Scam Alert

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I just saw another post and it reminded me of a scam my aunt was a victim to, so I thought I would share with you all. Here is what happened to my aunt. She held an average old garage sale at her home last spring. A gentleman asked if she would take a check for a large dresser set. She agreed. She went to the bank and deposited the check. A few days later she was notified that the check bounced, she wasn't too surprised and decided to cough it up to stupidity for taking a check in the first place. A month later money started disappearing from her account. This what the guy did when the check bounced he requested a copy of it for his records printed on the check is my aunt's account number. He starts doing online checks using my aunt's account information. She lost over $1000 before it was finally figured out. Obviously this guy was a top notch scammer but there could be more out there. So my advice to everyone if you have a garage sale take cash only.