I got the same emails as the rest of you and had an erie feeling so I. Asked the full address from this Jacob Black and havnt heard from him or it or who ever he is I too was selling my wedding dress on craigs list I thought it was odd someone wanted to buy it from another state not even seeing it in person..thanks to all your posts I now know we are dealing with some kind of sicko
Judy from Wisconsin
Me too! She wanted to buy my sofa - and it started out normal - then she said as she is a US marine she's very busy and can't check on the piece but having it picked up with other pcs. in the area. Already getting suspicious - why would someone shop in Massachsetts from California? It does play on your sympathy as soon as you hear US Marine - good one. She had the nerve to keep asking me how can SHE trust if the piece is in good condition - I said then you're better off having someone look in person, which I would prefer - or move on. I want people to feel comfortable with the transaction.
Then it turned into some email about asking me to pay for shipping on all items with a check she would send to me - which I received. Thankfully my husband is a detective and we're having this investigated. her alias I believe is Yvette Fernandez.
She has the nerve to keep emailing me that "we" agreed to this - that she has a shipper ready - when am I going to the bank. Yeah, right.
Thank God your husband is looking into this! Im sure you guys will prevent alot of future scams with this person! Im from Ca and I posted Rims/tires to sell on Craigslist and a Katherine Castaneda has been emailing me the EXACT SAME emailis every1 else has been posting! So i emailed her back to make clear that myself along w/ALOT of other people are aware of all the aliases she is using and will catch on to her!! So i hope they catch this person too!! Thanks to this site we can show/teach others how careful we need to be over the internet!
Me too! Here's the email I received - she had the nerve to send a fake cashier's check and keeps emailing me where are the funds? What? I'm supposed to pay funds for a loveseat I'm selling for $150 for pickup only. Right. One of her aliases is Yvette Fernandez - we are reporting her to the FBI through my husband's work connections. The thing that really got to me is she used our military to play on our sympathies. Glad you caught this too! here's the email from her....
Thank you for your response, according to the description and price of
the item posted on craiglist, i am ok with it. I am ready to make instant
purchase and My mode of payment would be in a CASHIER CHECK
and i will also arrange for a local pick up to come for the pick up as soon
as you get the check, because that is the only convenient means for me
to get you paid for the item and due to my work frame i will not be
able to come over to check on the item and i want you to be very trust
worthy
here, just please tell me the condition of the item and i promise
everything will go smoothly. I really wish to be there to check out the
item but i don't have the opportunity because i am a very busy person
(US MARINE). Concerning the pick up, i will arrange for it after you
receive the payment and it clears... Please get back to me with the
below info so that i can proceed with the payment immediately if you
are selling to me.
Full Name:
Address: Not P.O.BOX
City:
State:Postal Code:
Phone Number: That i can send text
And as soon as the info is provided, the payment will be overnight to
you and i will let you know when its mailed out. Thanks and i hope we
handle this in good faith while waiting to hear from you. i will add
an additional $30 so that you can hold it for me till the check reach
you. I will be waiting to read from you now.
I received the exact same message. We were trying to sell a bumper for $100 and Katherine sent us a check with remitter as Sarah Hoffman. I called the Peoples Bank in Newton, NC and they said its fraudulent of course and are very aware of the situation and the FBI is investigating it. He told me to contact my local authorities if I wanted. We also received two more emails from a Jack Wilson and John Green. I wrote back telling him he's a FRAUD. He really thought I was going to wire all this money to his shipper! ha he has another thing coming to him.
Also you do notice that if this "Katherine" was in the US MARINES she would have much better grammar. She can't even write a sentence or spell and is very redundant. That was my first red flag. Also the check I recieved is from Newton, NC and the sender was a man named John from California, but she wanted me to wire the money to somewhere in TEXAS! This person isn't very bright.
Hello,
Good day to you,I am very sorry for the late receive of the
payment, FEDEX contacted me this morning that the payment will
deliver to you any moment from now via FEDEX service ,here is the
tracking number (8762 4139 5401), so kindly go ahead today as soon as
you receive the payment and have the shipping cash at your bank
because my shipper is ready to come for the pick up today and i have
already let you know that the shipping cost was included as i told you
and the shipper is ready to come for the pick-up anytime from now,I
will want you to have the cash out today, deduct your money for the
item with an extra amount of $50 for your kindness and run around
expenses and get the rest back to my shipper via western union money
transfer for the pick-up to come up.,i really appreciate your kindness
and trustworthiness toward this transaction to be successful, below is
the shipper details to wire funds.
Name...........Jose Fernandez
Address.........627 Well Branch
City.................PFLUGERVILLE
State...............TX
Zipcode...........78660