Any buyer who wants to send a check, GO ALONG with it. Send the check to a friend, FBI, or ??? We go along with it every time. Get their hope up!! When the check arrives the buyer will email with in 2 hours.
Here's where the fun starts. Not only have you now screwed him out of $20 overnight shipping, now you get to piss him off. My story goes as:
Yes I received your check, but the bad news is my wife & I are separated & she was here when the check came in. She took the check & cashed it. She said she was going to take the kids to Disney. I know I'm supposed to send you back $1,000. But could you please work with me. I will send you $500 now & the other $500 in 2 days when I get paid.
OMG he just soiled his pants!! Now keep it going for a few days, then send him a picture of Mickey Mouse & say you used his money to go meet your wife at Disney. Then laugh the rest of the day!!
Person responded to my craigslist ad via email. The first email was very well written. The second email I received looked as though it was poorly translated through an online tool or something. Wanted me to give them my PayPal information and offered to pay an extra $200.00 for my item. Definitely a scam. I would avoid this number at all costs.
received this email on Craigslist. Gotta be a scam.....as all emails like this are. His name came up on Yahoo as Brian Shah.
this is the first email:
Hello,
Just browsed through your advert posted on craigslist, I will like to know if you still have it up for sale. Thanks
Brian...
Tel: 206-984-0818
Fax: 206-333-0710
this is the second:
I m ok with the items,however i will like to pay for the rims via US Certified Check, i will need your full name,phone number and address to send the check to you.The check will get to you in 2-3 days and when you got the check you go head in cashing the check at your Bank,i will wait for you to confirm and clear the check before any futher transaction.You dont need to worry about the shippment,i have a shipper that will come for the pickup at your location after the check clears in your bank and deduct your money for the items......
The payment will be in excess as i will want you to contact my shipper with the excess fund after you must have confirmed and cashed the check at your bank,you will send the excess fund to my shipper via Money Gram Money Transfer,he needs the money to come and pick the rims up at your location you will also let me know when you will be available for them to come for the pickup after you have your money at hand..If you have any question regarding this transaction please dont esitate to ask.You can get the posting deleted from Craiglist.Thanks and God Bless
I also received an email from this person using the exact same wording as the previous postings, however he used a different name Bien Kessler. I'm very confident this is a scam. I would avoid any transactions with this person also.
what could this scam be? i sold my item through craigslist and got a check in excess of what the cost was. he contacted me and asked to forward the excess to a shipper which was gonna pick up this item, and who was also shipping other purchases for him.
then he thanked me and asked if he could send me another check, i would forward it to the same shipper again, and i could keep 300 bux.
now he says he usually buys autoparts for his auto shop and he could trust me with sending me money and having me send it to his shippers. i would be getting 300 bux each time i help him out.
this sounds kinda crazy since he could be sending the money straight to the shippers and saving money. what could he be doin?