moneygram money orders - legit?

[malcolmk14]

Probably a stupid question and I imagine the answer is what I expect, but my sisters boyfriend got three MoneyGram money orders filled out in his name today by UPS Express shipping, for a total of around $3600 CDN. They look completely legitimate. Is there any reason he shouldn't go and try to cash these?

[albertGQ]

Moneygrams are legit

[jtfrogger]

Since CanadaPost uses MoneyGram, it sounds legit to me.

My question is what is he doing to get $3,600 that would make him suspicious about cashing them?

[ken0042]

What is the money for? I'm just thinking of somebody selling something like a laptop on eBay.

I would try and find somewhere in Calgary that issues them to get it cashed.

Back when I dealt with money orders on eBay I used to only accept USPS Money Orders from the States; the only thing one is they do have one available at the post office that says "not cashable outside the United States", but some Americans would still send those to me.

[malcolmk14]

I have no idea what he's up to and I imagine he's probably trying to do some deal on ebay or craigslist. This dude really isn't very smart. For example he sold his laptop to someone in Nigeria a couple months ago over craigslist.

Definitely the type of person who could get sucked into a scam. Its pathetic, but I guess he'll learn. Can't wait til my sister drops this ######.

Anyway, I figure probably no harm in trying to cash them. If they're not real he just doesn't get the money. The problem I have is he gave someone my mom's home address since he doesn't have a permanent address.

What an idiot.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

I have no idea what he's up to and I imagine he's probably trying to do some deal on ebay or craigslist. This dude really isn't very smart. For example he sold his laptop to someone in Nigeria a couple months ago over craigslist.

:facepalm:

Although i will admit i did get scammed for 1700$ online once, although that was a bit different as I had done a fair amount of business with the guy previously then he just up and disappeared during obviously our last transaction.

[malcolmk14]

I actually facepalmed in real life when I heard that he got scammed by a nigerian.

[Russic]

You know who I feel sorry for? Anybody trying to do legitimate business out of Nigeria.

[photon]

There was a rental scam going around involving some kind of money orders, not sure if it was moneygram. Basically the money orders were legit, but they were funded by something not legit. You'd cash them, then months later the system would work through and they would end up being illegal and you'd lose the $$ you got from them.

They usually did this by saying "Here's a money order for $3000, covers my $1000 security deposit, could you give me $2000 cash?".