[sleepyhollowkennel]

SCAM

Yes, these are common, and are a scam. My husband is a police officer and they these reports all the time. You get the authentic looking check, you deposit in your account and send them the overage, then the check they gave you bounces. My credit union holds all cashiers checks, etc for 11 days because of this very scam. Lots of people get hurt because people want to trust others and this is exactly what these con artists prey upon.

 

[sleepyhollowkennel]

report to FBI

I always tell them I am reporting them to the FBI, then I never hear from them again.

 

[sleepyhollowkennel]

Don't feel stupid, it happens daily! You were smart to ask!

 

[sleepyhollowkennel]

Jac, I've gotten tons of the ones for Paypal and Ebay. I just delete them, but before Gteg alerted be to the bogus nature of them I entered my info. That must be why I had to make everyone fill out a form to e-mail me now to help separate the junk from the real e-mail! I couldn't believe how much junk I started getting daily!