Posted: 7/31/2009 7:23:14 PM EDT
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I put an HVLP compressor on craigslist for 350. I got an email asking if it was still available, i replied that it was and i just received this email:
Hello, Thanks for your prompt reply and I would like to make an instant purchase of the item, so pls do withdraw the advert from Craigslist, i don't mind adding an extra $50 dolls for you to take the advert down from criagslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the seller. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check, and it will be overnight payment due to the distance. You don't need to bother yourself with the shipment ok, i will take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check. 1.Your full name 2.Your mailing address be it residential or 3.Your Phone Number. **Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check** Have a nice day. Phil. Doesn't sound legit at all to me. Any ideas what i should reply with? |
| I got a message just like that for paint ball equipment that I was selling on craigs list. I told the guy I wouldn’t give him my information for a check, but that I would be glad to do the transaction over PayPal. We emailed back and forth for two days and his emails were making less and less sense (as in they were jumbled to the point that I could not figure out what he was saying). In the end he would not answer my very simple question of performing the transaction through PayPal so I sent him an email thanking him for wasting my time and that was the end of it. |
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It's a classic "advanced funds" scam. What would happen is this: You would receive the check promptly and it would most likely look good. The check will be over the amount you two had agreed upon. The "buyer" would say that the extra money was for his shipper and if you could wire those funds that would be great.
Of course the check will "clear" initially and most idiots think that means it's a good check. Not so at all. It actually takes a month or more for the check to really clear the system. Anyways after you have wired the shipper your good funds you'll never hear from anyone again, the check will be returned at some point, you'll be on the hook for the amount and maybe facing criminal charges. That's how it works. |
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Quoted: It's a classic "advanced funds" scam. What would happen is this: You would receive the check promptly and it would most likely look good. The check will be over the amount you two had agreed upon. The "buyer" would say that the extra money was for his shipper and if you could wire those funds that would be great. Of course the check will "clear" initially and most idiots think that means it's a good check. Not so at all. It actually takes a month or more for the check to really clear the system. Anyways after you have wired the shipper your good funds you'll never hear from anyone again, the check will be returned at some point, you'll be on the hook for the amount and maybe facing criminal charges. That's how it works. so what happens when you try to cash it...  I do all my CL transactions Cash, FTF, while CC'ing an uzi... |