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 Yup=--I listen to Clark Howard--who is a consumer advocate--he talkes 
about these all the time. Skip the fishy ones--too big a gamble. People who 
are reading  ridecamp  ads. should be more "savvy" than the average horse 
person, don't you think?
  BTW   it is very easy now for overseas  Scam artists to fake a certified 
check. He says don't take them anymore , unless you get it from someone you 
know at a bank you know. They are so good at forging them and MO, Checks 
etc. That the banks don't even know till  it bounces.
  I used to sell  printing papers 25 years ago and they then said the 
copiers were getiing good enough to  print money, and that was before the 
laser printers and such.
 There are whole countries who now are  "havens" for  internet scam 
artists.  Nigeria is a biggie, he said they have literal "cafes" where  this 
is common.  Also some former Eastern block and Russia have set up internet 
scams for thier new "capitalist" businesses.

I'd suggest  waiting till a regular check clears or maybe a western union 
sire transfer (NOT to your account) maybe Paypal --(even they have some 
problems)
   What ever you do --don't give them your bank account numbers or routing 
numbers.

(He says lock your check book up in a vault- 85% of identity  theft is thru 
stolen checks --- I who used to use checks for eveything--but it they get 
your routing numbers and signature  and most the time no one asks for 
id....you are cooked..loss of credit ability, possibly jail on mistaken 
charges,  he has some  stories on his website that are really bad. These 
days people steal checks out of mailboxes, and now clerks in stores ..... He 
 suggest cash or credit card.......
   Good luck.It is getting easier to buy things and really hard to sell 
them.



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