Remember this? Now is your chance to own a piece of history (sold!). I'm cleaning my garage out and getting rid of a few bikes (my cruiser, my old mt. bike) at rock-bottom prices. If you're in the Portland area, drop me an email, stop on by and give them a ride.
From Wikipedia's entry on Con men and popular cons:
Stolen Cheques. A recent twist on the Nigerian fraud scheme, the mark is told he is helping someone overseas collect "debts" from corporate clients. Large cheques stolen from businesses are mailed to the mark. These cheques are altered to reflect the mark's name, and the mark is then asked to cash them and transfer all but a percentage of the funds (his commission) to the con artist. The cheques are often completely genuine, except that the "pay to" information has been expertly changed. This exposes the mark not only to enormous debt when the bank reclaims the money from his or her account, but also to criminal charges for money laundering. A more modern variation is to use laser-printed counterfeit checks with the proper account numbers and payer information.
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