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Complaint Review: Micheal Berry - Internet
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Micheal Berry
Internet, USA
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Micheal Berry he cliamed that he was seeking a driver for his daughter when she comes to town kooskia,ID 83539 Internet
i first made contact on the enternet from a lady name lesley horton from [email protected] on aug 4 2017
then i recieved a massage from micheal berry saying he wanted a driver for his daughter because she was
coming to my town for a evauation program he said he was paying $180 a day and 105 for gas
on aug 29 he sent a massage saying that the payment was on the way the amount was 985 check he told me to deposit it into my bank and when it clears to take 285 out and send 650 to a lady name leslie ernst in kooskia id 83539
three days later when i checked my account i found out the check was no good
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FloridaNative
Palm Beach Gardens,Florida,
USA
Scam
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, September 21, 2017
This is a very long running scam. The names may be different and the circumstances slightly different, but the scam is the same: a person (or company) sends you more than the cost of the item or service you have posted. You deposit the check and keep $X and send the rest to someone else via Western Union or some other untraceable way like Money Gram. Once you do this, the check is returned NSF and you are responsible to your bank for the NSF funds.
This type of scam has been going on for years. Look up this scam on the FTC(dot)gov website so you know what to recognize. Now you are stuck for the money. The best thing to do is to never accept any payment for more than the amount owed as it is the number one tip that it is a scam (no matter the excuse the payor of the overage makes). Report this scam. Don't hold your breath that the scammer will be caught, but at least someone else may learn from your very difficult lesson.
