that dude Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 im selling a shift racing vertex jacket on craigslist..heres the response i getHello, Thanks for the quick response and am very sorry for the lateness reply...Am satisfied with the price and condition of the item. I will like to make an outright purchase of the item.I am out of town on a business trip,so i will like to proceed in issuing out a certified bank check to you direct from my Bank and upon the confirmation and clearance of payment at your own Bank my mover will come for the pick-up at your location and then deliver it to my place. So i would appreciate if you can get back to me with your full name, address, zip code and cell phone number so that payment can be mail out ontime and consider the item sold to me also remove the advert from the site asap. let me read from you today. Warm Regards. -- does this sound like a scam to you, cause it does to me..what do you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 yep wait till he sends you a check for more than the asking price. I bet he will want you to send back the difference before his check clears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Sounds pretty scammy to me! Tell his "mover" to show up with some cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Limited Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 He seems legit.Send him all your info and your social security number. Oh and your credit card numbers just in case!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennan Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 tell him to just bring cash if he's legit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Yes, a scam. Typically they will overpay you with a check that YOU will have to cash at a bank, and ask you to return some of the excess cash, and kept part for your trouble. The check will be forged, fake, bogus, etc. Resulting in you possibly having to speak with the police when the bank calls them. Just ignore it, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.The e-mail message didn't even originate from inside the USA. (typically)Calling it an "advert" gives it away. And that is a clue, they always ask for the advert to be removed.If you get a check in the mail anyway, don't take it to the bank.Scams are increasing rapidly, apparently they work. If people didn't make money doing that, they wouldn't do it. And it's not just e-mail scams, phone scams are increasing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedogg624 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 kinda what i figured...thanks guysbtw..anyone need a jacket cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 You know that was a scam or are you pulling one on us? haha.I bet the check would be from THE BANK OF HAKUNA MA-TATA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoticRebel Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Ha ha, why the hell do you need a mover for a jacket? SCAM! Also, tell them to learn better English if they wish to be a more successful scammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I thank for you much very. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) http://www.windsorstar.com/leamington+loses+nigerian+scam/1173799/story.htmlomg! WAFM! ICBTS! Edited January 26, 2009 by wolfman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 of course its a scam. if you go to the scam warning page on craigslist, its like the first one they mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Uh, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyen Soljax Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 get the nigerian to take a picture of him holding up a sign of some really stupid phrase in english, if youre bored... i think id just rather watch some internet porn and treat myself to a lovely evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I thought it just sounded like he didn't have good english. you could go with it and just make sure not to take any financial risks for yourself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 omg! WAFM! ICBTS!OMG U R A 13 YO in a chat room. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedogg624 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 get the nigerian to take a picture of him holding up a sign of some really stupid phrase in english, if youre bored... i think id just rather watch some internet porn and treat myself to a lovely evening.you mean something like your avatar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I thought it just sounded like he didn't have good english. you could go with it and just make sure not to take any financial risks for yourself...NO!! Its 100% a scam!! Just reply "Nice try" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremef4i Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I had something similar to this when I was selling a car last spring. The guy was in Idaho and was blind (yet, he was emailing me) and was going to have his nephew contact me and send me a check and requested all my info and was going to send a carrier truck out to pick up the car. I was selling a $1500 1995 Olds Cutlass supreme beater with no AC that could be found all day long in Idaho and probably a little cheaper than what I was asking. He didnt even try to negotiate price. It was the silliest email I ever read. I just deleted it and knew right a way it was a scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 You guys are no fun... none of you have strung them along, just for shits and giggles?There are a ton of websites out there for ideas on how to respond to these guys and goof on them.I've replied back to a couple of the guys, getting them to think I'd go through with their scam, then I always have an excuse - "my dog's sick" or "my mother's got herpes" or "my mother's dog has herpes" to see if they come back.My favorite is pretending I'm a priest at a local ministry and telling all the scammers I'm doing my best to round up money, but because of the charity we do for the local community, it's hard to get the money because the local people need it much more - just to see how much of a guilty conscience I can give the scammers. Yet they still come back with some excuse on why I should take the food pantry money, or skim some off the top of the offer plate...Turns out, they're pretty cold individuals - who would've thunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I have a friend who got cought in this trap. They were selling a puppy, guy was from colorado, she received the check from a bank in Atlanta. It was fake, looked pretty damn real though. Check was for $7,000. Puppy was $800. Told her to cash check, and keep $3000, and send back the rest. Luckily she didn't cash the damn thing.I just had to put up with her dilirium for the next week. She thought the arabs were gonna break down her door. It was pretty fun messing with the scammer. I asked a whole shit strom of stupid redunant questions. They stopped emailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezel Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 my friend just got THREE of those exact same emails, he's selling a bed liner from his truck and the first guy sent him a check for $3000 and wanted the difference, said his secretary screwed up, second guy said the check was in the mail and same thing. Why the he'll would someone in Indianna who's moving to Cali want to buy a $150 bed liner from the far east side of Ohio :-/ idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Is this guy asking for any money back though? I thought he said he would send a check and wait for your bank to confirm everything is ok before you send the goods... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Is this guy asking for any money back though? I thought he said he would send a check and wait for your bank to confirm everything is ok before you send the goods... ?Not outright...they usually don't. Something will end up being fucked up though...like the movers will "accidentally" come early before your check clears or some bullshit like that. There are variations of the scam but the basic gist is that you get fucked...hard. This is most definitely a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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