I agree with the above person suggesting contact with the parents. If this person is legitimate, and they have permission to make the purchase, the parents should be more than happy to work with you to finalize it.
Otherwise, if you're in trouble, there's nothing there to help you.
And as a warning, money orders/checks/ect CAN be faked, as mentioned above. There's also a chance they don't have permission to use the money they have, and they're trying to do a transaction with no paper trail.
A family member was selling items online, and the person attempted to pull the "oh, my accountant drew up the wrong amount, can you send the leftover money back to me and keep the rest for yourself?" scam. Luckily they were smart enough to not fall for it.
When I looked at the check, it looked real at first until I thoroughly inspected it. The bank address didn't match up, it wasn't printed on typical payroll paper, and there were no security markings on it. If your bank or money order attendant wasn't attentive, they may try to initially send it through and credit you the money; when it comes back as fake, they can withdraw the money back out of your account.
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Date: 2014-02-23 01:23 am (UTC)Otherwise, if you're in trouble, there's nothing there to help you.
And as a warning, money orders/checks/ect CAN be faked, as mentioned above. There's also a chance they don't have permission to use the money they have, and they're trying to do a transaction with no paper trail.
A family member was selling items online, and the person attempted to pull the "oh, my accountant drew up the wrong amount, can you send the leftover money back to me and keep the rest for yourself?" scam. Luckily they were smart enough to not fall for it.
When I looked at the check, it looked real at first until I thoroughly inspected it. The bank address didn't match up, it wasn't printed on typical payroll paper, and there were no security markings on it. If your bank or money order attendant wasn't attentive, they may try to initially send it through and credit you the money; when it comes back as fake, they can withdraw the money back out of your account.
Minors + money orders = bad news to me.