Email Scams (ESCAM)

[Buckey]

OK - For many years I have been getting very odd requests to sell my product to suspicious types but know I am wondering if I was to follow up how do they scam me if I request a credit card payment up front of cash up front.

So I would not ever give them banking info if they said they would transfer money because I would assume they would somhow withdraw money instead.

I also would be wise enough to knopw if they over paid me and wanted a partial refund that I would never do that unless I waited a month for their cheque to clear.

I am obviously not going to follow up but am amused to and slightly interested in knowing how exactly the scam would work.