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Author: desertotter
Date: 2014-02-18 21:07:54
Update - same scam, just using the name of Dolores Bowyer now. Latest "cashier's check" is from TRUWEST CREDIT UNION, Scottsdale, AZ
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Author: Nort
Date: 2013-08-05 12:37:16
The exact same thing is happening to me right now! But my buyer is 'Susan Silberbusch'. the broker is 'Samuel Kaplan' though! And 'Susan' is deaf! The check she is sending is also for $2900, but hasn't arrived yet. Luckily I googled every little bit of info I had on 'them' and found this (and a few other pages) that call out 'Samuel Kaplan'. It just didn't seem right to me that she could send ME a check to cover for HIS fees. Couldn't she just send it to him? Why can't wait wait a couple weeks until she's done getting her hearing aid surgery and he's back from Cairo? Why is there a timeshare conference in Cairo? And why go through a broker at all?
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Author: Ken Hornstein
Date: 2013-07-06 20:52:51
Is there anything you can to report and stop this if you already sent the money?
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Author: Ken
Date: 2013-07-06 20:41:49
Just had the same thing happen to me. Is there any way to report this so that it is stopped?
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Author: Skip 237
Date: 2013-06-28 15:19:34
If you try to cash the check, your bank will put the funds in your account on good faith. The check will then go to the check clearing house but when the clearing house tries to receive funds from TruWest the request will be denied due to the check being fraudulent. The routing and account numbers are correct but the rest of the check info is not. The clearing house will then notify your bank the check was fraudulent and your bank will remove the money they put in your account under good faith. Any money you removed against that good faith money you will now be responsible for to repay to your bank if you do not have funds available to cover it.
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Author: Skip 237
Date: 2013-06-28 15:15:43
Had the same scam, Katie Robertson was the buyer and Samuel Kaplan was the broker. First American Title was the company they claim to us. The check was for $2900 and from TruWest Credit Union out of Arizona and Texas. TruWest is a legitimate Credit Union and confirmed the cashier checks are fraudulent.
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Author: Thoma
Date: 2013-06-01 01:31:22
Same scam using the names Christina Williamson and Samuel Kaplan. First American Title and First Security Bank.
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Author: Mary
Date: 2012-11-01 00:56:32
Was contacted by email, using name Paul Kelleher. I received a $2900 Official check also drawn on TruWest Credit Union. I took it to the bank and asked them to verify that it was a good check prior to deposit. I was told it is fraudulent!!!
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Author: Bob
Date: 2012-09-29 16:21:41
I just received the same scam , but this time the guy said his name was Frank Tesoro and he was deaf. He said he sent a cashier's check to me and wanted me to give it to Aaron Ganit because he would be out of town for 6 weeks. I did not get the check yet. I had a feeling this was a scam and that is why I started researching and this popped up. At the beginning of my conversation, I asked so called "Frank" to provide me with his address and he never did, that is when I had a suspicion something was wrong. I'm glad I found this site. I also kept all of the e-mails we sent back and forth.
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Author: bnr
Date: 2012-09-17 10:50:12
Did you deposit the check? Did funds clear?
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Author: Richard
Date: 2012-09-15 12:54:47
Was contacted by email, but using the name Anthony Frechette. I received a $2400 Official check drawn on TruWest Credit Union. Maybe I will just hold the funds since he is so trusting as to send $2400 to an unknown person without any documentation. Also no return address on the envelope and address typed by manual typewriter.
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Author: Leilani
Date: 2012-09-14 21:30:26
Thank you for posting this as I've been contacted this exact way and just got the cashier's check they mailed me today and it smelled like a scam so I googled Aaron Ganit's name to start a background check and your post came up first, so THANK YOU! I do not wish to enable or participate in fraud in my efforts to sell my timeshare.
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Author: bnr
Date: 2012-09-14 17:59:16
Did he/they already send you the full amount of the purchase? Did you receive/keep your share of the sale?
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