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  1. #1
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    Unhappy Responsibility for Money Lost to a Scam

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: minnesota

    darn, sadly and very sadly yours truly who keeps on with the roommate issues.

    this issue is sad and keeps getting uglier.

    this past november in 08' i wanted to replace my roommate [the roommate who i always refer to in past threads-horrible roommate guy] and got many replies from Craigslist for the room i would be able to get rented out. the roommate turned out to be a scam. yes i know i made a HUGE mistake, but, i was doing it out of complete desperation [at least i didn't threaten anyone with plotting to have them killed or beat], and anyhow, during the time my current horrible roommate guy refused to communicate...like always i initiate the communication and then during the last stages of the "exchange" we started talking again, and he agreed to take on a third roommate to cut the costs lower than what we were already paying for rent and bills etc. i said it did turn out to be a scam, and we were scammed BADLY VERY VERY BADLY!

    ANYHOW! this is BEFORE we realised that we had been scammed: i owed him money for movers because we did end up transferring...anyhow, i did receive 2 cashiers checks [yes bad!!!!] and put them into my personal account. at the time i did have actual fraud on my bank account pre-scam so my card had been for the time being deactivated. i wrote my roommate a personal check for $4000...here's where i know it's hard to follow,[ but it's kinda hard to explain without it being a personal face to face type thing] , so, i owed him $600 [yeah i WILL be paying him back for that] but the giant dilemma is-is that he chose to help send the money via western union using his account. you can't give western union cold cash it has to be through an account.

    again, my bank card was temporarily out of service so i wrote him the check, okay, i was able to personally go to the bank to put in the cashiers checks without using the atm...so, i wrote him out the check for the $4000, and he helped send the money western union. it was $3,650 that was sent to our scammers, but, that is why i wrote him the check for $4000 to pay him back for the movers and he was to send the $3,650. [he agreed and asked no questions]

    so the problem is-is that he never asked any questions, he did agree to take in a third roommate [who ended up being the stupid stupid scam], and now he's trying to sue me for the scam. is it partially his loss as well as mine, and i should not have to pay him for the loss????

    i can try to clarify if asked questions because i'm trying to be clear, but, i'm still learning and that's why i'm on these boards to learn and try to understand.

    thanks to those who reply no matter how blunt i'm learning!!!!

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    Default Re: Ulgy Issue That Keeps Getting Uglier

    P.S.! he helped to send the money and i have proof that he did chose to help...that's why i'm wondering if i should have to pay him for something he willingly chose to partake in-despite the personal check.

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    Default Re: Ulgy Issue That Keeps Getting Uglier

    You deposited, I assume, fraudulent money orders in your bank account

    You gave your roommate a bad check.

    You instructed your roommate to act in reliance on the check, and to send the person who gave you the money orders $4,000.

    Your roommate did as you asked.

    Your check bounced and, as a consequence of following your instructions, your roommate is out $4,000 - the amount of your rubber check.

    How is any of that your roommate's fault?

    Dare I ask, were you also offered a "fee" for processing the checks for this person and forwarding him the money?

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