Victim Of A Scam.......Not Me!!!!

Here's a scam I'm being stalked by. I'm writing about it both because I want you to be warned but also because it is so ridiculous that I can't believe anyone would fall for it.

A guy contacts me through Etsy and tells me he'd like to order a particular item HOWEVER he'd like me to use his personal email address. He tells me he'd like to pay by cashiers check and he will have his transport carrier come to pick up the package.

I tell him I accept Paypal and ship USPS.

He ignores this.

OK, so I'm naive and I figure if it's a cashier's check I could accept that but again I tell him I ship via United States Postal Service. I convo my address to receive the so-called cashier's check.

I know, I know.....duh....I'm stoooopid.

Next thing I know I get a check fed-xed to me for $1500. Yes, you read right. (The original item by the way was $30.)

It's a Bank Of America check.

Now I get an email to "cash the check, take out my part that I am owed and Western Union the remaining $1470".

Now before you think I'm THAT stoooopid, I don't do this of course. But, out of sheer curiousity, my hubby takes the check to Bank Of America. It's a fake of course.

Now I get email after email to please wire the money he is owed. I ignore this idiot. And, guess what, ANOTHER check arrives for $1500., this time written under "St. Joseph's Episcopal Church" like that's supposed to make me trust the check and the guy.

Who do I report him to? The address he gives is on another continent. I mention it on Etsy.

I get more emails stalking me and demanding his money.

This is hilarious....and serious. Of course I would never fall for something so outlandish. But would you? I'm ignoring him of course as should you.

I know you would never fall for this scam. But just in case, I thought I'd mention it.

Love,

Nanette

P.S. I did not send the item "ordered".