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They send you a "check" for more then the amount (say you are selling your marker for 850, but they send you a check for 1500) You are ostensiably to deposit the check they send, keep what you need to cover the purchase (and a couple of hundred for your 'trouble") and then you send the remainder to XYZ address.
Sounds good right? I mean you deposit the check (often drawn from a out of country bank), wait a few days till it 'clears' and then send off the money. 2 problems: 1) The check is fake -- even though it 'clears' and shows up in your account, it takes like two weeks to totally clear a check, by that time the check comes back as counterfiet; and that leads to poblem #2) YOU are responsible for the money! Yep, that's right. Even though you are scammed, and you are the victim, any money that you sent out from this check is your responsibilty to replace.
So basically, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
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