Cheated while using USPS Money Order.

11749 · 10-31-2003, 02:26 PM

Hi, Any one had this experience before, Bought a USPS money order for for $950.00 and send to this guy in Florida for a CD player. After a few days there is no reply from his email and nobody answer the phone. Check with the post office and they told me to wait 30 days from the day I bought it before they could trace it. If the money order was not cashed then they will refund or issue me another one.
What should I do if he cashed it?
Please help, anybody who came across this situation before!

thekingofpain · 10-31-2003, 02:46 PM

Must be one heck of a cd player---
Whatever you do dont misplace the receipt etc from the post office---did you get a delivery confirmation on it?
There is a timelimit on when it can be cashed and when it is it will be cashed by the guy who's name is on the m.o. using his ID---they will record all that info and probably investigate--- if a fraud was committed---
Its just probably gonna take awhile is what sucks---maybe your player will show soon, keep your fingers crossed...

11749 · 10-31-2003, 02:54 PM

I don't think the CD player will be shipped. Tomorrow is the 30th day and I am going to the post office first thing in the morning to trace it.

M_Six · 10-31-2003, 06:31 PM

Bring printouts of any emails you exchanged with this scumbag and any other docs you have. What he did is mail fraud, which is a felony offense. They will investigate, so the more you give them to go on the better off you are.

Aaron_J · 10-31-2003, 07:28 PM

What M_six said...

But remember, the USPS isn't your attorney. They will investigate this, eventually, but don't count on anything coming out of it.

With that kind of money involved it might be worth contacting an attorney in his area to send a letter to the seller. I say *might* because if he ignores the letter you are probably stuck travelling to his state to fight this or paying an attorney to fight it for you.

MTAtech · 10-31-2003, 08:50 PM

Title 18, United States Code
Section 1341. Frauds & swindles
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $ 1 million or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.

http://www.usps.com/websites/depart/...c18/mailfr.htm

Ask the Post Office to get you a copy of the front and back of the money order. Either they, or your bank, can trace the routing number to determine bank it was deposited in. That bank can find the depositor from the account number. Ask the PO if they can assist with the federal authorities in Florida.

gbpec7 · 10-31-2003, 09:15 PM

If you have your receipt and have the serial number from that receipt you can call 1-800-868-2443 to see if it was cashed.
Good luck and I hope everything works out well for you.

Chrstnmk13126 · 07-26-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by gbpec7

If you have your receipt and have the serial number from that receipt you can call 1-800-868-2443 to see if it was cashed.
Good luck and I hope everything works out well for you.

You may want to check that number, again. I don't see where talking to a phone slut is gonna tell me if my m.o. was cashed or not. I'm having the same issue with needing to know if the m.o. sent was cashed or not. And the other place (866-459-7822), another number I was given from the p.o., is having issues. I need to know, and now.

sweeper2 · 07-26-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrstnmk13126

You may want to check that number, again. I don't see where talking to a phone slut is gonna tell me if my m.o. was cashed or not. I'm having the same issue with needing to know if the m.o. sent was cashed or not. And the other place (866-459-7822), another number I was given from the p.o., is having issues. I need to know, and now.

you may want to check the date of this thread... it is over 5 years old... the number may have been changed or used for something else now.... may want to post a new thread....

supernova59 · 04-29-2009, 07:11 AM

I've paid for and printed labels and placed them in the mail system only to get an e-mail later stating postage canceled, for no apparent reason! You have to go back into the system and pay for it again. The latest rip was 2 weeks ago. I used Click 'n Ship for $4.60 worth of postage. The USPS charged me 4 times for the order. Upon complaint, they denied it. Upon 2nd complaint, I was told I would have to fax them my credit card statement to insure the transactions were paid.

This is robbery by the USPS then having to beg for your money back!!!