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I tried to find anything on Chase's website about money orders, but didn't find anything terribly helpful. However, with money orders you pay for them upfront so I can't imagine having a "blank" one, at least for the dollar amount. If the buyer truly has a "money order" with no specific dollar amount that seems fishy.

The credit card check makes a lot more sense; maybe the buyer is just confused?

Definitely a red flag, but maybe worth hearing with the attempted buyer has to say. Has anyone alerted him of this thread?
 
BeauBoi said:
On the promo material that they came with, it called them "money orders", but as far as I could tell they are just credit card checks.
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I have a Chase Visa and get credit card checks periodically. I don't recall seeing them referred to as a "money order". Usually I just shred them but I guess they would be useful for paying by credit card with a seller that couldn't normally take one.
 
Banks do sometimes offer their own money orders that are actually money orders, and they can be blank and still valid. You just need to fill them in. I used to get these a lot from customers when I participated in the coin collection hobby.

That being said, accept only USPS (federal) money orders from anyone other than a trusted friend.
 
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