I received the following text about an ad on ksl.com:
"Hello my name is Henry Harbour do you still have the Antique LeCoultre Atmos Model 519 self-winding clock available, please get back to me thanks"
Note the use of the full description line from the ad (along with its capitalization) and the lack of proper capitalization and punctuation on all the rest of the text. A real buyer would not take the time and energy to type in the whole description; they would just send something like "Hey, do you still have the clock for sale" or "Have you sold your clock yet". So even though I bothered to send back the word "Yes", I know this is a scam and I am not going to give them my address to send the fake cashier's check to. So far, this makes the 3rd or 4th message like this I have received about this clock.
I have also had the same thing happen as a buyer, where I sent a text to a number in an ad (801-876-9563) about a car with low miles and a low price I was interested in that was supposed to be in Salt Lake City, and the reply was a text with an email address (
[email protected]) to send to for more information and more pictures. The email received back did have more information and pictures, but said payment would be processed through eBay and the car was sealed and ready for shipment from Southold, New York and if I paid for it and was not satisfied when I received it I could send it back at his expense within 10 days and eBay would refund my payment. Yea, right...