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Lalilulelo
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I go to this take out place to get some dinner and a guy approaches me and introduces himself. He asks me if I can go to a wachovia with him and cash a check because he just got into town from Philly and doesn't have a bank card. We exchanged numbers and he pulls out this huge wad and offers to pay me for my trouble. Thoughts?
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I'm sure this is a joke, but I don't get the reference. At least I don't think I do.
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The phone number he gave you is for a prepaid, disposable cell phone, and any further contact you have with him at this point is just going to make him more determined to scam you. If you ignore him, he'll probably move on to a new victim. If you call him back with some excuse, he's just going to pressure you to reschedule.
Block his number, ignore him, move on, and in the future, don't give your phone number to people who approach you in public asking for your help to cash a cheque.
You should take Improvolone's advice.
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Or you should save yourself A LOT of headache and just ignore the whole thing. Unless you really feel like trying to be a hero.
Run.....to the cops.
Under most circumstances, I fully endorse the idea of providing the police with information that could lead to an arrest. But in this case, all you would be doing is wasting their time and yours.
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Yeah, there's nothing they can put on him so it'd be a waste of time. Taking my ass straight to work.
It's not wasting their time. This is something that could turn into a huge pain in their ass in their district and they'll appreciate knowing about this. This is what nonemergency lines are for.
"And he'll be at Bank X at 9:00 tomorrow morning" could sweeten the deal considerably.
I did tell him which Wachovia to meet me at (not that I'm gonna show up)... But I already told the police about it and they said it wasn't anything they could do...
But, seriously, I'm glad you're not going, and have told the police.
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Anyway, yeah, don't go anywhere with that dude. You'll probably get sexually assaulted.
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I used to work for a collection agency that collected these kinds of debts. Usually after 1-2 weeks, your bank figures out that the cheque was fake, and then unless you resolve it quickly you start getting phonecalls and your credit gets fucked.
I know this means this is pretty much over, but this kind of thing is taken very seriously. I had a friend do EXACTLY what you said happened to you here. He was approached and convinced to cash a check for for a stranger under dubious circumstances. He went in, cashed it, then proceeded to be picked up by the cops, booked and taken to jail where he stayed for a week till he could post bail. Luckily he was able to plead down to community service and a fine. The guy who gave him the check to cash was long gone and as far as I know never found.
Point being, this IS something the cops would like to hear about, and it IS something that will get you in a ton of trouble
If his version of this story is actually true, even the worst public defender could prove that there was no intent on your friends part to commit any crime and he would easily be Not Guilty, and most likely would never go to trial. Unless he knew the check was fake, he didn't do anything illegal there.
...which still doesn't get him off the hook for paying back the bank.