Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Yeah, there's several clues.
My favorite is requiring a street address (not a PO box). You can bet the the cashiers check will be delivered by a courier service, NOT USPS. That's how they dodge postal fraud charges.
In a clsssic variation they send a cashiers check in excess of the selling price and direct you to wire the change via Western Union. Again, no USPS involvement and Western Union doesn't accept checks or credit cards for money transfers so your cash is gone for good.
When a scammer contacted me, he asked me to go to a stationary store, like Staples, and buy special paper to print a cashier's check. He would then email something so that I could print the cashier's check and then he would send a truck to pick my "Item".
Oh the scammer also offered me $100 above my asking price which was a big red flag that it was a scam.