I have a post on Craigslist Hartford, CT offering cleaning services. I included my phone with the posting. Got an 8 part text from "Patrick Smith" from the number 657-667-7831 in response to it. My scenario is basically the exact same as what other people have outline. We can only assume this is the same person/s. Of course, I recognized almost immediately it was a check scam attempt and provided no further personal information. I did post on whitepages.com to flag the number as a scam attempt. For a little personal satisfaction, I am acting as if I am interested and sending various mundane and benign text messages to Patrick Smith. Hopefully I can waste as much of this persons time as possible. Beware of this number 657-667-7831.
Text today from "Alex" saying wants to rent my property listed on Craigslist. Telling me to text back to give him info regarding payment. Yeah,right. Very poor grammar-doesn't make any sense. Does anyone know who we can report this to?