I called the credit union who supposedly issued the cashier's check and they confirmed what I already knew - the check is bogus. So I asked if they wanted a copy or any information. Surprisingly they didn't. They said they have people working on this stuff already and didn't seem to be very interested. So then called the Detroit FBI office ans spoke to a very nice agent. He gave me information about reporting it to www.ic3.gov - which is an organization that works with the FBI and other law enforcement to catch Internet crime. He said that his office gets thousands of reports a month and since I wasn't actually out anything he doubted they could do much. Most of their time is spent on cases where someone has lost money. I guess that makes sense - not very satisfying though especially since I have this bogus check in my possession. So I filed the report online with IC3. I don't expect much to come from it and they state flat out that they will not follow up with progress on the case. They basically refer the stuff out to the proper agencies. So there we have it. The possibility to nail this person is there but anyone who can do anything about it is either over worked already or doesn't really care. I hope something is done before this person scams someone who doesn't catch on. Oh well we will see I guess. -- Thanks, Jeff 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work) 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90') 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future) |
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