Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:47 am Posts: 4
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my situation is a bit different, I wasn't contacted via E-mail. I didnt get the money order though the mail. I put my car up for sale out of my own driveway for $800, it was a lincon town car and in fair shape, ran well. I was in a pinch, I needed $500 to pay my rent. My husband lost his job and we have two little girls one with Autism. Homelessness is not an option with a special needs child. My landlord had his back to the wall his wife and him going though an ugly divorse, he needed the money too. So when after a week of the for sale sign being there I get someone who comes to my door asking to buy my car with a money order for $950.00 who am I to figure something was wrong. He told us he was going to buy a diffrent car, but when he went to get it it was gone, and that he had a money order from his home state of Califorina. (which it was, a money order from a Safeway in CA.) I looked up money grams online, i double checked to make sure it had all the security features. It even had the little thermal sensitive spot. My husband took the money order and put it in our landlord's account. depositing $500 and keeping $450 for other bills. The bank cashes it without an issue. Yesterday evening my landlord comes buy with a note from the bank saying it was a fake. It is almost 10 days after it was deposited. His bank has frozen his accounts and given him 72 hours to make good on the $950. We decided to call the police, we reported what happened, and reported the car as stolden....but the cop had that look on his face that told me that We had been taken, and there probly isnt much we can do about it. I didnt expect something like this here in a small friendly mid-western city like Springfield, MO. I feel so stupid and nieve (please parden the spelling, I have dislexia)
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