Legal Question in Consumer Law in Virginia

Email Fraud

I placed an item on an online classifed ad. A man emailed me interested in the dress, how much it cost, would I take a money order, and that he wanted to use his own shipper. I replied back with the cost and that I would ship to him. All he repplied was that he would let me know when the money would be sent, making it sound like he agreed to my shipper. A day later I asked where he was located. He again insisted that he would use his own shipper. I then told him I would not sell to him. He came back and told me that the money order with my name on it had already been sent out. I told him I would refuse the package. He then said he would let me ship to him, but would not give me his address. The money order in on the way through UPS and I am going to refuse the package. I'm afraid it won't get refused, but I will mail the money order back to him. If I do not cash the money order and I send it back to him am I in any way responsible since I told him more than once I would not sell to him because of his insistance of using his own shipper.


Asked on 10/10/07, 10:00 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Email Fraud

No, I see no reason for you to fret any further about being "in any way responsible"---for whatever may be connected with this apparently aborted transaction---as long as you return the uncashed money order in the event that you are unable to refuse it.

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Answered on 10/10/07, 2:37 pm


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