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In response to "I am selling my truck. Are there any problems I need to be aware of if I accept a money order? -- nm" by GregW

Verify the money order by phone before handing over the keys and title.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Jun 3 '16, 11:43

There is a scam running around (at least out here in the West) where cons are using fake money orders to purchase all sorts of stuff on Craigslist.

Each money order should have a phone number to call the bank or financial institution and verify that they actually issued the money order.

Responses:

Meet them at the bank to close the deal. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:44 11
- That's not a bad idea, actually. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:52 2
  - It is what I would always do. "I need to verify these funds are being deposited to my account." -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:58
  - until you pick the bank that a desperate team of robbers choose to knock off, but end up getting trapped in because they fuck it up -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:56
- I read "bank" as "bar." -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:47 3
  - that works too -- nm - decline Jun 3, 11:59
  - It happens to the best of us. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:52
  - *nods* -- nm - chubbers Jun 3, 11:51
- and go inside to verify with the bank manager. -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:44 3
  - then get fingerprints and a cheek swab DNA sample -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:45 2
    - And lock the buyer in the vault for 48 hours, just in case. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 3, 11:46 1
      - and change the deal at the end. you want more. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 11:47

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