Nearly identical situation with a TV I was selling on Craigslist. I realized it was a scam when I saw the check was being sent from California. Any advice as to where I should go with the information I have? Do you have a case officer or anything like that who I can forward the info to? I figure any additional info would definitely help the authorities take down these scam artists. Thanks
Craigslist scammer. I was selling a guitar for $250. Says will send a cashier's check and please wait till it clears. Instead sends a business check for $1650 from Independence Title in Austin, Texas. Within minutes of receiving the express mail was getting texts asking me to send the excess to their "shipper" via Western Union. What happened to the cashier's check? What happened to waiting till it cleared?
I of course knew it was scam all along and was baiting the clowns. The phone has a Delaware area code, the express mail was shipped from Florida, and the check was from Texas. Called the business and the bank and then forwarded everything to a friend at the FBI.