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Users should be on their guard over offers which involve overseas
buyers and especially those prepared to overpay for goods.
There are several different scams. One scam works when you are
contacted by someone offering to pay for your item in full. They will say that
they are living in a different country but that someone in England owes them
money. They will offer to send you a cheque for far more money than the actual
price and then ask you to send the difference with the goods.
Another one works when the person who has agreed to buy your goods
says a mistake has been made and instead of £100 the cheque has been made out
for £1,000 and would you cash the cheque and send back the difference. In both
cases it is suspected that, the cheque will clear into your bank, only to be
stopped/refused weeks later. At this point, the Banks/Building Societies will
take the full cheque amount back out of your account. Not only will you have
lost the goods, you will be out of pocket for the amount of their original
cheque (£1,000) and the amount you passed on as the difference (£900).
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