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This is such a common scam that I really think it should be taught in schools. Whenever you hear someone propose to give you a check in return for you depositi
by tomca32 6y ago
This is such a common scam that I really think it should be taught in schools.
Whenever you hear someone propose to give you a check in return for you depositing your cash directly somewhere, it is always a scam, always. There is no legitimate reason anyone would ever do this, and I've seen it happen multiple times to multiple people, and even to small charity organizations that almost went bankrupt because of this.
We need some sort of anti-scam class in like high school or something. Just the ability to recognize the most common scams in the world would protect a lot of people.
- xnyan 6y agoThe other huge bright red, klaxons-blazing warning sign is the overpaying part. There is literally no reason at all to overpay for something when you are writing a check. It’s a psychological trick, like the door-to-door sales trick of giving someone a bottle of soap so that the mark feels like they owe something to the salesperson/scammer (or they are getting one over on the scammer), just a ploy to exploit human emotion.
- perl4ever 6y agoI bought a computer with a certified check that was too large once, and eventually I did get the store to take it, and promise a refund from their central office. I think it was months later and I had to call them up to get my refund, but it did actually work out. That was in the 90s and of course I would never do it again. It clearly was a well known red flag even back then.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoCivilization is built on trust. "Just stop trusting people" isn't a solution.