Bike Scam
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Ask him to send you a video verifying his identity, but make it something specific so you "know it's him," like singing a song and incorporating your name into it.
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accept the cheque, deposit into a new fresh bank account, as soon as it's cleared and you're able to draw against it, draw the entirety in cash - closing the account in the process.
then send him his lovely new bike and and envelope with the change in cash and a note saying 'pleasure doing business with you'
….really shouldn't advise this kinda thing having worked in a bank
....probably worth talking to your bank about it anyway, they can often forward this sort of thing on to Financial crime squads and get people who try this shit financially excluded in the UK, stops them pulling the same shit on anyone else - a lot less fun though I'll admit.
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What should I do next to waste more of his time?
Say something came up with work, so you won't be able to message about the transaction anymore, but that you're going to put them in touch with your assistant to handle it. Have the assistant send emails from another email and start it over from the beginning, having them explain it all again. And just keep sending the same responses as before.
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The way I would handle this if there were a chance of it being real would be to request a cancellation/stop payment of the overpayment and a certified check in the correct amount before releasing the bike. Just in case any of those hoops would be fun to make them jump through. If this were a real situation, it would be their fuckup and their burden (including the risk they're trying to shift your way).
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What should I do next to waste more of his time?
Say something came up with work, so you won't be able to message about the transaction anymore, but that you're going to put them in touch with your assistant to handle it. Have the assistant send emails from another email and start it over from the beginning, having them explain it all again. And just keep sending the same responses as before.
Ooh! can I be the next assistant? I can set up a fake email address. Maybe we could pass this schmuck around the planet like the MRMF.
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There is zero chance this is not a scam….
Latest.....
_Am very sorry another cheque can not be issue kindly bear with me the
cheque will clear in your account before we proceed for the pick up
okay.Best Regard
Dominic_I'm surprised the scammer has even responded this many times. Figured by now they'd realize it's not going to work and it's time to start looking for a new sucker.
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Looks and smells like a scam - Cheque Fraud. You deposit the cheque in the account, it will eventually bounce and you will be out-of-pocket for the money. A few got scammed this way in the Great White North: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/banks-online-scam-fake-cheque-fraud-td-1.6244111
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There have been scams going on like this in Charlotte and reported on the news this past week.
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take the money and not give him the bike…
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Cheque going to bounce…
