Evil Craigslist Scammers

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I listed a few items on Craigslist. I got an email for each item from a "Patricia Jones", claiming "she" was away and wanted to buy.

"Good to hear back from you. I'm okay with the price and the condition.Presently, i am out of town with my WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TEAM to
raise funds for People Living with Diabetes and i won't be able to
come for the
inspection due to the nature of my work. Moreover, I would have loved
to call but our satellite server has been down in recent days which
restricts our calls. I will be paying you through PayPal as it is the
only Medium at which i can send Payment at the Moment.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too
since i won't be be able to see this in person. And if you don't have a
PayPal account, It's pretty easy to set up a PayPal account at
www.paypal.com . it's just a few minutes away from signing up. it's
safe and secure for both Parties and i have been using PayPal to buy
and sell for years
now without problems. Pls get back to me with your PayPal email so i
can proceed with the payment and contact the Pick up Agent who will
come for the Pick up of the item.
I will need these following details so i can proceed with the payment right away

1:Your PayPal e-Mail Address
2: Home Address"
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I only gave my PayPal email, but not my home address. Then I got this:


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"I have just completed the payment and i am sure PayPal would have sent
you a Confirmation email. Please, check
all your mail folders(INBOX,SPAM and JUNK mail). I sent a total
Payment of $1,900. i added $900 but $800 will be sent to my Pick Up
Agent via Western Union. The extra $100 is to cover the Western Union
fee and PayPal charges. PayPal will not release the funds until you
email them the Western Union details for verification and also to
enable my pick up agent to come for pick up and inspection. Here is
the agent's details where the money will be sent.

NAME: JIMMY JARAMILLO JR
4639 Singleton Blvd Dallas,
TX 75212,
USA

Please get the necessary details sent to PayPal : 10 DIGIT Western Union MTCN,
Sender's Name and Address used to send the $800.00USD so that they can
release the whole funds into your account. Please get back to me once
it's done."
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So I replied and said I will not send any money to anyone.

Anyone ever had this happened?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

There are plenty of scammers on CL and ebay and "she's" clearly trying to scam you
Disregard this "Patricia" and move on

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

There's also another one (might be the same, but different name, also from Texas) who is supposed to send me a cashier's check. He said once it's cleared, I need to call him. He is supposed to send me excess money to pay someone else to pick up the item for him.

How long does it take for a cashier's check to completely cleared?

I heard banks may just cash the check even if it's fake. And then I would be 100% responsible.

 

[slipperybidness]

You can just send me the $800 and I'll come pick up the item and make sure it finds it's new home

 

[its phillip]

yes, the advance fee fraud is extremely common. doesn't matter what you list. you could be selling toilet paper and they'll send you a fraudulent $1000 western union payment or whatever.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

yes, the advance fee fraud is extremely common. doesn't matter what you list. you could be selling toilet paper and they'll send you a fraudulent $1000 western union payment or whatever.

So many evil people in the world. Nothing new, but still sucks nonetheless.

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

 

[slipperybidness]

So many evil people in the world. Nothing new, but still sucks nonetheless.

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

Shady, shady.

I don't think I would be comfortable after 2 weeks. Maybe 2 months. If they are asking for money back, it's almost certainly a scam.

Perhaps you would be interested in some of these speakers that I happen to have in the back of my van......

Curious, what did you list? And didn't give any of us a shot at it? Guess you didn't want to deal with shipping?

 

[Whitey80]

Surely you're smarter than that

 

[slipperybidness]

Surely you're smarter than that

Don't call me "Shirley"

Airplane

 

[GlocksRock]

I get stuff like that occasionally when I list something on CL, but it's so obvious it's a scammer so I just never bother to reply. But it sucks getting the email cause I get all excited that someone is interested in my list, then I see it's a scam and get pissed.

 

[mpompey]

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

Definitely not, some banks will go ahead and cash the cashier's check before it is presented to the issuing bank. Making you liable for the full amount plus any "administrative charges" for the check not clearing. I've gotten these before and have to firmly state cash in hand. As the pickup man and the scammer are the same person.

Buyer and Seller beware!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Shady, shady.

I don't think I would be comfortable after 2 weeks. Maybe 2 months. If they are asking for money back, it's almost certainly a scam.

Perhaps you would be interested in some of these speakers that I happen to have in the back of my van......

Curious, what did you list? And didn't give any of us a shot at it? Guess you didn't want to deal with shipping?

Yeah, I was getting kind of lazy about shipping and dealing with eBay and PayPal and all that. Also a little embarrassed.

Denon 4010UDCI Universal Player, DVD-3800BDCI BD player, single KEF 201/2, Denon AVR-990.

So I ended up deleting the listings today.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Surely you're smarter than that

Well, like GlocksRock says, it kind of pissed me off that it happened.

 

[mtrycrafts]

So many evil people in the world. Nothing new, but still sucks nonetheless.

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

Yes, no end in sight of the shady characters. Why not call your bank or financial institution that you bank with and ask about that cashiers check how they work, especially if it is one of those fraudulent one.

My neighbor or told me a few days ago that he got a phone call from India why he sent a large check to the calling person. Neighbor asked the caller to email a picture of the check. Sure enough, everything on that check was correct, name, address, bank, Pretty good signature, etc. He had that check number still in his checkbook. Frightening.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Yes, no end in sight of the shady characters. Why not call your bank or financial institution that you bank with and ask about that cashiers check how they work, especially if it is one of those fraudulent one.

I'll probably do that tomorrow.

 

[j_garcia]

So many evil people in the world. Nothing new, but still sucks nonetheless.

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

I can absolutely guarantee it will be a fake.

 

[Grador]

I can absolutely guarantee it will be a fake.

Seriously, who actually pays with a cashier's check? The chances of this happening legitimately are so very small I wouldn't even consider accepting one.

 

[gmichael]

So many evil people in the world. Nothing new, but still sucks nonetheless.

What about this other guy who wants to send me a cashier's check? If the check clears after 2 weeks, you think it will it be okay?

H.LL NO!
Our company got a check like that once. The bank cleard it so we sent the shipment. 2 weeks later the bank took the money out of our account. We faught with them but in the end, we were out $30k.

 

[afterlife2]

I got one of those to. I replied hahaha.

 

[Rickster71]

I listed a few items on Craigslist.
I got an email for each item from a "Patricia Jones", claiming "she" was away and wanted to buy.

"Patricia Jones"....got my hopes up, thinking someone finally found a date for Adam.