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| Scam Alert ! |
Please do not ignore this! Scammers are very active and any deal made exclusively online is exposed to scam or fraud.
Here are some tips to help you avoid being triked:
- The best way to avoid scams and fraud is dealing locally, with people you can meet.
- Never deal with someone you can contact only by email. If meeting is not possible, try to make a phone contact before accepting any online deal. A phone contact does not prevent fraud, but if you cannot do it, chances are that you are facing a scam.
Make sure the provided phone number is not a pay-per-call number!
- Never send a payment via Western Union, Money Gram, or any other wire service. If someone you dont know asks you to do that, you are probably facing a scam.
- Never send out an item until you are certain that the buyer's check has cleared your bank. Fake cashier checks and money orders are common.
- Never give out any personal account information (eBay account, PayPal account, social security number, bank account, etc.)
- Be especially careful when dealing with distant buyers or sellers.
- If you must do business with a distant seller make sure the escrow agent is legitimate.
- American-Classifieds.net is not involved in any transaction, does not handle payments and does not arrange or guarantee transactions.
Never accept a check for a larger amount than the asking price. One of the most common scams occurs when the buyer sends a check for an amount well over your item's price, under the condition that you will send the remaining balance to the buyer's associate, shipper, or some other 3rd party via Western Union, Money Gram, or another carrier. Once you have wired the money there is no way to retrieve it. And when the buyer's check bounces, your bank will probably hold you responsible for the loss.
Never send a payment via Western Union, Money Gram, or any other carrier. Once you have wired the money there is no way to retrieve it. Often the deal will seem too good to be true, but the item you thought you paid for will never arrive.
Depositing or cashing a check does not mean that the check has cleared your bank or that it will not bounce. If it does bounce, your bank will probably hold you responsible. Often the checks are fake cashiers checks, but the bank will not know this, or inform you, until after it has bounced, and you might still be held responsible.
Most online escrow sites are FRAUDULENT, operated by scammers. If you must do business with a distant seller, insist on a legitimate service, such as www.escrow.com |
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