Smell like scam to you?

[GunTroll]

So I posted a sale on craigslist. The first reply was... is this still available? contact me asap. So I did with email. And then I got this crap....

I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I would have loved to come
check it out myself but I won't be able to do so because am currently
at Hawaii celebrating my Wedding Anniversary with my wife. I would
love a surprise inclusions and replacements in our home on our return.
Please do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind adding
$50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held
for me. I have no iota of doubt regarding the item's good condition as
represented in craig's list. I will be making the payment
via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you.
I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of a mover. My Mover
will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been
cashed. Please I will need both your full name and physical address
along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
Warmest Regards


What the faq is this shit? I'm new to craigslist. Is this a scam? I replied with a see you when you come back and no info from me buddy. Am I wrong?

[The Extractor]

looks scamtastic to me man.

[bryjcom]

Its a scam.

What they do is give you a certified check or MO for over the amount of the asking price. So your sell your item for $100 they give you $200. Then they want you to cash the MO and keep a $100 and give their "mover" $100 cash

The problem is the CC or MO is almost always fake and it takes a couple of weeks for your bank to figure that out.

So you give cash to the "mover" and your on the hook for the fake CC or MO. and owe the bank the full amount.

Forward the email and the attorney general and craigslist.

[Richard K]

I'd tell him to send you a USPS Money Order for the $50 and you'll hold the item until he returns then cash for the balance.

[GunTroll]

I figured it had to be a scam. I never even posted pics of the item I am selling. No one buys without seeing first where I come from. I'm not even going to deal with him USPS money order or not. What happenend to honesty?

[cysoto]

What happenend to honesty?
In Craig's List?!?!? [ROFL1]

















Sorry to be the one to break it to you but honesty is non-existent on that site. There are a lot of scumbags looking to make a quick buck (and a lot of people falling for these scams). I am glad to hear that you were not one of them.

[Luck]

[ryanek9freak]

They rediculously wierd grammar should have been the first red flag

[RRD3]

That is a scam. The language is a dead give away.


I never take paypal either. This is a huge scam. A friend of mine got burned bad via paypal as they will reverse the charges on the drop of a hat if the the person claims they didn't get the item, it was the wrong item or anything like that.

[GhostRider]

yup scam, I got almost the same thing word for word a couple months ago and my buddy did about two weeks ago. I just blow those offers off

[ChunkyMonkey]

play it along... lol

[sniper7]

100% scam. i have sold a lot on craigslist. i have even got the same email. worst thing is not the money order but they now have your address and contact email.

[GunTroll]

100% scam. i have sold a lot on craigslist. i have even got the same email. worst thing is not the money order but they now have your address and contact email.

They shouldn't have an address because I never gave them one. As for email....Aren't they emailing through Craigslist site somehow and not directly to me? I wouldn't know though.

And as for honesty.....all should have it anywhere they are. Internet FTF where ever. I'm not naive about the lack of honesty but will always assume you are being honest with/to me until proven otherwise. And I do reserve the right the bust that ass if I suspect dis-honesty!

[theGinsue]

Hey! Im still playing catch-up from going camping and I just saw this thread. I spoke about this very same type of thing in another thread (something like F%&@%$ Thieves).

Its definitely a scam. These guys are all over Craigslist and eBay these days. Out of the goodness of their hearts they'll pay you (in the form of a cashiers check, money order, etc. - all fraudulent) a ton more money for your item just if you do this little itty bitty thing for them. About 2 weeks after putting the payment in your bank and sending off the item you find out you've been scammed. They tried this with me on Craigslist once for an old school biker jacket - which I still have.

[Ridge]

This is the internet...people do not use the word "iota" on the internet.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2682/ejection.jpg

[sniper7]

They shouldn't have an address because I never gave them one. As for email....Aren't they emailing through Craigslist site somehow and not directly to me? I wouldn't know though.

And as for honesty.....all should have it anywhere they are. Internet FTF where ever. I'm not naive about the lack of honesty but will always assume you are being honest with/to me until proven otherwise. And I do reserve the right the bust that ass if I suspect dis-honesty!

as long as you don't respond they will only have the craigslist email which is your email but masked by a craigslist email so the spammer doesn't really know what it is. only way they will is if you put the email out in the open, or if you respond, then they will see it.

I have a special email account specifically for craigslist and ebay just for this reason.

[ryanek9freak]

i always play along with those scams and fuck with them just for fun. One time I even sent a note to them after getting an address, telling them to go fuck themselves. I also told them that Interpol agents were across the street watching them. I bet they even looked out the window.

[claimbuster]

Loud and clear! Stay away from it.

[opie011]

I just got that almost exact email from someone that wanted a set of wheels that I have listed on craigslist. Anyone saying they will give more than the asking price just screams SCAM! Also these are all computer generated scams hence the broken grammer! This is why I hate using craigslist.

[DOC]

Make a new listing on there that warns against scams and show the email and what it looks like. I get those too and they look like they are written by the same guy.

[GunTroll]

Thanks everyone. My item is sold and this thread is over as far as I'm concerned.