| Author | Message | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2386 Registered: 4-2004 |
i got this email in response to a listing on craigs. the email address was divinestores.org. i can find no listing of a website. one has to be leary in light of the woman who was robbed after putting a diamond ring on craigslist. Hello Good day and hope you are doing great?.My assistant told me that you still have the item for sale. I am willing to pay your asking price,You will receive your payment in 4-6 working days,i would have loved to come and see it in person but due to the busy nature of my job that wont permit me,i will be making payment by money order or check and i will be needing your phone number, full name, address or p.o box address to make the payment to as i do not want to lose this sales to other potential buyers,if you will keep it in my favour,i dont mind adding thirty ($30) dollar for the delay.pick-up wont be a problem as i already have an arrangement for that once you receive payment. Awaiting your reply Thanks. | ||
| jet_powers
Senior Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 513 Registered: 2-2003 |
Sure does. It has the feel of those Nigerian scams that were going around a few years ago... | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 768 Registered: 9-2002 |
Stay away! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9663 Registered: 5-2002 |
This is absolutely a scam. I've seen very similar wording on many other scams reported on the net, and got one like it myself from a craigslist listing I had up. | ||
| thumbsup
Intermediate Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 140 Registered: 7-2008 |
you could reply and ask for their phone number, full name and business name, business address, no po box accepted, then verify info by 411 inquire ....if they are listed in 411....it may be legit......you do have to be ware of scammers | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4590 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hello, I am to like your item. It is the exact (name item here) that I looking have been for. I am to pick up item in person and will pay adding moneys and your initial offering amount. Please send full name, date of birth, mothers maiden name, all credit card numbers, bank account numbers, passwords, and a copy of your signature. Upon receipt check mail to send you to. Check may be for additional sums to item. Please return extra sums in cash. hehehehe | ||
| wideload
Intermediate Member Username: wideload Post Number: 156 Registered: 6-2003 |
Bill- So YOU"RE the guy sending all those emails! You scoundrel! Larry | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 648 Registered: 1-2008 |
Common scam... they use a counterfeit money order. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2387 Registered: 4-2004 |
THANKS GUYS his next email was that he is in europe traveling and will send a money order and arrange pick up i think i will let it go | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 742 Registered: 5-2002 |
Have you gotten the one yet where someone you know is traveling and lost their passport and traveler's checks and asks you to wire them money so they can get a plane ticket home? There are more scams than you can imagine out there. | ||
| hg30904
Member Username: hg30904 Post Number: 86 Registered: 6-2003 |
Hey Flax, I listed a computer piece on Craigslist recently and got a couple of the same emails. The followup was that the sender's assistant got the amount wrong, and sent payment to me that was scheduled for someone else (my name, their amount). It was kindly requested that I cash the money order, pocket my amount, and send them back the difference (after all, I am an honest man...right?). This is an updated scam. The money order is not legit but your bank will cash it and days later it will get rejected and they will deduct the money from your account. By then you will have sent the money to the scammer. FWIW, I have not actually received the money order yet. Either his assistant, or the post office, is slower than expected. Don't walk, run...high dollar items on Craigslist seem to attract this scam nowadays. |
