I received this same posting on craigslist, please note his name and address have once again changed.
Sounds Good,
Am okay with the price & condition, my mode of payment will be via a Bank Certified Check, i will handle the shipment via my private shipping company, they will come for the pickup when the check clears your bank, the check will be mail via FedEx which will deliver to you in 1-2 days inwhich i will need your full name and address also with your phone number to mail out the check to you,if this is okay by you, you can proceed to delete the advert on craigslist because i don't want any other interruption by another buyer.
One "Michael Smith" at [email protected] replied to an ad of mine with the same message but used the name "David Michael" in his signature. I told him to [***].
Just wanted to report my SCAM letter too. Below was received 10/20/10
Sounds Good,
Am okay with the price & condition, my mode of payment will be via a Bank Certified Check, i will handle the shipment via my private shipping company, they will come for the pickup when the check clears your bank, the check will be mail via FedEx which will deliver to you in 1-2 days in which i will need your full name and address also with your phone number to mail out the check to you,if this is okay by you, you can proceed to delete the advert on Craigslist because i don't want any other interruption by another buyer.
Same scam William Powell is actually a craigslist higher up. So it isn't even homeboys name.
Sounds Good,
Am okay with the price & condition, my mode of payment will be via a Bank Certified Check, i will handle the shipment via my private shipping company, they will come for the pickup when the check clears your bank, the check will be mail via FedEx which will deliver to you in 1-2 days in which i will need your full name and address also with your phone number to mail out the check to you,if this is okay by you, you can proceed to delete the advert on Craigslist because i don't want any other interruption by another buyer.
Got same response, same individual, for a Craigslist item I have. So why couldn't you set up some sort of sting for this? The check will bounce or be fake but a courier supposedly will show up. If they're in alliance with this guy, then they give him up or ???. And if it's a regular courier just doing pickup and delivery, then they have contact info and then report it to appropriate authorities. What other ideas, beside shooting him, that's a given.
I got the same message for an ad on craigs list word for word from a Michael Smith of Deming NM. Tried to call the number and got some weird answering service. Googled the number and found this This guy is a BONE HEAD!!!