Me too. Same story. Wants to send a mover over to pick up my item, and wants me to pay for the mover. And he will send me a check in the mail. Who falls for this stuff?
this person text about a peice I listed on Craigs list. doesn't want to see pics, and is insisting I give my name address right away so they can send $ Right away! the listing has been there for months so what's the big rush.also I know person knows nothing about the peice they want to buy as they called it by a name that tells me they are clueless. they are texting from a number FAR from area but says they are local. I Know they are bogus. last week I got a similar text on another thing I put on Craigs for sale. didn't want to see or know anything. was in a BIG rush to get my name,address so they could send money right away! said they would send a person for delivery. I told them someone would have to physically carry the item to the vehicle transporting also, so unless they were prepared to hire some muscle they had better forget it. shipping would be too pricy to make it worthwhile. these ppl think the public is stupid I suppose.
Me too. Same story. Wants to send a mover over to pick up my item, and wants me to pay for the mover. And he will send me a check in the mail. Who falls for this stuff?
Someone from this number text me about the furniture I posted for sale on craigslist. Said they would mail me a cashiers check for the sale price, plus their mover's payment. They told me to cash the check and pay their mover. I told them I only accepted cash at time of pick up be ause of craigslist scams and they never responded. Just another scam!
same thing. Got text from this # asking to send cashiers check that included movers fee. I responded sorry, cash only, then they asked if the could send a paypal payment...shady!!!
Similar to the first post on this site, this person contacted me and was in a rush to figure things out with couches I had for sale. I didn't even have a name, and they were directing me to take their cashiers check to the bank, deposit, and pay their movers. When I told them I was uncomfortable with the situation, they insisted that the check had already been sent. They also wouldn't give me the mover's company name. Traced the number back to Pennsylvania. When I told them the deal was off and that this was a scam, they tried to give me a bogus Moving Company's name, and then got very nasty with me in text. They tried to guilt me, stating that it cost them $50 to send the USPS certified check. 1st of all, that's bogus. 2nd, why should I feel bad that the scam artist got scammed? And guess what....as soon as they knew I was onto them, the check suddenly never arrived. There has to be a better way to report this so that no one gets scammed, and so that this person can face the consequences for sending bad checks!!!!!