Got the same thing, but from a different number. They responded, "I really appreciate your quick response to my husband text. I will be
buying the item from you, kindly withdraw the advert from C.LIST and
considered it sold. My husband will overnight the payment asap but
he will be paying with a certified check from his Bank so I'll need you to
provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of
the check... And am offering additional $50 with the original price to
have this asap.
Full name to be on the payment...........
Address to mail the check to.............
Cell phone # to contact you ................
Final Asking price...................
I will make arrangements for the pick up as soon as you have your
check clear, due to my work frame and my Kids, I will not be able to
come with the cash and pick it up myself , so my husband will mail the
check and have someone pick up the item after the check clear.,
Reference to your CL post am completely satisfied with it and
the payment will be deliver within 48hours .Thanks and God bless"
text message "Please email my wife [email protected] if your Well Jump is still available for sale"
Seems I get one of these after posting to Craigslist.
Got the same thing, but from a different number. They responded, "I really appreciate your quick response to my husband text. I will be
buying the item from you, kindly withdraw the advert from C.LIST and
considered it sold. My husband will overnight the payment asap but
he will be paying with a certified check from his Bank so I'll need you to
provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of
the check... And am offering additional $50 with the original price to
have this asap.
Full name to be on the payment...........
Address to mail the check to.............
Cell phone # to contact you ................
Final Asking price...................
I will make arrangements for the pick up as soon as you have your
check clear, due to my work frame and my Kids, I will not be able to
come with the cash and pick it up myself , so my husband will mail the
check and have someone pick up the item after the check clear.,
Reference to your CL post am completely satisfied with it and
the payment will be deliver within 48hours .Thanks and God bless"
The scam works like this. Communication is always by text or email for some made up reason such as they are deaf, they deployed and can't use their phone (then how did the text get out?), etc. They think your item as described is perfect. They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot, or working overseas, or on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, or simply fill in your own job here). They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to hold it for them. Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”. They count on the fact that people don’t know or realize that the funds being made available by the bank and the check actually clearing are two completely different things. They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram. The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees. Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally. Take the check and the envelope it came in to the post office and have them forward it to the postal inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens. They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.