This clown just text me off craigslist and I asked him if he was okay if I were to send him the item now and he could pay me later because I'm out to sea on my job
While responding to a poorly worded text message regarding a Craiglist advertisement indicating he wanted to pay me my asking price of $7,500 for used tractor, no questions asked,I asked the perp if I could call him since "he was on an off shore oil rig and the satelite reception was down." He responded that he would call me. The phone rang in less than five minutes and the caller spoke such limited English I could not carry on a conversation. I hung up. This, however, did not deter him. For more than two days he continued to text. I must admit that since it was on the weekend and I had nothing better to do, I really had a comical exchange with him. I even acted as if I didn't understand his instructions to send freight money of $1,300 to Nicole Mathews in Florence, SC. Instead, I told him I had taken the tractor to Western Union and they would not ship it!! (This upset him highlyl!!) Anyway, my last text message to him is as follows: "Are you SURE you want me to send your money to Ms. Matthews? It looks like these Matthews' girls may be running a scam from 143 Laurel Ln., Florence, SC 20506. I would hate for you to lose your money to one of these [***] running scams off Craigslist advertisements. Here's the link you should visit before I send you the $1300 to that address. http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/2405809183." I've not heard anything else from him
---> Senator said, "I really had a comical exchange with him. ... I told him I had taken the tractor to Western Union and they would not ship it!! (This upset him highlyl!!) " <---
Call the paramedics! I just busted a gut laughing!
Yep John White wanted to buy a set of wheels from me - as a surprise for his son. He is a marine engineer and was at sea so he would have to use paypal. He mentioned how to set up a paypal account if I didnt already have an account, but supplied no link. He then mentioned he would have a pick up agent, which was just the oddest term and made me stop and say, "Wait a minute, something doesn't smell right here". That and the overall feel of the email felt canned or non specfic to the item being sold. I did some checking more for fun than anything else since i knew this sale wasnt happening. Found the text messages where from 3852336773 a Utah exchange which made no sense why someone from Utah would want a set of wheels from Louisiana. Shipping would be crazy expensive and driving down for pick up would be cost prohibitive as well. Any way if you got a letter for an item on craigslist that sounds like this one, its a scam.
Thank you so much for the warning. My husband and I were about to fall for the trap to him too! We had a gut feeling that something was not right and sure enough, I googled the phone number and we found your post. I appreciate your help greatly!!!