Scammer uses fake cashier's check to buy car, Hillsboro police say - kgw.com
They're looking for a man who printed up a fake cashier's check for more than $10,000 to buy a car off Craigslist. It wasn't easy for Jennifer Myers of Beaverton to sell her 2006 Acura TL. She had owned it for eight years, and took very good care of it. But her boyfriend ponied up his life savings to buy her a new car, waiting to get reimbursed when she sold... So they put it on Craigslist for $10,500. Last week, a man named James Saban, or Jim, called to test drive it in Hillsboro at Myer's boyfriend's home. "I said this seems like a really nice man, he's an older gentleman, in his late 50s and seemed like he was really happy to get married in a week and was going to purchase this vehicle for his new wife," recalled Myers. The next morning, Myers and her boyfriend took the check to their bank. But slowly, bank management figured out the bank name on the check, address, phone number, and money were fake. "She said this isn't a good check and I'm so sorry," said Myers. Hillsboro Police say James Saban surprisingly used his real name, and it returns to many past charges and convictions for theft, forgery and trafficking stolen vehicles all over Oregon and Washington. Police say likely he's already re-sold the Acura and made off with thousands in cash, scamming yet another family who will have to give back the stolen car once they try and register with DMV. Hillsboro Police say it's a lesson to always meet a buyer or seller at your bank. Source: www.kgw.com
