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  • 16-06-2010 8:21pm
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    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭


    serious answers please..

    I think I may be about to become the victim of a scam shortly.

    I need your help to avoid this.

    Basically, I run a very small tuition service and I was recently asked for a price on tutoring a boy in various subjects.

    I gave the guy a quotation and next thing he emails me back to tell me that he is happy with this amount and his son is actually coming from Holland. Fair enough you say. However, the next line reads "I have instructed my secretary and payment is on the way..."

    I somehow have a feeling that a cheque for a significant amount more than what I have asked for is on the way :rolleyes:

    Is it as simple as just throwing the cheque in the bin when it arrives if this is the case?

    Which I'm pretty sure it is!!

    Now pisstake all you like, but could you season it with some real advice too please :D

    PS: Posting here as I'm not really sure where else to do so!!


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    #2
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Don't tuition anyone without payment up front.

    The exact payment.

    Good man.


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    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    serious answers please


    ....lol


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    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Stick it back in the post and tell him he filled it out wrong. Or rip it up and fcuk it in the bin.
    I presume you haven't given him any money or account details for any reason?


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    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Eh? What's the problem? Just throw the check away and forget about it.

    Also, pics or GTFO?


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    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Just see if the cheque clears before you give any classes.

    Pupils name isn't Feekey is it because if so there may be some benefits in kind.


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,980 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Whats your Feeky clause anyway?


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    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    I'd only be worried if his son is in the envelope with the cheque.


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    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,302 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    I was recently asked for a price on tutoring a boy in various subjects

    Sounds seedy


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    smiley girl
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭smiley girl


    peanuthead wrote: »
    I somehow have a feeling that a cheque for a significant amount more than what I have asked for is on the way :rolleyes:

    Why??:confused:


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    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    how much was the cheque?


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    #12
    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    Lol, no I didn't give him bank details and I wouldn't give the child tuition without the money anyway.

    I mean the chap hasn't even told me when the child is coming and he's sending me money in the post, ffs

    yes, I will be very worried if the child comes in the envelope, LOL


    @MagicMarker what do you want pics of?? the child? I think you're in the wrong forum for that


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    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    smiley girl wrote: »
    Why??:confused:

    Really?


    In case you're serious so when I cash it I refund him the difference and then the cheque bounces on me after 3 days or so, something like that. Either way I know it means I lose.


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    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,302 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    peanuthead wrote: »


    @MagicMarker what do you want pics of?? the child? I think you're in the wrong forum for that

    There's a pedo forum? :eek:


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    #15
    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    There's a pedo forum? :eek:

    not on this site, but...

    Edit: or maybe there is any only subscribers have access???


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    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    peanuthead wrote: »
    serious answers please..

    I think I may be about to become the victim of a scam shortly.

    I need your help to avoid this.

    Basically, I run a very small tuition service and I was recently asked for a price on tutoring a boy in various subjects.

    I gave the guy a quotation and next thing he emails me back to tell me that he is happy with this amount and his son is actually coming from Holland. Fair enough you say. However, the next line reads "I have instructed my secretary and payment is on the way..."

    I somehow have a feeling that a cheque for a significant amount more than what I have asked for is on the way :rolleyes:

    Is it as simple as just throwing the cheque in the bin when it arrives if this is the case?

    Which I'm pretty sure it is!!

    Now pisstake all you like, but could you season it with some real advice too please :D

    PS: Posting here as I'm not really sure where else to do so!!

    If its for the exact amount requested then fine, lodge it to your account and teach the boy after it clears. Overseas cheques can take a long time to clear though (as I found out to my cost). If its for more than you asked, send the cheque back and request the correct amount and don't teach him until you do.

    Whatever you do don't refund him any money before the cheque clears (ring the bank to be certain), tell him to cancel it/fuck off otherwise.

    If Western Union is mentioned, steer clear.


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    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Are you sure he's actually in Holland, or is he in The Netherlands? :D


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    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    cash the cheque, wait for it to clear.

    Then withdraw all funds from your account, and send him a cheque for the change and accindentally send too much. Ask him to send you the change through WU. There you have it, the tables were turned!"


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    smiley girl
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭smiley girl


    peanuthead wrote: »
    Really?


    In case you're serious so when I cash it I refund him the difference and then the cheque bounces on me after 3 days or so, something like that. Either way I know it means I lose.

    Ahhhh!! The light dawns :D
    I'm being a bit slow today :eek:


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Oh now I get it...


    Your OP wasn't exactly clear, there's no need to be sarky with Smiley Girl.

    Just throw the cheque in the bin if it's for too much. Honestly, why did this require a thread if you don't even want joke answers?


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    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    If it's just a bit over the amount agreed, it could be to cover the charge of lodging an overseas cheque to an Irish account. Lodge it and see what happens.


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    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Are you sure he's actually in Holland, or is he in The Netherlands? :D

    Oh, now that you mention it, yeah I think he said the Netherlands.
    Max Power1 wrote: »
    cash the cheque, wait for it to clear.

    Then withdraw all funds from your account, and send him a cheque for the change and accindentally send too much. Ask him to send you the change through WU. There you have it, the tables were turned!"

    Waaay too complicated for me.
    smiley girl wrote: »
    Ahhhh!! The light dawns :D
    I'm being a bit slow today :eek:
    :D
    phasers wrote: »
    Oh now I get it...


    Your OP wasn't exactly clear, there's no need to be sarky with Smiley Girl.

    Just throw the cheque in the bin if it's for too much. Honestly, why did this require a thread if you don't even want joke answers?

    I was not being sarky, I wasn't sure if she was messing or not so in case she wasn't I answered her.

    It requires a thread because as mentioned in my OP (which obviously wasn't clear at all) that I'm not too sure what to do and there is nowhere I know better than boards to get me a quick answer.

    I didn't exactly mean no jokes. That is an unreasonable request from AH, I know.

    There are hundreds of threads to browse through and if you don't think this one is worthy of your time then GTFO as they say round here*:p


    *not being aggressive, just having a joke - better let you know in case its not clear either :p


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    Coriolanus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    Are you giving the young man his introduction to the gentlemanly arts of seduction and/or dueling?
    Wtf is he sending the kid to Ireland to get tutored for? They run out of teachers in Holland?


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    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    "I have instructed my secretary and payment is on the way..."

    No. It isn't.


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Toss him off until you've earned back the difference.


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    #26
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Not sure what you should do but could you ask the pupil if it's Netherlands or Holland?


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    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Christopher Faithful Aeroplane wrote: »
    Toss him off until you've earned back the difference.

    This is why people don't lend you money.


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    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    It can take up to 2 months for your bank to find out if the cheque is a dud, and if so, they will seek a full refund from you, irrespective of any moneys you may have returned to the scammer.


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    #29
    Poly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    super-rush wrote: »
    I'd only be worried if his son is in the envelope with the cheque.

    It's a corespondent course, maybe the extra money is for postage.


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    #30
    messymess
    Registered Users Posts: 359 ✭✭messymess


    Mail yer man back and tell him you're a convicted sex offender for a laugh ... just to see what he says.


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    #31
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    galwayrush wrote: »
    It can take up to 2 months for your bank to find out if the cheque is a dud, and if so, they will seek a full refund from you, irrespective of any moneys you may have returned to the scammer.

    Galwayrush's point is important and often overlooked.

    I understand it's longer than two months in some other countries.

    Beware, beware.


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