From: john boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Money mule (type of scam)
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:38:30 +0100

In message , Tim 
 writes

>Suppose the cheque is actually *not* 'paid' -- but if the payee has been
>told verbally that it *was* paid (by the collecting bank's (untrained) clerk
>who got it wrong)  -and-  even has his mits on the (forged) 'paid' cheque
>from the dodgy drawer, can he rely on getting the funds by day 5?

The logic is lost on me here. How can the drawer have the forged cheque 
if it hasnt been paid? Forged or not? Why would the drawer want to give 
back a forged cheque?



-- 
John Boyle