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Posts: 3111
Location: Nashville TN. | Once you cash it they use the transit and acount numbers to empty your account.
I heard about this scam on financial show a few monthes ago. |
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June 2006
Posts: 7307
Location: South of most, North of few | So...I relisted it, and within about 3 hours I get this one...from "owo odun"
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html
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Hello,
Kindly let me know if the above item listed still available for sale.Hope to read back from you soon.Thanks
What is it, something with Fender guitars that draws them out of the woodwork? |
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September 2007
Posts: 108
| It seems to me these scams are not unlike predators that lure women into international prostitution, or sex slaves. The offer is so appealing, people WANT to believe it, even though they know they shouldn't.
The big difference, the women are enticed with the offer of steady work and a better life, free from poverty, and these scams appeal to just plain greed with a promise of something for nothing. |
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April 2003
Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME | I think we've all had people try to scam us, but I've gotten to the point where, if I'm contacted by someone through craigslist that appears suspect (like the generic email mentioned earlier..."do you still have item for sale, if so, I will send a money order ok?") I don't even respond to it. When I set up a craigslist ad (seldom!) I never put my email or other contact info in there, and I suspect some of these are just looking to amass real names and their real emails, so I just delete them. So even if we were to respond, "Hey, pus bucket, I know you're trying to scam me!" he's actually got something from us. |
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May 2003
Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | The strange thing is I've told people on things I've sold on ebay, I only accept two forms of payment, cash in person or pay pal, nothing else, and they send me cash in the mail. |
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March 2007
Posts: 665
Location: Tychy, Poland | i sell on polish auction portal Allegro, and while we have paypal and paypal - like systems, i do not accept anything other than money transfer before sending item or cash in person.
when i buy, i always send money first directly to seller bank account
i have a +109 feedback, most of which came from selling items in $50 - $1000 usd range and no negative feedback.
only situations where i don't send money first is when someone is living near or has less than +5 feedback, or feedback is relatively new. |
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Just picked up a scam artist on Craigslist
