Menu
What's new
Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!

Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

General Rules

The Finds Treasure Forum Classifieds is for individual use only with the exception of banner advertising buyers. Those buyers may advertise their traded in, discontinued models, etc.

Individual sellers may post their normal unwanted detectors, or accessories in assigned classified forums, but they  cannot exceed (1) one item in a (3) three month period for each classified forum.

Only For Sale, For Trade, or Wanted to Buy ads are allowed.

Only Forum Members Registered for  90 days or longer that have more than 24 significant posts in our other forums, may post For Sale or Trade ads.

Rules for Non Sponsoring Sellers:

  • Items for sale, or for trade, should be your own personal property and be accurately described.
  • Your for sale or trade post should be self contained, without references to another site where you may also have it for sale.
  • Do not put links to eBay.
  • Do not put links to other forums where you may also have the same item for sale or trade.
  • Dealers are not allowed to post in Classifieds unless they are a sponsor.

Advertisements not adhering to the above rules will be deleted without warning or notification.

Scam alert..

D

Dan-Pa.

New member
Apparently its easy to counterfeit a cashiers check so be careful...Prospective buyer sent me one for a large amount relative a metal detector sale after keeping me waiting two weeks so sold to another...Check then arrived for large amount told me to cash take out 10 percent for my trouble and wire the rest back. Did not happen on this forum but goes to show they even monitor our classifieds. Would have to be an idiot but did mention in ad was a 77 yr. old senior...Names etc. unimportant as they could
use various names and E-mails. Hope this is applicable as have learned banks will usually clear a cashiers check overnight but if they then find no good of course deduct the amount from your account..
 
Just last week My Local Italian restaurant got swindled $100 in bogus travelers checks........ That's why you never accept checks of any kind, only accept USPS Money orders, then the con-artist will move on to the next check accepting person.
 
Rob in (Ca) said:
Just last week My Local Italian restaurant got swindled $100 in bogus travelers checks........ That's why you never accept checks of any kind, only accept USPS Money orders, then the con-artist will move on to the next check accepting person.
Click to expand...

Make sure the Post Office cashes the Postal money order too. It is not unheard of that some of the Money orders are bogus too.
 
Any person telling you to cash any type of check or money order and then send them a percentage back and keep the rest is always a scam!
 
Very likely, mess with the USPS and the Postal Inspectors will be all over you. They do a very good job.
 
Sometimes when I'm bored and know I'm getting scammed I play with the scammer and have him waste his time sending me bogus checks etc.
Big red flags are "god bless" "advert" and messed up grammar.
I received some bogus money orders and took them to the post office for verification, man they looked so real, be careful!
 
Red flag in bold.

Dan-Pa. said:
Apparently its easy to counterfeit a cashiers check so be careful...Prospective buyer sent me one for a large amount relative a metal detector sale after keeping me waiting two weeks so sold to another...Check then arrived for large amount told me to cash take out 10 percent for my trouble and wire the rest back. Did not happen on this forum but goes to show they even monitor our classifieds. Would have to be an idiot but did mention in ad was a 77 yr. old senior...Names etc. unimportant as they could
use various names and E-mails. Hope this is applicable as have learned banks will usually clear a cashiers check overnight but if they then find no good of course deduct the amount from your account..
Click to expand...
 
Not so fast on the USPS money orders, I received one a couple years ago and took it to the PO, it looked legit and they verified it was BOGUS!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top