doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Scam Artists and our FBI - Watch Out

Usually, a state's Attorney General office has a scam bureau. But, they won't do much until there's an actual crime. Otherwise they have to do an elaborate sting operation. That's only gonna happen if there's huge money involved...or the opposing political party's relatives are the scammers.

Here's one way to deal with the scammers. This was posted on the site some time back and I bookmarked it. Fun reading.

http://www.bustedupcowgirl.com/scampage.html

Though you can cash a USPO M/O right at the PO before sending off the item, I imagine if it's no good, they'll just come back to the endorser for the $. Best to hold any items till funds clear. Use a dedicated small checking account for transactions and watch for them to clear on- line. One other problem is if the M/O or check is no good, you get stuck with the bounced check fee,,no small amount these days.

I guess my problem Kutter,would be as a buyer I am not going to wait what could easily be a week or more while a USPO M/O that I purchased with cash and was blessed by the PO where the seller cashed it decides if its a good one or not.Thats not acceptable.
If they say its ok then it is good.If they can't tell then they need to find a way to tell the good ones from the fakes or get people that can.Its hard for me to belive that when asked if a USPMO is real at the PO they say "maybe".Same goes for my bank,if they call the bank who issued the MO and comfirm funds and that they issued check I am not going to hold on to some guys gun or would allow someone else to hold on to mine while we wait for what we already know.
Is there a banker or postmaster here that has some knowledgable input on this??
Whats next,we stuff a choker in c notes in a envelope and hope for the best?