A cashiers check?
I wouldn't take a cashiers check these days. It could be bogus and your bank wouldn't find out for days.
Take the guy to your bank and get him to buy a cashiers check for you with his cash.
The bank should be able to tell if the money is real.
When you deposit the check in your account, no IRS audit should be triggered.
People sell cars and boats all the time and deposit the money in their account.
But in this day and age, I would not be too sure about a cashiers check.
In our local county newspaper there was a story just last week about a young woman who sold a car on line to a guy in Canada.
Well, what do you know, instead of a cashiers check for around $1800 she received a check for $4300 with no explanation.
SHE called the buyer, not the other way around, saying she received too much money......
Yes, I know, same old scam.
The buyer acted like he knew nothing about it, said he would check it out and call back.
So, of course, he calls back and says his bank screwed up and cut the wrong check.
Said he was buying two cars and the bank issued one check and he just didn't catch it when he sent it to her.
Please wire me the difference, I'll pay for the wire transfer....... Like I said, same old scam.
Well, the woman took the check to her bank and asked if it was real.
Told the bank she didn't want to get caught in a bogus check scam.
"Real" said the bank, no problem.
So she wires the $2500 or so to the seller.
And you know how it turns out.
She still has the car for sale and she is out $2500.
So,
like I said.
I wouldn't take any kind of check from anyone unless I had over a week to watch it clear and I wouldn't take cash unless a bank said the cash was real.
And wasn't that an interesting twist on the scam?
Getting the honest seller to call the scammer teling him he sent too much money.
And he pretends to know nothing about it.
