the funds available to the account holder within 1–5 business days, regardless of how long it actually takes for the cheque to clear and funds to be transferred from the issuing bank.[30] The cheques clearing process normally takes 7–10 days and can in fact take up to a month when dealing with foreign banks. The time between the funds appearing as available to the account holder and the cheque clearing is known as the "float", during which time the bank could technically be said to have floated a loan to the account holder to be covered with the funds from the bank clearing the cheque. The cheque given to the victim is typically counterfeit but drawn on a real account with real funds in it. With a piece of software like QuickBooks and/or pre-printed blank cheque stock, using the correct banking information, the scammer can easily print a cheque that is absolutely genuine-looking, passes all counterfeit tests, and may even clear the paying account if the account information is accurate and the funds are available. However, whether it clears or not, it eventually becomes apparent either to the bank or the account holder that the cheque is a forgery. This can be as little as three days after the funds are available if the bank supposedly covering the cheque discovers the cheque information is invalid, or it could take months for a business or individual to notice the fraudulent draft on their account. It has been suggested that in some cases the cheque is genuine — however the fraudster has a friend (or bribes an official) at the paying bank to claim it is a fake weeks or even months later when the physical cheque arrives back at the paying bank.
I wish the scammers accounts were their real accounts..I'd find a way to take their money and give it to victims who has actually lost money..I hear about this all of the time..I'm waiting for my check in the mail now btw..lol..I have FBI friends..I'm gonna find this dude..and beat the shit out of him!..He has NO IDEA..who hes fooling with..
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Have a question. I keep getting emails that want me to stop the posting and they will send me cashiers check. I know this is a scam. Do they send a bogus check or what exactly the scam???
I would love to figure out how to scam the scammer.
I am so glad I came across this site. Last month I worked over a scammer in either Texas or Ohio or working with someone in the other state. I strung him along for 2 weeks and he sent me on of the Blodnick checks for $3150. I had him so believing I would wire him the excess cash for our transaction that he got greedy and sent the bogus check via next day air and it cost him $58! When he finally caught on that I was scamming him, he threatened me with arrest. I sent him an email letting him know what happened and how much I enjoyed showing his check to my buddies at poker. I have another idiot who hit on a craigslist posting today.......I will take him for a little ride too! Just play dumb with them and go along. I used a vacant for sale house down the street and that is where the UPS envelope was sent. I refused to take the listing off Craigslist and I refused to give my phone number. Practice on a couple of these scum and you will get the idea how to waste their time and money. Good luck!
I was selling a high end sewing machine on craig's list. I was attracting all kinds of scammers. I was having them send checks to:
Dick Hertz from Holden MA - using the address of the state police barracks
and
Spunk Master, 1716 Michigan Ave, Detroit - a bar.
I get them send out more checks since the heavy winds them blow away from my mailbox.
Whats the email address where they contacted you from?
Yeah I just got a fake check from an e-mail account brucescott1000@gmail.com he sent the check for almost $1,900 more than what I was asking for. The check was from a Citibank in Delaware.
They all seem to be from Mountainview Ca, all different emails! I also string them along, it's awesome!! Lol I send them the address of the police and there phone number so when they want there shipping refund back I tell them to call the number I gave, of course they say I'm hearing impaired and can't call, then they start with there threats, "I'm calling the FBI and the CIA" go ahead please do!! I told them how do u like being scammed??
Curious..My father just recently recieved a check from "xxxxxmoore1967@gmail.com"Jonathan Wolfe, for purchasing an item on craigslist. He currently put it in the bank to be cashed, it hasn't cleared as of today, What should he do? Is it too late is something going to happen to his account? He also recieved a second check via overnight from a differant name and this is what caused him to wonder what was going on, he asked to get on the internet to see if there was any warnings. He has now recieved a threatning email from this Jonathan saying he was going to contact the atthorities if he did not recieve a response, my father truly thought he was doing a ligit deal, now he is nervous something is going to happen to him, he also has given them his address to pick the item up and that is making him more nrevous. Any suggestions wht he should do? Please...Thanks
thanks for sharing..
Its all here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_scam
Fraudulent cheques and money orders are key elements in many advance-fee scams, such as auction/classified listing overpayment, lottery scams, inheritance scams, etc., and can be used in almost any scam when a "payment" to the victim is required to gain, regain or further solidify the victim's trust and confidence in the validity of the scheme.[29]
The use of cheques in a scam hinges on a US law (and common practice in other countries) concerning cheques: when an account holder presents a cheque for deposit or to cash, the bank must (or in other countries, usually) make the funds available to the account holder within 1–5 business days, regardless of how long it actually takes for the cheque to clear and funds to be transferred from the issuing bank.[30] The cheques clearing process normally takes 7–10 days and can in fact take up to a month when dealing with foreign banks. The time between the funds appearing as available to the account holder and the cheque clearing is known as the "float", during which time the bank could technically be said to have floated a loan to the account holder to be covered with the funds from the bank clearing the cheque.
The cheque given to the victim is typically counterfeit but drawn on a real account with real funds in it. With a piece of software like QuickBooks and/or pre-printed blank cheque stock, using the correct banking information, the scammer can easily print a cheque that is absolutely genuine-looking, passes all counterfeit tests, and may even clear the paying account if the account information is accurate and the funds are available. However, whether it clears or not, it eventually becomes apparent either to the bank or the account holder that the cheque is a forgery. This can be as little as three days after the funds are available if the bank supposedly covering the cheque discovers the cheque information is invalid, or it could take months for a business or individual to notice the fraudulent draft on their account. It has been suggested that in some cases the cheque is genuine — however the fraudster has a friend (or bribes an official) at the paying bank to claim it is a fake weeks or even months later when the physical cheque arrives back at the paying bank.
I wish the scammers accounts were their real accounts..I'd find a way to take their money and give it to victims who has actually lost money..I hear about this all of the time..I'm waiting for my check in the mail now btw..lol..I have FBI friends..I'm gonna find this dude..and beat the shit out of him!..He has NO IDEA..who hes fooling with..
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