I just got this WARNING from craigslist.org:
WARNING!! *** WARNING!! *** WARNING!! *** WARNING!!
Please be wary of distant 'buyers' responding to your ad! Many sellers receive replies from scammers hoping to defraud them through schemes involving counterfeit cashier's checks and/or wire transfers. These checks will clear the bank, but the person cashing the check will be held responsible when the fraud is discovered. More info on scams can be found at this web address:
"These checks will clear the bank, but the person CASHING the check will be held responsible"Really? Who is committing the fraud here? So you give me a bad check and they come after ME? When did that change? This is charging the
VICTIM instead of the perpetrator. What kind of crazy chit is that? You're the victim of a crime, and you get charged and held responsible for it? So what happens to the ACTUAL criminal. He just gets to do it over and and over again with no repercussions? I think I'm going into the "fraud" business, seems to be mighty lucrative, and not many down sides, since it's NO LONGER ILLEGAL.
Well your bank got robbed, sorry, they stole $50,000 and you're just going to have to put it back out of your own money. We're not going to look for or prosecute the bank robber, too late, he's already done it, it's your responsibility now.
In the words of the late Jackie Gleason, "What ta hell, is the worl comin' to?" paraphrased as best I could
