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April 27,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, On April 21st, according to the Ridgewood Police a Van Buren Street resident reported being a victim of a fraud. The victim posted an item of Craigslist. She shortly after received a response from an out of state person claiming to have interest in the item. The victim received a fraudulent check from the actor and it was deposited into her bank.Often known as the “Check Overpayment Scam” The victim was sent a larger check than the total payment and asked to send the money back .The victim was then scammed into sending the actor a partial refund back in the form of an online money transfer. The victim later found that the check that was sent to her didn’t clear. The matter is being investigated by the Detective Bureau.
Is there really anyone left on earth who hasn’t heard of this scam? Maybe Craigslist should send all “posters” a warning.
Unfortunately, many people choose to live in a vacuum and refuse to read newspapers, read news online, listen to all news radio stations, or watch TV/Cable news So it does not surprise me a bit that there are daily reports of people falling victims to scams that have been widely publicized in the past.
I’ve been doing this con since the 1930s.
Back then we called it a Pigeon Drop.
– Johnny Hooker
dirt bags
Or maybe just go watch the movie “Catch me if you can”
There’s a sucker born a minute and with the baby boom generation getting up there in years it’ll only get worse. Use some common sense people.