Check baiting: going for a new personal record

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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:26 pm

After seeing Lester bag a $550K check, I decided to see if I could set a new personal record.

Here's some dialog:

Quote:

Good Day (Barry Kelly),

Thank you so much for returning the duly signed company memorandum of understanding. I have submitted it to our human resource department to keep it in your file.

However your information has been forwarded to our existing client in your region that are ready to make payment through you, Please keep me inform as client contact you for payment.
Congratulation you are now a bona-fide Representative of this grate company.

However,please i will want you to answer this questions as follows because it has really cost us great problem dealing with some other clients.

1).Have you ever had a bounced cheque before because of the fact that there are people defraulding others has really affected most of our clients due to the fact that maybe they have been defrauded before their bank will make it very difficult to clear cheques for them in that case they are really slowing down our business transaction with them.

2).What is the highest amount of cheque ever cashed in your account.

3). Have you or presently acting as a payment agent for such contemporary company.
At present our existing client in your region are geting ready to make payment through, in that regards you will be reguired to get back to me.

I hope to have informed you well enough, do get back to me soonest so I can advise you on the
next step to take.

My Best Regards,

Mr. J!ngm!ng. Zhu
Sh@nghai Sem!c0nductor C0., Ltd
501 West Jiangch@ng Road, Sh@nghai 200436 P.R.C.

My reply (I deliberately misspell his name in a different way with each reply)

Quote:

Dear Mr Jinging,

In answer to your questions:

(1) No, I have never bounced a check.

(2) In my personal account, the highest amount I've ever cashed a check is $85,000. In my business account, I routinely process checks on the order of $250,000. The highest to my recollection is $275,000. I believe the bank gave us a limit of $400,000, but they can raise that if I ask them to.

(3) I have never acted as a payment agent in the capacity in which you describe. This is the very first time I am doing this. I have no experience in this, and I hope that will not be a hindrance in the job you are offering me.

I hope these answers are satisfactory.

regards,

(Barry Kelly)

And he came back with:

Quote:

Dear (Barry Kelly),

This is to acknowledge the reciept of your mail.

The company goods just arrived spain and the client in spain has agreed to make payment of Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars ( $ 450,000 USD ) in a certified cashiers cheque which is as good as cash for the goods bought from our company.

Can your company account accomodate such payment cheque?

Please get back to me urgently so i can advice him urgently on what to do.

I await your urgent response.

Mr. (I'm about to be had)
Sh@nghai S3miconductor Co., Ltd
501 West Ji@ngchang Road, Shangh@i 200436 P.R.C.

And BTW, he boldfaced the amount in his email to me. IP resolves to that satellite provider in Israel.

I'll need a few days to coordinate this with my bank manager, of course. One must not rush any bait....even one of this nature.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:49 pm

I love when they say URGENT. It gives me a reason not to send any email all day long.

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