The overrated check scam

For quite a few years, and with increasing intensity, all kinds are made
Internet transactions, for the convenience that implies. This has resulted
numerous kinds of scams and scams on the net, since it is easy to play with the need
people have to rent, selling or getting a job.

One of the scams that has done more damage, is to send a fake check, stolen or
unfunded, that was alerted by spanish consumers association UNION DE CONSUMIDORES DE ESPAÑA (UCE) denounced in the 2007
as the thymus of "overrated check".

How to act?
Scams, scams or frauds, are made with advertisements that sell all kinds of
articles, vacation homes or offer any type of service.
Anyway, come into contact with the complainant via email to
interested in the offer and after several messages to finalize the deal, call data
personal subject (name, surname and address) for sending the check.
The scammer, is always of foreign origin, so the shipping will require a
check from a European institution, normally England.
Check, when international, has a verification process 25 days
about, being these days that money is reflected in mind but not
is compensated.

Buying items
In selling an item, frequently used cars, close the
treatment and indicate that send a check. However, when he gets is of a higher value
the agreed, then put back in contact with the seller and tell him that he has
been a mistake and that, please, the difference is returned by bank transfer.
The check is in the account but without passing the verification process, Shipping is done
and the Money 25 days the bank announced that no funds or is false or stolen
and that we must return the full money, having lost the excess which had
sent over the cost of return.
Holiday homes
Normally, say they have a child who wants to go abroad to live in
housing that is rented or even themselves and sending a check to the amount
Rental.
The check is of higher value than agreed and the process is the same as selling a
article, you have to send someone the extra money or figurative child reaches
dwelling, and he delivered the rest of the check for his expenses never appearing more
by domicile.
Careers
The offer comes from a person abroad who needs someone, care
a family in Spain or tutoring Advertiser or any type of
oferta similar.

Check processing remains the same; sending a quantity exceeding the
agreed to perform the income amount left or giving in hand
sidekick.
How do you act?
We must try to collect than by check, but by bank transfer and the
If a check admit, This is not a wholesale value of the agreement and never
cash it before the bank check its veracity. Be wary of
foreign checks.
If you received the check, must take and report to citizen security
Civil Guard.
Also report it on the website where the ad was, getting
to nullify the direction of advertiser.
Also, be suspicious of the bargain deals that offer more money order
for the product or a high salary for an easy job.