| Sure his was Nigeria, not England, sounds the same though. Heres some of his story from off-topic: This is pretty horrible and I can't believe it's happening to me. Here's the story: I am selling my piano on the Internet and after 3 months I had no buyers. Finally a Nigerian person was interested and said he would send me a check. However, the check was going to be for more than the value of the piano due to a couple of reasons and he wanted me to send him the remaining balance after deducting the price of the piano. I didn't care. I needed a buyer and I had nothing to lose, as long as the check was good and it cleared, and I didn't let anyone take my piano until the check was cleared by my bank. How horribly wrong I was.......... I received a cashier's check from Nigeria. The check automatically seemed fishy to me, since it was from out of the country and it's strange for someone in Africa to buy a piano in California. But like I said, I had NO BUYERS, and I had no risk. So I simply took the check to the bank on June 10th and told the teller exactly this: "I'm selling my piano and I received this check from an out of the country buyer, so I think it might be fishy. Can you please just tell me if this is a good or bad check?". She said YES, and so I gave it to her. The check was NEVER endorsed by me. 10 minutes later the police entered the bank and arrested me. They did not read me any charges. They handcuffed me and did not talk to me for 30 minutes. They kept me in the patrol car. Later they insulted me, berated me, called me names, and accused me of being on drugs. They booked me and charged me with felony passing counterfeit item and FORGERY. I had to stay in jail for TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS. (I was never arrested or even questioned by police before, in my life.) This was the most horrible experience in my life. I could not post bail to get out of jail quickly because the BANK CLOSED MY ACCOUNT!! I was not able to get my money out of my closed account until a week later! On June 12, I was released on O.R. by the judge, with the prosecutor filing two charges against me: passing a counterfeit check (knowing it was counterfeit) and FORGERY OF THE CHECK, which is absolutely ridiculous. Now I'm seeking a lawyer. In the process of finding a lawyer and researching what happened to me, I found a site called scamvictimsunited.com, and links to a bunch of Nigerian scams that are EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ONE I GOT CAUGHT IN!!! Check these out:
1. [ http://www.denverda.org/ECU_Consume...cam%20twist.htm ]
2. [ http://starbulletin.com/2003/03/28/news/story4.html ]
3. [ http://www.automotivedigest.com/vie...articlesID=9172 ]
4. [ http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/...p-7291443c.html ]
5. [ http://www.isu.edu:8000/kb/disppage...d=626&sec_id=40 ]
6. [ http://www.catteryworld.com/beware.htm ]
7. [ http://starbulletin.com/2003/03/21/news/story12.html ]
8. [ http://www.carsearch.com/mb/read.php?6,955 ]
9. [ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002...ain527883.shtml ]
heres the link to the rest of what he said if you want to read it:
[ http://forums.offtopic.com/showthread.php?threadid=700868 ]
AIM name: Snoguitar
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