What a stupid jerk he was, c'mon guys, this is a business! Love has nothing to do with it. Some of these ladies are great, some are crooks, but none are prospects for long term relationships. JMHO.

Hold On!  Yes, your friend made a dumb mistake.  However, I believe he has some recourse. The BANK cashed checks (apparently) that were forged.  A few years back someone stole checks from a relative who was living in an "assisted living" residence.  The loss was $10K.  The Bank repaid every cent because it was the Bank that failed to verify the signature.

Similarly, your DMV should have a way to track down the V.I.N. so if the car(s) end up on Joe's Auto Lot, he can claim them.

Granted all of this will take some time, and the Bank may have limits on its liabilities, but you shouldn't just roll over on this.  He was robbed. It's Grand Theft, Forgery, and who knows how many other crimes.

...just a few thoughts.

It's hard to believe that someone smart enough to have $145,000 in a checking account would leave it in a checking account. How well do you know him? Maybe you're the one that has been taken advantage of. Just my $0.02

Either someone here is real stupid or this story is a hoax.  Once you have made it to the point you own a 3/4 million dollar home you tend to have just a little more savy that to think that the cars and checks are gone for good.  Where did they go?  Insurance?  Banks?  Not to mention the gulibility issue.

Makes a good story though.

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Now I know this website is "for entertainment purposes only" and none of the stories contained herein should be considered truthful. If you think I kidding, please read the site disclaimer.
  I find it a bit difficult to believe that a fellow who can amass enough money to afford a 3/4 million-dollar home would allow ANYONE unfettered access to his bank accounts and home.
Additionally, I might find the story a bit more believable if the fellow who posted it could type and spell. CEO of what??

No way this story is real. Leaving aside all the holes like cars are recoverable, and the bank is most likely not going to just hang him out on the checks - if the girl went to Brazil, why would she "go back to Europe?"

If she wrote checks to herself, then you have her real name. The bank can trace the checks.

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I would not have given him money.  Feed him... yes.  Put gas in his car (ooopss... no car) yes.  But give him money... no.  That's just two hundred bucks less you will have the next time he comes knocking on your door.  Remember... think with the big brain.

If you have ever had someone steal your checkbook you know that a police report and an affidavit to the bank will allow you to avoid any liability for the checks (unless you opened a joint account with her).  Story is complete bs like so many others on this board.

that the local law enforcement won't help.

That is very shady. I have never ever heard of that. Writing checks that do not belong to you is fraud.

I think someone was just messing with us~

Shaye

Anybody who has expensive cars like this would probably have a car that has some sort of stolen vehicle recovery system in it.  Also if the cars are reported stolen to the police, anybody trying to register them would be caught pretty quickly.

From the info I can find, Brazil enjoys a pretty good extradition treaty with most every country.  There was a treaty singed in 1897 that has not been repealed.  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/brazil/brazil04.htm

As said above, every single bank will refund checks that have an invalid signature. In fact I had some friends who used each other's checkbooks once without knowing it, and the back refunded the money simply because the signature was not valid (After being notified of course).  Banks do not verify signatures for checks normally.  But with the amounts she would have had to written, it certainly would have set off some "red flags"

There is simply no way a back would release $150,000 worth of money without some sort of verification.

So bottom line..  This story is total BS..

My first reaction upon reading this post was to offer help and suggestions. Which I did.  Then others started to question the veracity of the original 'story'.  Upon further reflection, I must agree. This just doesn't sound 'true'.  

Why someone would post a false story like this is beyond me. I hope there is no sinister motive behind it.  Damn, you approach these boards honestly with a sense of sharing information and helping others... Yes, this just sucks.  End-of-Rant.

It looks like the poster, Brotha-CEO, was told a whopper by a friend and now is out $200.

Nice "friend".

It would be much more realistic if the wife found out about the escort and took everything. I just can't imagine the cops not taking action if this were true. But, it does make for a good fictional warning of what can happen if you fall for the wrong person.

Hey Brotha_Ceo, while I applaude you for helping your friend, I think the cab driver would charge more then $200.00 to drive all the way south to europe(yea?)

I heard that the girl has shacked up with Dick Cheney's freakish Chief of Staff, Scooter "Scooter" Libby, at one of the undisclosed locations.  Elvis told me this after I ran into him at Starbucks this morning.

PS - I keep getting e-mail messages from this really nice Nigerian businessman who says I can make a killing if I just help him offshore some money.  Anybody want in?

do with the cars.  She'd need the title to sell them. Certainly she isn't driving car(s) back to Brazil and it costs a fortune to ship them.

She'd need to be listed on his savings account to withdraw any money. She couldn't have withdrawn anything from the checking account without being listed on his account. She certainly could have wrote some small checks, but anything of substance would be very difficult to cash in a few days time.

If the house was empty, what did she do with everything in his house in the few days he was gone hold a yard sale? I can't see her shipping it anywhere or even pawning everything would be a major task in a short time frame.


So........if ANY of the above is true, your friend is a total moron for putting her name on anything and he got what he deserved. But I suspect that this is all hogwash anyway!