BBQ scam

[div]

Pulled this off another site...

http://www.ketv.com/7canhelp/21117851/detail.html

 

[ronp]

Yep, I read that.

Tons of scamers out there.

 

[scarbelly]

Who would do that without a deposit check or a credit card that cleared first?

 

[mballi3011]

I don't own a resturant so I don't have to worry I guess. But thanks for the info. I do have some friends that own BBQ joints Thou.

 

[the dude abides]

Good thing he caught on. That could've ruined his whole month if things are slow.

 

[pitrow]

anything that requires you to take money from a card, check, money order, etc. and transfer some of it to a third party is a scam.

 

[bman62526]

Precisely - exactly what ^^ said.

First of all, I'm glad the story had a happy ending. However, this fellow should have known as SOON as the subject of money transfer came up.

This is no different than that eBay scams, where the broken English email suggests you transfer the money for shipping to a South African bank account, or whatever...
Thanks for posting this to remind us all that these things still happen. Funny though - this BBQ owner must not spend TOO much time around computers, cuz this scam is an OLD one.

Glad he caught on though...