Q: Hi Tanner,
My wife and I are avid readers of your newsletter and we are very grateful that you take time out of your life to help others succeed. Its always nice to see that there are still people out there who care.

The other reason we wanted to contact you was to warn you that there are some fake money orders being passed around on eBay. It happend to us. Here is what happend.

We recieved a Western Union money order from one of our buyers as payment for a printer we were selling. It was for the correct amount so we mailed out the printer the next day (tuesday). When we went to the bank on friday to deposit all of our checks for the week, the check scanner wouldn’t read the check so the bank called Western Union to verify the check and they discovered that the money order was a fake. Our bank said that it is one of the highest quality fakes they have ever seen.

We have filed a fraud report with eBay and are also working with the police to try and locate the criminal. Would you please let your newsletter subscribers know about this incident. We would hate for anyone else to be taken advantage of like we were.

Respectfully,

George and Sara M.

A: Heads up everybody! This stuff does happen, but thanks to George and Sara we now know to be extra carefull.

The best way to protect yourself from this is to not mail any items out until the items payment clears. Go to the bank first, then the post office, maybe it causes you a slight delay, but its better than getting scammed.