This "so called" Nigerian stuff

[ManyBeers]

All right here we go ...I lived in Las Vegas from Apr.2003-Apr. 04
and while living ther I put mt Go-Kart for sale in the Las Vegas Review Journal for 1,500.00 and after a few days I get an e-mail
from some guy in Nigeria who is interested in buying my kart. So we had a couple of back and forth e-mails about the deal and my skepticism. I couldn't believe this [censored]. Basically he would send me a check for 6,000.00 and I was to deduct the go-kart fee from this amount and return the rest by money order or Western Union or whatever. I don't remember the reason for the oversize check(though this is in fact the scam part ). In other words when his check bounced I would lose
4,500. When the deal clears he would send someone to pick up the kart .O. K. sure I said. I didn't for one minute believe I would ever see a check, so I forgot about it. Who wouldn't right. By the way I asked for a phone# to talk to him but I never got a phone#.

Several days later I go and get my mail and sure enough there is a check from some bank for 6,000.00, so I rush down to my bank(BofA) and deposit it. I am told it will take a few days for the check to clear.Ok. 5-6 days later I don't remember I either went to the bank or they called me, I forget which, and said the check had cleared. Fvck I couldn't believe it so I went over to the bank checked that the funds had been credited to my acct. They were there! So I started action for a 4,500.00 money order to send to the address I was given, and during this process one of the banks employees mentioned this"Nigerian" counterfeit check scam. Basically according to this bank employee the check that cleared could in say 30 days turns up counterfeit and my bank could nullify the check. How in the fvck can your bank declare a check good credit your acct. with the funds and then 30 days later declare same check no good and hold you(in this caseMe ) responsible. Who is scamming who here. To me this outright theft by the bank. This is exactly the way it was put to me. I cancelled the money order and went home. Week or so later I get the counterfeit check in the mail and 6,000.00 was removed from my acct. I lost nothing on the deal but don't anybody tell me this is a "Nigerian" scam. What fvcking guy in Nigeria reads the Las Vegas Review Jounal Go-Kart adds looking to scam people. Remember this I made absolutely certain my acct. was credited with the funds. I am not stupid. Comments

P.S. For those of you familiar with Vegas my bank branch was on Maryland Parkway and Tropicana and I lived in a condo on Maryland heading towards Russell Rd. south of Tropicana.