Since the subject of scams has come up....
Most of you are probably aware of the following scam, but it popped up on the Charger Message Board and an advertizer in the Walter P Chrysler club's newsletter fell for it, so I thought i would pass this along to anyone who hadn't heard about this one.
This scam usually involves an overseas buyer of a vehicle or part that you may have advertized. They pay with a cashiers check which includes an additional amount for shipping. They ask you to send the extra funds to their shipper by Western Union once the cashiers check clears.
In the case of the WPC Club member, the bank teller at his bank assured him that the cashiers check, drawn on a bank in Kansas in this case, was as good as cash. Later the bank found out that the cashiers check was a counterfeit and debited his account. By that time he had already sent money by Western Union to the "shipper" in London.
In another case, it took a month before the bank found out a cashiers check was counterfeit. So it was a month after the deposit that the bank debited the victim's account.
just a reminder to be careful whether you are buying or selling.
