TRYING TO SCAM ME

[yagyujubei]

I'm selling an old pump on Craigslist. I got an inquiry, and answered. Rehe's his reply:











Hello! let's do like this, actually now I'm not in town for now, I
came to visit my son so i wont be able to meet with you but am ok with
the price as seen on the advert, I'll proceed in issuing a Check out
to you and when you received the check , I will make arrangement for
pick-up. So get back to me with below details asap.

Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Phone Number:

And as soon as this is provided, the payment will be overnight to you
and i will let you know when its mailed out. I need you to be honest
with the sale as I am a God fearing person.

Thanks

I don't like the fact that he's got my email addrtess, first name and city, so I will have to be dilligent in the future.

 

[GBtortoises]

I get a lot of those same "canned" responses to my ads when I place them on Craigslist. I have always assumed by the poor English usage that they're generated from overseas somewhere. Most responses like that I felt were clearly poor Eastern European English.

 

[dmmj]

I wouldn't worry to much, when ever someone uses the words postal code, it sounds like someone outside of the US. Most people use zip code not postal code.

 

[wellington]

I tried selling one time on craigslist. A guy tried scamming me, he didn't get away with it. I don't use craigslist to get rid of anything anymore. I will buy from craigslist, only if I can drive to pick it up in person.

 

[yagyujubei]

It was immediately obvious to me. I labeled it as a scam to Craigslist. I get these things on occasion, but when it comes down to it, it's really an attempted robbery.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

Ha ha yup this is probably half the things I get from craigslist lol

 

[Nay]

One thing that always tips me off when I get one of these, is, in the email to me, it usually has re: re;(in the reply line). Like we had already conversed. Not sure why that happens, but I am sure there are savey computer people out there who could explain it.
Did that happen to you? (Just curious, as it has been pretty consistent when I get the scammer.)
Irritates me, and a waste of time!

 

[Neal]

This happens every time I try to post something on craigslist, so now I choose to hide my email address and I spell out my cell phone number. Since I started doing that, only real interested people contact me.

 

[Nay]

Oh I wondered why folks spell out their phone number, great idea!!

 

[Nixxy]

Honestly, when it comes to Craigslist, I have a very strict policy of meeting people.

I only buy/sell/trade in the surrounding states near me, (Within 3 hour drives, preferably. And generally 'meet half way' situations.) and even more preferably locally.

If someone is going to buy something, I'd certainly expect some form of authentication, such as Trust Who Verified, or Paypal Verified.

It's all too easy to recall a payment on Paypal, so I prefer WU. I've had to recall payments due to scams in the past, and Paypal requires so little to open a dispute to get your money back. I literally had to provide almost no information or evidence of the entire transaction.

 

[tortadise]

Anytime I have ever tried to sell anything on craigslist I get crap like this. I did however find it funny when I sold my old jeep on craigslist. I would get emails like that. "Hello sir I would like to purchase your advertised product and need you to mail it to me as soon as I send the cheque" I love how they cant spell CHECK, but they dont look into what they are trying to scam for. Really how am I suppose to just take a jeep to the post office and send it priorty, LOL idiots. I gave up on craigslist for selling. I will buy but same as everyone else, just have to go pick it up.

 

[dmmj]

I believe cheque is the british version of it.

 

[bigred]

Ya I had someone try to do this to me to. They really should learn the english language before trying to scam people that speak english. They wanted me to send a bunch of personal information t them. This is how I respond to them. Hello here is the info you requested F U

 

[blafiriravt]

This happens to me a lot through CL. I have put my number down so people could call, and I've got texts saying I've won free best buy gift cards and stuff. The texts usually come through usually in the middle of the night. Very stupid. It sucks that some people get ahead by screwing other people over.

 

[Nixxy]

Very true, Blafirira.

It'd be nice if people just wanted to use these things for some honest trading and selling, instead of trying to be so selfish and manipulate it.

Yeah, sure..the idea of getting something for free is great, or making profit off nothing...but really, at what cost? Ripping honest folks off who are just interested in making a trade or sale that'd benefit both parties?

I wouldn't have it in my to scam someone, honestly. Admittedly, I can be a bit of a jerk, a bit rude here and there, and downright antisocial..But that's just low.

 

[tyguy35]

We use cheque and postal code up here in Canada. Mayb it's closer then you think

 

[blafiriravt]

Same thoughts here, Nixxy. Absolutely absurd.

 

[Nixxy]

I've heard of Cheque a lot, as I live quite close to Canada. I occasionally check Montreal CL listings.

Also, Blafira, I was in VT two days back. Lovely, lovely area.

 

[mctlong]

Its so sad how many people fall for these scams.