Fernando Pareaz Wanted to buy tires and rims listed on Craigslist. Sent cashiers check more than amount agreed to and am to pay moving company in cash when they show up to pick up the tires. Internet
I listed some tires and rims for sale on Craigslist a few weeks ago. Someone started texting me about the tires and even though I was only asking $700 they thought it was a great deal, AS the texts continued, I ended up agreeing to let him send me a certified check for $850 (seems he forgot I was only asking $700). I told him upfront to not send me any "extra money' to pay off anybody else. He agreed, and told me the check was on it's way. He told me he was on travel and was from Asheville, NC. He would send a check drawn on his bank - PNC Bank.
I've strung him along for a few days now and today low and behold I get a fake Cashiers Check. Not even the 'Certified Check' we agreed to. Not only for $850, but for $1,850 to pay for his movers (I can just pay them cash from his check, even though I told him anything he sent me was mine. It wasn't 30mins after I received the USPS letter, that he texted me again wanting me to confirm I got the letter. I told him I was off today (I had him send the letter to my work) and was moving, but I would see if they could forward me the check. So now I'm struggling on how to slow play this and try to meet up with him / her. I think the movers must be in on this too, if they aren't the actual 'Fernando' I've been working with. BTW there are no watermarks on the check, or microprinting on its border so it's definitely fake.
Would love to find a way to meet up with these guys and see what happens, or better yet have get them in front of a judge somewhere and alter their current lifestyle in a very negative way.