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
I posted a piano on CL for sale last night. I just got three emails within 5 minutes from "Bratt Smith", all identical, except each return email address is different.
> Hello, I saw your Piano post Ad on Craigslist and I'm very much interested in purchasing. Kindly get back to me if still available.
Thank goodness this guy is an idiot... I wouldn't have thought anything of just the one email, and may have gotten sucked in by him.
Thanks to all who posted about this scammer. If you hadn't, Googling him wouldn't have tipped me off to him.
Well it looks like he, Bratt Smith, is at it again. After getting an email from him about our piano for sale, something didn't seem right. So I did a google search and came across this link. I will not spend any more of my time with this loser, thanks to you all posting.
I had got the very same email that most of the people on this post received from Bill Fernandez about a wedding dress I posted on Craigslist too for a $100. I sent a response to his initial inquiry email and when I got his response with the long drawn out/ outlandish email about being out of town, traveling to "Rhode Island" and trying to have me go down in price along with all these complicated steps in doing a simple transaction/purchase of a wedding dress I knew it was a scam and I never responded back.
Oh please, he comes off sounding that he's a ohhh so important money bags and blah, blah, blah, if that's the case why doesn't he just go all out and buy from a wedding boutique or give the money to his daughter to spend?? What man buys a wedding dress for their daughter, fiancee, etc... without the bride actually seeing it and trying it on as that's pretty much a brides #1 priority is to actually seeing and trying on the dress. Needless to say I reported that scum to Craigslist.
Bratt Smith is still at it. I got the identical email today in response to a piano I had for sale. My first gut feeling was "this doesn't feel right". Glad I thought to google the name. Thanks to everyone here I can see what the scam is.
I got the same message from Brad Smith in respose to a piano on Craigslist
Hello,
I appreciate your prompt response to my initial email and I would like to know the lowest price you would go for the piano and will also appreciate more pictures if you still have. I would have been happy to travel down for the pickup and make payment for the piano myself, but I just relocated due to an urgent project. However,I will be willing and glad to pay with a USPS Money Order. I will also arranged with a picker/carrier who will come for the pickup of the Piano at your address or any public place of your choice. The money orders will cover your payment and my picker's payment. Once you've received the money orders, take it to your bank and get it cashed, deduct your payment for the piano and send the remaining funds to the picker for the picking up of the piano. I want to purchase this piano for my daughter who will be starting a musical lesson very soon and she has been all over my neck on this. I'll appreciate it if you consider it sold to me via this means.
To clear any doubts, After payment clears and cash at your bank, then my picker will be coming for the pickup of the piano.I will like to know how your name should appear on the USPS Money Order and what valid residential/office address or public place should I mail it to via UPS courier service.I am ready to make payment as soon as I get your mailing details.You can trust me via this means of payment and it's 100% legitimate. Thanks for selling the piano to me via this means.
Note that my shipper will be coming for the pick-up after you must have successfully received and cashed the money order at your bank. Hope to hear back from you soon.