I cant figure this one out? This is the secind time I have got this email on two different items I have tried to sell on craigslist recently.

Quote :

"Great to hear from you..i would have prefered coming to your place to see it but i am so busy and i cant afford to come see it...there's not much to talk about really, since i have seen some pics of it already. I want you to delete this item off craigslist cos I'm buying it. Please provide me with the following information to mail your payment:- Full Name: ? Address:? City:? Zip-code:? Phone:? State:? When you receive payment and it clears your bank, i will then arrange for the pick up. Please get back to me ASAP with the necessary info needed to send the check . if you need to ask any more thing for me please reply back . Thanks, Best Regards..."

2/11/2008 3:00:54 PM

wtf do want figured out?

2/11/2008 3:02:35 PM

What do you mean by "figure it out?"

2/11/2008 3:03:49 PM

not a scam



just tell him to mail cash.

2/11/2008 3:05:56 PM

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

2/11/2008 3:06:00 PM

I would assume he gets this info now, sends you a check for too much money accidentally, and then asks you to refund the remainder by check. At that point he has name, address, and checking account number, which is all he needs. Not to mention he has whatever cash you "refunded" him as a little stupidity bonus.

The english is good, and I imagine he'd draw it out. It's easier to sucker people a little at a time. Getting name and address up front is just a good way to weed out the retards.

2/11/2008 3:12:53 PM

thats what I ment, basically with the information he is asking up front, what can he figure out? I may have him send me a check and hold it for a month.

2/11/2008 3:19:53 PM

You want to make sure that the checks you get are certified and wait till it fully clears your bank.

2/11/2008 3:23:58 PM

since alot of people know the scam they have changed their tactics

i think now they just hope you send the item before the check clears

2/11/2008 3:25:25 PM

Why would anyone accept a personal check from a stranger?

2/11/2008 3:26:43 PM

It clears your bank initially then it bounces. Have you been in the pen or something for the last couple of years?

2/11/2008 3:28:08 PM

There was no need to post this thread. Craigslist has the following link on nearly every page and in every e-mail that you receive via their re-mailer system:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html


The scam has been figured out like eight billion times already.

2/11/2008 3:33:44 PM

The banks are willing partners in this whole deal. They make as much money from the bounced checks as the scammers. They could take weeks to notify you that the check bounced.

It's obviously crooked. Why would you even waste your time?

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM. Reason : I've met at least 2 people this week that fell for it. Never underestimate the personal fable.]

2/11/2008 3:34:21 PM

I know its a scam, I am definately not doing anything with this email, I am just more curious as to how it worked since I have received 2 of these emails in the last week from 2 different craigslist postings. I have seen a lot of scams, I guess I can just see how this one would be easier to fall for since the scammer isnt asking you to send money back to him/her.

Could you not take the check they sent to their bank and cash it?

2/11/2008 5:39:00 PM

Try it. They'll ask for 2 forms of ID and/or 1 form and a fingerprint.

2/11/2008 5:44:04 PM

Quote :

"FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS ARE COMMON, and BANKS WILL CASH THEM AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE when the fake is discovered weeks later."

Their bank is not going to be locally represented. It will be something like "Rochester Savings and Loan" or some other fictitious name that sounds like a local bank from their area. There are probably thousands of smalltime banks across America that you've never heard of and will never see.

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 5:44 PM. Reason : l]

2/11/2008 5:44:07 PM

2/11/2008 5:45:12 PM

Quote :

"Large it to hear about her.. it would have preferred that the arrival to its place to see it but so is occupied and I can supply to come sees it. Not ..There's a lot in to talk about really, since I saw some pics of it already. I want that she erases this article C. abbey of distant craigslist I buy it. Fornirme please with the following information to send off its payment:- The Name and the surnames: ? The indication:? The town:? The postal code: The telephone:? The state:? When it does it receives it the payment and empty its bank, I will put right then for the collects. The return please me to the greatest urgency with the necessary information sends off the check. if she has to ask whatever more thing for me please the reply behind. The thanks, the Greetings. .. ". "

2/11/2008 5:46:19 PM

^^BWWWAAAHAAHAHAHAH

2/11/2008 5:48:35 PM