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.
How are you doing today,i am here to know if me and my wife can use your place for 7 nights(May 11-18),kindly get back to me if its available for use or any other available week.thank you....Pls text me at 323 364 2127..text only...i will be waiting for your text.
Got this today on Craigslist re vacation rental I placed. Scam! Don't understand why CL doesn't block them.
How are you doing today,i am here to know if me can use your place for 7 nights(May 11-18),kindly g if its available for use or any other availabl you....Pls text me at 323 364 2127..text only.
This is definitely a scam number. send me text that want me to send my name and address so that they can send me cashier check that sponsor by his wife company to send me cashier check to pay for their vacation.
I get the same message from craiglist before but now they only want to communicate by text.
Please be careful.
My mom got the same exact one. They wont leave her alone since she believed them at first. She is even out of town right now and her neighbor called to say she has a Fedex envelope at her door. I told her to call the police and have them come get it. It's just going to be a fake cashier's check inside.