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Just read about a scam on Craig's List. Sounded like an experience I had recently, albiet not on that BBS.

I had listed a Cowboy Action Crescent 12 double hammer gun. Got some strange responses, the "buyer" wanted my personal e-mail address (NOPE, sorry) and then my home address and phone number (UNLISTED)- but he seemed "interested" and asked the appropriate questions.

Long story short, he kept telling me a Fed Ex would deliver the certified check, and I should deposit same in my bank account, then wire transfer part of it to his "offshore" account-He was going to send me a check way larger than the $400 asking price.
You can guess the rest. About every week or so I would get a e-mail, through the Web Site, a Personal Message I guess-advising me to watch for the "bonded delivery". As I never gave him any address or PO Box- made me very suspicious, so I reported same to the site Webmaster, also advised the BATF. He become very "strange" when I told him only a FFL signed dealer's license would work for this 'sale". I later sold it through an ad in an area paper Bargain Section, used my secure cell phone to weed out the "tire kickers" and met the buyer and took delivery for cash money- Done deal.

The folks who reported in the Press this "scam" were area farm folks, they had an older Allis-Chalmers tractor for sale at $1750. Boy Howdy, pays to be super careful now-a-days.

Most of us here avoid E-Bay, due to their "anti-gun" policies, but watch our for any "Craig's Lists" or even, I suppose, "Graig's Lists" as well. RWTF

While we were selling off a litter of Brittany pups we got the same call. Our would-be scammer knew nothing about pups nor even thought to specify the sex of the pup he wanted.

Obvously a scam and we didn't call him back.

Best,

Mike

This type of scam has been going on for years. Just do a google search on "busted up cowgirl" hours of fun reading.

Got this email the other day. I haven't decided to respond and pull their chain for awhile or just ignore it as I usually do. These kind of people must truly think were are stupid!!
Jim


Yeloleafconsultant Company PTY Ltd.

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1450 Johannesburg, South Africa
Reg.No.1970/006187/07
Vat.No.4670117532

ENQUIRI SIR



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Best Regards,

Mrs Grace Khumalo for Joe Coelho

To keep this thread on track I will add that I too was offered a huge cashiers check with a bonus for cashing it for some items I had for sale and mailing the rest to another party. I emailed them back and asked them if the ink was dry from printing it yet? Never heard anything further.
Jim

I have put furniture up for sale on Craig's list in the last six months. The only responses I got were Nigerian Scams.

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Most of the time the Nigerian (or sometimes London) scam letters are somewhat lacking in grammer, spelling & punctuation and are fairly easy to detect. If I have time I play along with them & have quite a collection of phoney cashier's checks and money orders. A few have gotten better and are hard to detect. If I'm not sure I take the check to the bank & let them verify it. Even so I don't ship the item until the check clears. The bogus ones usually arrive in a Fed Ex ot UPS envelope (they don't seem to want to screw with the US Mail). I haven't been stung yet.
Best Regards, George

My daughter and son-in-law and grand kids live in the Turks & Caicos and own bottlecreeklodge.com The way the scam works, if you are in the resort business, is that a seemingly hepped up bone fisherman communicates via the Internet site, and makes a reservation by sending an International Money Order or Cashiers Check, paying in full for a week or two (rather than just the nominal good faith deposit).

It can take several weeks to finally clear or receive notice of dishonor of an out-of-country Check or M/O when living on North Caicos, where there is no bank. The Check or M/O is, of course, a clever counterfeit. Almost at once the prospective client notifies, with much regret, that he has a serious problem (death in family, hospitalization, tear-jerker, etc...), and requests a refund. Whether the resort operator holds back the ordinary, rather nominal amount usually required as a non-refundable deposit is problematical. Our kids have a policy not to take Checks or M/O's, no matter how credible they appear to be. Viva la Visa and American Express! EDM

Come on guys that is like the oldest scam on the net. You all are smarter than that.

George,

Be careful with those cashiers checks. I have heard of many of them that are so well done the bank can't tell they're fake. The checks will clear and the money will appear in your account and about 4 or 5 weeks later they bounce and the bank comes after you.

Glenn