Re: buyers and sellers beware

Posted by 2x4 on September 27, 2004 at 23:39:03 from (205.188.117.10):

In Reply to: Re: buyers and sellers beware posted by rustyfarmall on September 27, 2004 at 17:46:07:

had a close one over the weekend myself. Sold a machine for $25,000 & took Cashier Check on a bank in same state about 65 miles away, on Sat. nite. Duhhh. Looking closely, check had no safety devices; no watermark, no thermochromic icon(changes color from heat of your hand), no microprinting as a signature line. Even the check no. was not printed at the bottom with the bank routing nos. Not even address or phone no. on it, just bank logo & name. Went to FDIC site & found 10 counterfeit checks I would have taken & slept soundly. They print a list of banks that are finding counterfeit writen on them, lost shipments of real checks presumed stolen, forgeries, etc. Read on the hot rod site how many trucks & cars are stolen using fake checks. Thief buys a real cashiers check, copys & alters it with good copiers & even bankers can't tell the difference. I couldn't even read the bank officers signature- just loops & squiggles! Mon. morn called his bank & ck was GOOD. Deposit it at my bank & tellers were all gathered around it gawking. Hadn't seen anything like it in 10 yrs. Lesson here is NEVER let the machine go until the deposited check has gone thru & money is IN YOUR ACCT. They can stop those checks & run off with equipment & their money, disappear & your OUT.

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