Alright, kiddies, y'all may want a bottle of some type of hard liquor before you proceed any further. The story I'm about to tell you actually occurred, and as retarded, or skull splittingly idiotic as any of it may sound, be aware that all of this is (sadly) 100% true.
Okay, so I have a little brother, who is currently 21. He's been living with my dad, and my mom's been living with me. So he stops by yesterday planning on staying for the weekend. My mom, being the type of person she is, immediately starts snooping in his bag and finds two checks written out to my brother. My mom asks him who they're from. Here's where the fun begins.
You know those various craigslist postings where some random guy tells you to that he'll send a check that you can cash, where you can keep some money while sending back the rest? Yeah...
So he goes ahead, cashes this particular check, which was for $2,600, keeps $400 and sends the rest back. He gets a call from the bank letting him know that it was a fraudulent transaction, and they tell him to inform the police. Apparently they can't reclaim the rest of the money cause it went overseas, and now he's on the hook for $2,200.
Now, one would think that this would be an unfortunate lesson that one would wisely learn from, and never deal with such people again. YOU'D THINK THAT, WOULDN'T YOU.
My genius bro, it turns out, has been STILL getting checks, from these same people (these were the checks my mom found in his bag). Now, here's how that portion of the conversation went.
Me: So what the hell are these checks?
Him: Oh, they're new ones.
Me: What?! You're still trying again with this shit?
Him: No, of course not.
Me: Then why did you sign them both?
Him: I wasn't planning on cashing them.
Me: Still doesn't explain why you signe...
Him: Besides, they already turned me down.
Me: So you DID try once again!
Him: Well, yeah but only cause I knew they would turn me down.
Me:...okay. I'm curious when did you cash the first check?
Him: Some time early February.
Me: When did you try to cash these new checks?
Him: Like 3 weeks ago.
Me: *head asplodes*
Yes, that's right. After getting fucked over by these people, he thought it would be a great idea to try AGAIN, just a few short WEEKS after the first incident happened. And I didn't include this wonderful nugget:
Me: Okay, assuming that you lucked out, what the hell were you planning on doing with your new found monies?
Him: I was gonna pay back the money I owed from the first time.
Me: Well, then.
So...after all that, I tried to do my best to point out that he's a fucking idiot and that he's playing an EXTREMELY dangerous game here. Unfortunately, when reason and common sense didn't seem to have any effect, one has to resort to fear, and I simply asked him if this shit was worth going to butt pounding prison. The penalties here in California range from 1-3 years in the State pen. He said that he's not worried because (again, NOT making this shit up!) he feels that his fellow prisoners will leave him alone cause he's skinny and doesn't know how to fight.
....
Fuck. my. life. Who knows what other shady things this twit has been doing without any of us knowing. He is in for an extremely painful future. :/
Okay, so I have a little brother, who is currently 21. He's been living with my dad, and my mom's been living with me. So he stops by yesterday planning on staying for the weekend. My mom, being the type of person she is, immediately starts snooping in his bag and finds two checks written out to my brother. My mom asks him who they're from. Here's where the fun begins.
You know those various craigslist postings where some random guy tells you to that he'll send a check that you can cash, where you can keep some money while sending back the rest? Yeah...
So he goes ahead, cashes this particular check, which was for $2,600, keeps $400 and sends the rest back. He gets a call from the bank letting him know that it was a fraudulent transaction, and they tell him to inform the police. Apparently they can't reclaim the rest of the money cause it went overseas, and now he's on the hook for $2,200.
Now, one would think that this would be an unfortunate lesson that one would wisely learn from, and never deal with such people again. YOU'D THINK THAT, WOULDN'T YOU.
My genius bro, it turns out, has been STILL getting checks, from these same people (these were the checks my mom found in his bag). Now, here's how that portion of the conversation went.
Me: So what the hell are these checks?
Him: Oh, they're new ones.
Me: What?! You're still trying again with this shit?
Him: No, of course not.
Me: Then why did you sign them both?
Him: I wasn't planning on cashing them.
Me: Still doesn't explain why you signe...
Him: Besides, they already turned me down.
Me: So you DID try once again!
Him: Well, yeah but only cause I knew they would turn me down.
Me:...okay. I'm curious when did you cash the first check?
Him: Some time early February.
Me: When did you try to cash these new checks?
Him: Like 3 weeks ago.
Me: *head asplodes*
Yes, that's right. After getting fucked over by these people, he thought it would be a great idea to try AGAIN, just a few short WEEKS after the first incident happened. And I didn't include this wonderful nugget:
Me: Okay, assuming that you lucked out, what the hell were you planning on doing with your new found monies?
Him: I was gonna pay back the money I owed from the first time.
Me: Well, then.
So...after all that, I tried to do my best to point out that he's a fucking idiot and that he's playing an EXTREMELY dangerous game here. Unfortunately, when reason and common sense didn't seem to have any effect, one has to resort to fear, and I simply asked him if this shit was worth going to butt pounding prison. The penalties here in California range from 1-3 years in the State pen. He said that he's not worried because (again, NOT making this shit up!) he feels that his fellow prisoners will leave him alone cause he's skinny and doesn't know how to fight.
....
Fuck. my. life. Who knows what other shady things this twit has been doing without any of us knowing. He is in for an extremely painful future. :/
