Craigslist strikes again!!!

[1BigDog]

Sure does sound like a scam to me!

 

 

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• John Stephen
  
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• JEFFREY KOPPELMAN
  

 

Thanks for your mail and am satisfy with the add and the listed price, I am ready to buy it now for my son as a surprise promise gift,And due to the nature of my work,phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.i would be glad to pay for it as soon as possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due to my tight schedule.Kindly get back to me with the following questions below:

1) Are you the Owner?

2) Pick up Location?

3) Your PayPal Email ID to effect the payment

4)your asking price for confirmation

I would be glad to make the payment immediately through PayPal so kindly get back to me with your PayPal ID. You need not to worry yourself about title transfer and shipment,i will instruct the shipping company to handle that therefore in order to complete the transaction do get back to me with your PayPal ID and total cost so that I can make the payment asap. I will be waiting for your reply!

Thanks and God bless

[stickhandle2]

Yup bigtime scammer, I had a couple of those when I was selling my 1st Gen earlier this summer.

[bongobobny]

I wouldn't touch that one with a 6720 foot pole...

[bongobobny]

PS Why is it when I click on to any of the links in your post it sends me to my email page?????

[etcswjoe]

Ruffy copied it from his Yahoo account and the hyperlinks copied also.

 

 

You can Google the buyers e-mail and it comes up in several scam reports.

[djh3]

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[MJ44]

Every vehicle I have ever had on craigslist gets several of those responses. I usually send back an email saying "Does this scam ever work?" Surprisingly, they don't respond.

[djh3]

I am currently looking for a cargo type trailer and have noticed a few ads that said "no pay pal payment" Didnt know why but guess now I do.

[brd7666]

I wouldn't email them back. That's a good way for them to get your email address, so they can start spamming you.

[DarrinGT]

Every vehicle I have ever had on craigslist gets several of those responses. I usually send back an email saying "Does this scam ever work?" Surprisingly, they don't respond.

 

I wouldn't email them back. That's a good way for them to get your email address, so they can start spamming you.

 

What he said!

 

Never return an email to these scams, part of It is a fishing net scam to try to get real email address, store them up and sell them off to more spammers..

 

Just report it back to Craigslist as spam located in the bottom of the email, deliete it and move on,.

[Barrycuda]

i wouldn't email them back. That's a good way for them to get your email address, so they can start spamming you.

 

+1000000

[Flyinfool]

I have been having luck by adding a line near my contact info;

"Scammers don't bother, I know all of your tricks"

 

I very rarely get contacted by scammers anymore.

[Trader]

I hate scammers...but please explain. How does giving someone your paypal ID open you up to a scam?

 

They need the email address....and that's all.

That IS the paypal ID isn't it?

 

I've bought a bunch of stuff thru paypal.....what am I missing here?

 

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to give them passwords too!

[RedRider]

I hate scammers...but please explain. How does giving someone your paypal ID open you up to a scam?

 

They need the email address....and that's all.

That IS the paypal ID isn't it?

 

I've bought a bunch of stuff thru paypal.....what am I missing here?

 

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to give them passwords too!

 

Not over Craigslist. CL is a cash only business. There are no protections like with eBay.

[aharbi]

1) Who talks like that?

2) Dude change jobs... yours sucks

3) yep a scam

[Flyinfool]

I hate scammers...but please explain. How does giving someone your paypal ID open you up to a scam?

 

They need the email address....and that's all.

That IS the paypal ID isn't it?

 

I've bought a bunch of stuff thru paypal.....what am I missing here?

 

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to give them passwords too!

 

The way the scam works is that they pay thru PP with a stolen credit card. By the time the card company figures it out, and debits PP and PP then pulls the funds back from you. the scammers already have your merchandise and you are out the money and your merchandise.

 

Or the scammers simply file a complaint saying that they never received the item or the item was not as advertised or that it was a counterfeit. PP usually sides with the buyer unless the seller has good proof of everything.

 

The scumbags probably have a lot more ways to cheat you out of your hard earned money that I never even heard or thought of.

 

That is why the payment with postal MO or cashiers check scam has dwindled down, Most people know that a modern scanner and printer can make a pretty convincing copy.

[Guest]

Turns out that the second hit on Craigslist is also a scam. This guy has been operating under the same email for several years.

 

Hello,

Thanks for the mail, I'm interested in buying this item for my son and I'm okay with the price, I'm a Subsea Engineer and currently offshore I want this as a surprise gift for my son so I won't let him to be aware until delivery. I feel more comfortable to handle the payment through PayPal due to their various security measures and ensuring safety and secured transaction between both buyers and seller and kindly reply me with your paypal email address for me to processed with the payment, incase you do not have an account with paypal you can easily set-up an account with them today as it's secured and reliable in terms of transaction arrangement. Visit their website on www.paypal.com I will be responsible for the paypal charges. My movers would come around for the pick up as soon as possible, after the payment has been sent to you and your full address and phone number will be needed for the freight arrangement I would love to speak with you through the phone but due to the nature of my work as a Subsea Engineer i work mainly at the Sea of Okhotsk and our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, We can still communicate through the email exchange for now.

I will be looking forward to read from you in real soon with the paypal email address and your full address including phone number for the freight arrangement.

Charles.

[Barrycuda]

Beware of anyone who is:

Out of the country

On assignment from work

On assignment from military

Looking for a friend in another state or country

Does not give legit number or email

If they say shipping is handled or has a friend to deal w transport

If they say pay us first

If they say or do anything that causes a gut feeling.

 

Sadly, these losers pray on the good natured, non informed, trusting and or the weak. If you can't get a legit physical address, email, phone number or physically can not see, touch or ride the bike and see its title, stay away and do not waste anymore of your precious time ...

[N3FOL]

I almost always never make any kind of deal on C. Better be safe than sorry. 💬

[Eck]

Every vehicle I have ever had on craigslist gets several of those responses. I usually send back an email saying "Does this scam ever work?" Surprisingly, they don't respond.

 

 

Same here.. no matter what you list these jerks send something like this. My son in Savannah fell for it. They picked up his car, the check bounced.. He never was able to retrieve his money or car.

I once had a guy send me a similar email from CA for a "couch" I was selling in Huntsville, AL.. He wanted to send his drive to the house to pick it up and he was wanted to pay me through Pay-pal...What a PAL he was going to be.............