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.
I just got a text on rental property they were asking about rental via text only. thanks for letting me know
i hate these scammers you cant trust anyone now aday
I was contacted by this person through Craigslist. They responded to a post I put up looking for part time work in my local area doing jobs such as in home cleaning, paper work filing, meal preperations, etc. Left me a message asking if I found work and left a phone number and put texts only. I text the number and they ended up wanting me to print checks from my home for 300.00/wk and I would need to purchase check paper from office max #1000 or #3000. When i asked to meet them in person due to the nature of the business i would be handling they stated it was an online job. I replied with well i'm assuming since i will be handling money you will need my credentials and some signatures? The response I got was: Nope just your full name and address. I replied with: Thanks for the response but this sounds too sketchy. At this time I'm not interested.
Do not attempt this kind of employment anyone that wants you to handle money and doesn't need your personal information or to fill out an application is up to NO GOOD!!! I mean even if yo get a rinky dink job at a tanning salon they still get your social security number and birthdate and such. Money wiring is never good. Hope this helps someone out there. Good luck.
I received a response from my craigslist posting from these folks as well...it is definitely a scam. When I called the number (they tell you text only) you get a weird recording.