James is right! DO NOT ANSWER OR REPLY! - SCAMMER!
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Here are his texts to me tonight when I was selling my car on Craig's List:
13127012148: not good in text and awaiting for your reply in my email now..Ok
+13127012148: Hello i am mr donald ward interested to buy your listed item on craiglist Is this still up for sale ?If yes please email me directly at(
[email protected]) am
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TIPS:
If someone replies to your Craig's List post and says they want to buy "YOUR ITEM", it is 100% of the time, a SCAM.
A REAL person interested would always ask, "Is your Chevy (or whatever make) still available?" "When can I come and look at it?", etc. No one says, "I am interested to buy "your item" on Craigslist."
AMERICANS NEVER write, *Hello*, I am *Mr.* Donald Ward"
An American would say, " Hi, Is your Toyota still available, thanks, don "
He would NOT ask me to email him "DIRECTLY".
He could just reply to my ad through the anonymous Craigslist email system. He wants my email address.
Also, he already has my number. If he's "not good in text" (he just texted to tell me so!), he could CALL to talk with me by phone.
He doesn't, because he's a non-English speaking fraud who will be trying to rob me by getting my bank and/or PayPal account #.
I use my Google Voice Number for Craigslist and similar things. I can just block him now. And, my Ford Escape sold to a very nice local family for their college-age daughter, within 12 hours of posting my ad, for my asking price, and they paid cash. BE CAREFUL, BE WISE - IF IT SMELLS FISHY, IT'S A SCAM!