Fake bank check scam
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Warning scam fake bank check for vehicle purchase through a middleman on Le Bon Coin...
I sold my vehicle in complete confidence in exchange for a bank check from La Banque Postale. The result three days after the deposit: the amount is still not in the account. I went to the bank, which after checking informed me that the bank check I received is a fake!!! The result is no recourse; I filed a complaint but it's as if I gave my car away to a stranger!! The person is a great actor of a certain age who could be my father; I trusted him completely. Then I think that indeed he was supposed to come on Friday and pretended to have a family issue, so he came on Saturday afternoon knowing that banks are closed!! He therefore took my vehicle, the registration document, the spare keys, and a certificate of non-pledge as a bonus, but anyway, I think he will never get the registration since fakes are his specialty!! Since then, I've been crying; I'm disgusted, unemployed for 6 months, and had to take out a loan to cover this scam!!! I feel like breaking everything!! If you are a victim like me, send me your testimonials and what you have done; maybe there is good news!!!! 4500 euros gone up in smoke!!!!!!
Warning scam fake bank check for vehicle purchase through a middleman on Le Bon Coin...
I sold my vehicle in complete confidence in exchange for a bank check from La Banque Postale. The result three days after the deposit: the amount is still not in the account. I went to the bank, which after checking informed me that the bank check I received is a fake!!! The result is no recourse; I filed a complaint but it's as if I gave my car away to a stranger!! The person is a great actor of a certain age who could be my father; I trusted him completely. Then I think that indeed he was supposed to come on Friday and pretended to have a family issue, so he came on Saturday afternoon knowing that banks are closed!! He therefore took my vehicle, the registration document, the spare keys, and a certificate of non-pledge as a bonus, but anyway, I think he will never get the registration since fakes are his specialty!! Since then, I've been crying; I'm disgusted, unemployed for 6 months, and had to take out a loan to cover this scam!!! I feel like breaking everything!! If you are a victim like me, send me your testimonials and what you have done; maybe there is good news!!!! 4500 euros gone up in smoke!!!!!!
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Exactly, always check the existence of the bank and the agency.
Be wary of foreign bank cheques that are difficult to verify.
Never accept a cheque, even if certified, when the issuing bank is closed.
The best thing to do is to ask in advance for the seller's bank, the agency's address, and to schedule the appointment at that agency within opening hours to verify on-site if the funds are available and if the cheque is not counterfeit or without sufficient funds.
In general, if it's a scam, there simply won't be an appointment. The scammer will back out.
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PLEASE MENTION THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THESE SCAMMERS
We will make good use of them (Blacklists)
Be wary of foreign bank cheques that are difficult to verify.
Never accept a cheque, even if certified, when the issuing bank is closed.
The best thing to do is to ask in advance for the seller's bank, the agency's address, and to schedule the appointment at that agency within opening hours to verify on-site if the funds are available and if the cheque is not counterfeit or without sufficient funds.
In general, if it's a scam, there simply won't be an appointment. The scammer will back out.
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PLEASE MENTION THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THESE SCAMMERS
We will make good use of them (Blacklists)
The problem is that you should never accept a bank or postal check or anything else without verifying the buyer's credibility. Call the bank or the issuing company of the check; it's simple. Look at the check; if there's no one on the other end of the line or at the end of the check, it's a scam, my friend! Always check the source of the money!
Hello, like you, we put our golf up for sale on Le Bon Coin for €15,000. A young European guy in his thirties, looking like a salesman (brunette with a Bordeaux accent) came one Saturday... we even went to pick him up at the train station..! and he handed us a fake bank check.
Fifteen days later, after our return from vacation and upon verification: it was a fake check... goodbye €15,000.
Fifteen days later, after our return from vacation and upon verification: it was a fake check... goodbye €15,000.
Okay, I understand I’m an idiot, but stop telling me that all the time!!!
The complaint has been filed, etc., I’m not that stupid!!!!
I know I lost 4500 euros.
If this can help others!!!!
Simply, if you are in northern France and you are selling or have sold your vehicle, please contact me if you have any doubts about the person or if, unfortunately, you are a victim, so we can gather our information.
The complaint has been filed, etc., I’m not that stupid!!!!
I know I lost 4500 euros.
If this can help others!!!!
Simply, if you are in northern France and you are selling or have sold your vehicle, please contact me if you have any doubts about the person or if, unfortunately, you are a victim, so we can gather our information.
Hello,
I have a buyer but I think it looks like a scam; he sent me an email (copy below). If you think it’s the same as your case, feel free to call me (0032479678659)
Email:
Hello,
It was really nice to receive an immediate response from you. I’m pleased to let you know that I am willing to proceed further with the next step of purchasing your vehicle, as long as it is still in good condition. Furthermore, I want to inform you that payment will be made via a certified bank check / banker’s draft in euros, which will include an excess for the shipping, this is for the shipping agent who will come to pick up the vehicle from your home.
I hope we can finalize this agreement as soon as possible as I have little time. Have a nice and pleasant day
Please get back to me with this information to facilitate the payment.
Name on the payment slip
Your address, including postal code
Mobile phone number
I have a buyer but I think it looks like a scam; he sent me an email (copy below). If you think it’s the same as your case, feel free to call me (0032479678659)
Email:
Hello,
It was really nice to receive an immediate response from you. I’m pleased to let you know that I am willing to proceed further with the next step of purchasing your vehicle, as long as it is still in good condition. Furthermore, I want to inform you that payment will be made via a certified bank check / banker’s draft in euros, which will include an excess for the shipping, this is for the shipping agent who will come to pick up the vehicle from your home.
I hope we can finalize this agreement as soon as possible as I have little time. Have a nice and pleasant day
Please get back to me with this information to facilitate the payment.
Name on the payment slip
Your address, including postal code
Mobile phone number
For the bank check, I ask for an ID card or passport (which I scan for record-keeping) and the driver's license; both must be in the same name! I also note down the vehicle registration number of the person dropping it off, if they come by car, and I generally ask for a certified check to be able to verify with my bank if they are solvent in their account. Absolutely no certified checks, which only prove that their account has the amount at that specific moment, and then they can empty it!
Hello,
Last Sunday I received a visit from a very friendly man who came to see the set of living room furniture I had posted on Le Bon Coin. The man seemed very serious, and I never thought he could scam me.
So we agreed on the price for my furniture set and he left to find a van, returning two hours later with three men to help him unload. He asked me if I accepted checks, and I told him I didn't really like to proceed with checks. Then he said I could trust him and mentioned that he worked in Parliament, and he really looked like someone who could work there. He then showed me his parliamentary membership card. So I said okay, and he took the furniture, wrote me a check, and at that moment, I didn't think to ask for his ID. When I tried to contact him at the number he gave me, I reached a lady who didn't know this person.
So I got scammed, and I'm feeling really bad because I don't have money to buy other living room furniture, so I'm left in my living room with a TV on the floor, no furniture, and a mattress for me and my children to sit on.
I just hope to catch him one day, and anyway, I have his face well memorized in my mind, and by making a composite sketch with the police, believe me, I will make him pay.
So if you have any advice to give me regarding your situation, let me know
Thank you
Last Sunday I received a visit from a very friendly man who came to see the set of living room furniture I had posted on Le Bon Coin. The man seemed very serious, and I never thought he could scam me.
So we agreed on the price for my furniture set and he left to find a van, returning two hours later with three men to help him unload. He asked me if I accepted checks, and I told him I didn't really like to proceed with checks. Then he said I could trust him and mentioned that he worked in Parliament, and he really looked like someone who could work there. He then showed me his parliamentary membership card. So I said okay, and he took the furniture, wrote me a check, and at that moment, I didn't think to ask for his ID. When I tried to contact him at the number he gave me, I reached a lady who didn't know this person.
So I got scammed, and I'm feeling really bad because I don't have money to buy other living room furniture, so I'm left in my living room with a TV on the floor, no furniture, and a mattress for me and my children to sit on.
I just hope to catch him one day, and anyway, I have his face well memorized in my mind, and by making a composite sketch with the police, believe me, I will make him pay.
So if you have any advice to give me regarding your situation, let me know
Thank you
Hello, to avoid being scammed when selling your vehicle, the best thing to do is what I did. I sold my son's motocross bike and asked the buyer to pay me in cash. I went to the post office to have the bills checked, and everything was fine.
He certainly isn't going to get the registration document redone and continue using the car like that...
A complaint is essential if the car is being used with the registration document in your name...
It is always better to be paid with a bounced check than with a fake cashier's check...
A bounced check is considered an acknowledgment of debt...
A complaint is essential if the car is being used with the registration document in your name...
It is always better to be paid with a bounced check than with a fake cashier's check...
A bounced check is considered an acknowledgment of debt...
No matter where I am, today I don't know how to get by because I no longer have a car but I still have my credit. Can someone give me information? Should the insurance do something? The bank, what should it do? Please give me some information, help me, I can't leave this like this. Thank you in advance.
Hello, I sold a PlayStation 3 to a guy who came to my house with a check and a declaration of loss that corresponded to the check. He tested my console and it was locked, and he had found a checkbook. He made a false declaration to the police, and this happened in Bordeaux. He arranged meetings at McDonald's, and 10 people have been scammed like me. If anyone has information to share for the next steps, please contact me. We need to gather all the people who have information. Thank you. This guy is often on Le Bon Coin because the 10 people sold items on Le Bon Coin: PlayStation, cars, etc. Thank you.
In case of a bounced check, the beneficiary has recourse. The procedure is as follows:
- a certificate of non-payment is issued by the debtor's bank, at the request of the bearer, if the check remains unpaid after a period of one month;
- this certificate must be served to the debtor by a bailiff; this service constitutes a formal demand for payment;
- if payment is not made within fifteen days of the service, the bailiff issues, without any other legal proceedings, an enforceable title that will allow the initiation of various procedures (garnishment on wages or bank account, etc.).
All the costs of the procedure are borne by the drawer.
- a certificate of non-payment is issued by the debtor's bank, at the request of the bearer, if the check remains unpaid after a period of one month;
- this certificate must be served to the debtor by a bailiff; this service constitutes a formal demand for payment;
- if payment is not made within fifteen days of the service, the bailiff issues, without any other legal proceedings, an enforceable title that will allow the initiation of various procedures (garnishment on wages or bank account, etc.).
All the costs of the procedure are borne by the drawer.
Hello
yes but at the new technical inspection the numbers are recorded so there's no similarity with the registration document and since each inspection is sent directly to the prefecture it can be traced back. I have a friend who got caught; he legally bought a car and during the check the cops showed up at his place and seized the car. He lost everything, both the car and the money he had paid, not to mention the hassle of proving that he had actually bought it from a dealer.
yes but at the new technical inspection the numbers are recorded so there's no similarity with the registration document and since each inspection is sent directly to the prefecture it can be traced back. I have a friend who got caught; he legally bought a car and during the check the cops showed up at his place and seized the car. He lost everything, both the car and the money he had paid, not to mention the hassle of proving that he had actually bought it from a dealer.
exact,
if the car hasn't changed its name, and the registration documents, as well as the mechanics
you know the expression "as thieving as a mechanic," right? But be careful, I'm not generalizing, my mechanic is my buddy!
to say that all this (the scam) is a cascading complicity and that it's been perfectly organized.
if the car hasn't changed its name, and the registration documents, as well as the mechanics
you know the expression "as thieving as a mechanic," right? But be careful, I'm not generalizing, my mechanic is my buddy!
to say that all this (the scam) is a cascading complicity and that it's been perfectly organized.
Jecena
Mine wasn't "black" like a good French prole of an age that inspired confidence!!!! Very polite and kind
I am going back to the police station tomorrow so he can check with Le Bon Coin to try to trace the people who viewed my ad, you never know. I also had to take out a loan of 3000 euros + my savings to cover the "theft." Even though I also gave my keys, I have murderous thoughts
What region are you in? I even thought about hiring a detective to try to trace the network, but I don't believe in it too much!!!!
Mine wasn't "black" like a good French prole of an age that inspired confidence!!!! Very polite and kind
I am going back to the police station tomorrow so he can check with Le Bon Coin to try to trace the people who viewed my ad, you never know. I also had to take out a loan of 3000 euros + my savings to cover the "theft." Even though I also gave my keys, I have murderous thoughts
What region are you in? I even thought about hiring a detective to try to trace the network, but I don't believe in it too much!!!!
You know, we're too naive. My son was scammed by a guy from Le Cateau. He came with a van to pick up his wonderful sofa worth 900 euros. He was with a girl, a nice little couple moving in. My son didn’t ask for any proof, and one day later his check bounced with the reason "lost." They are specialists; they write a check and then declare the checkbook lost and stop payment. The worst part is that the guy is known to the police and still has a checkbook. It's unacceptable. We've filed a complaint and are working with the legal service of his credit card. The best solution is to get paid in cash, but once again, we're not dishonest, so we can't imagine the nerve of these people.
Hello,
Yes, except that if a ticket turned out to be fake, it would be impossible to claim anything from the buyer!!!
So, a cashier's check remains the safest in my opinion, with a phone call to the bank in question... and especially avoid doing the transaction in the evening or on a Saturday...
Isis
Yes, except that if a ticket turned out to be fake, it would be impossible to claim anything from the buyer!!!
So, a cashier's check remains the safest in my opinion, with a phone call to the bank in question... and especially avoid doing the transaction in the evening or on a Saturday...
Isis
Hello,
This is not an internet scam but a classic scam.
On this forum, specialized in High Tech, we allow the testimonies of people who are victims of internet scams, meaning scams conducted virtually from one country to another via the internet, to be read. The testimonies inform search engines thanks to email addresses, stolen identities, etc. Currently, there is no help to expect from the authorities for this type of scam as the scammers are not on European territory.
The scam you are a victim of is of a different nature and goes beyond the topics addressed in the high-tech section. Indeed, this forum is not intended to collect testimonies of all the frauds circulating online and offline.
... good luck, and I hope the police services can help you resolve your problem.
This is not an internet scam but a classic scam.
On this forum, specialized in High Tech, we allow the testimonies of people who are victims of internet scams, meaning scams conducted virtually from one country to another via the internet, to be read. The testimonies inform search engines thanks to email addresses, stolen identities, etc. Currently, there is no help to expect from the authorities for this type of scam as the scammers are not on European territory.
The scam you are a victim of is of a different nature and goes beyond the topics addressed in the high-tech section. Indeed, this forum is not intended to collect testimonies of all the frauds circulating online and offline.
... good luck, and I hope the police services can help you resolve your problem.