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Sold my car privately, signed the title over, cashier's check bounced 2 weeks later and the buyer is gone

Reddit r/legaladvice·u/Fit-Carpet5931·5 months ago
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Sold my car privately, signed the title over, cashier's check bounced 2 weeks later and the buyer is gone Location: Atlanta, GA Sold my 2017 Honda Civic last month through Facebook Marketplace for $9,500. Guy came to look at it, seemed completely normal, took it for a test drive, we negotiated a little. He paid with a cashier's check from Wells Fargo which I thought was basically as safe as cash. Deposited it, my bank showed the funds available after like 4 days so I signed the title over and he drove off. Felt fine. Two weeks later my bank calls me saying the check was fraudulent and pulls the $9,500 back out of my account. I went from thinking I was good to being negative in my account overnight. Tried calling the guy, number is disconnected. The address he gave me when we met up I'm pretty sure is fake, I drove by and its just an empty lot. I have some savings set aside but that was supposed to go toward rent and a few other things, so that $9,500 hole is a genuine emergency for me right now.…

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