Originally posted by dogue
Many Certified Checks are fraudulent, but banks will know right away.
I think you meant, "Many Certified Checks are fraudulent, but banks will not know right away."

I know a guy who thought he sold his NSX for a ~$70K certified check. It took his bank almost a month to even tell him, "there has been a problem clearing the check." Even after a couple of months had passed and he had long since involved the FBI and they had yet to officialy notify him that the check was fraudulent.

Lucky for him, he found the NSX forsale on ebay. Unlucky for him, the thief had sold it to a dealer for real money and he had to resort to civil court to get the car back, which is still in process.