Lawyers fall victim to cashier's check scam [Texas]

WFAA ^ | 3-5-2010 | BYRON HARRIS

[TruthWillWin]

It was the most enticing piece in a con game designed to deprive ethical lawyers of their money.

Both of them?

[deport]

Both of them?

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Naw......... we are down to one the other moved out of state. lol

[LachlanMinnesota]

Greed would have been keeping the $100,000.00. It was giving the excess money back that got them in trouble.

[caseinpoint]

You are right. She is deluding herself. Fortunately she doesn’t have that much to lose. There is only so much money she can send him.

[Savage Beast]

Speaking of smart females, Mercat, I started telling my wife about this article, and when I got to the part about "a cashier's check", she started shaking her head. She said: "Never fall for anything like that." I never got to the punch line. She said: "Even a cashier's check. Never."

She's not a lawyer. Or an economist. Or a banker. She's just smart.

[Tex-Con-Man]

I was recently selling some old equipment on Craigslist in the D/FW area and got an email from an interested buyer that was an obvious scam.

In very poor english they said they were very interested in the equipment and the price was right and they wanted to hurry up and do the deal so no one else would get it. But since the buyer was leaving town, he wanted my contact information so his “agent” could arrange to bring me a cashiers check.

So I responded to his email and told him my name was John Hoover and for my phone number I gave him the number of the local FBI office.

[Erasmus]

You can't con an honest man.

An old chestnut, but misleadingly incomplete.

You can't con an honest man by an appeal to greed.

[lonestar]

The lawyer took $3000 out of $100,000... sent $97,000 back...and you say he was greedy?

I don't think so!

[Oatka]

One of my neighbors is an old lady on SS, recently widowed and left with a ton of bills. She’s doing crafts like microwave potato bakers, embroidery etc, to stay afloat. She recently made a sale for about $100 worth of stuff and got a cashier’s check for $1,000. When the buyer was contacted (via email) he said just return the overage with the goods. I did everything but jump through a flaming hoop warning her and thankfully she listened. She did return the check and said “Send the right amount and I’ll ship the same day.” Never heard from the creep again.