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    Default Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    So I am selling off some furniture and thinking of where to move to in the Denver area. I posted ads in Craigslist. This is a reply I received.


    Thanks for the swift response, just to let you know that am okay with the condition and price of the item, am ready for its purchase and my form of payment will be by sending you Check via UPS next day delivery. I'll be responsible for the pick-up and the pick up money will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable pick up company to schedule an appropriate time for he pick-up at your location after check has been cashed,as i have other properties to be moved alongside with yours. I would have really love to come for the viewing but due to my work frame that might not be possible,but if you have the pics,might want to have a good look.Please do get back to me with your full name and address including your cell and land number so i can make out payment. Regards.


    Doesn't really feel legit.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    Feels legit to me.. honestly sounds like its been written by someone with english as a second language = someone who has money and whose economy is not in the toilet.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    Naw it the check by UPS. Having someone else pick it up, the name Jones.

    All my time in the Army, living in Colorado Springs, and working construction now and again; broken english isn't what is making me second guess this. It's just a table and chairs for 175.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    That reply is worded exactly the same way as a scam letter.
    "Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: 'A horrible person.' We weren't even testing for that."

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    What trem said. This whole thing is just too elaborate for a simple puchase and pickup of a table and chairs. It sounds like a canned scam response sent to everyone selling furniture and other large items. The sender obviously hopes that a certain number of folks will be dumb enough to actually respond with detailed contact information.

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    Yeah, notice the vagueness. He never once mentions your specific item or any others. This is a canned response, probably check based scam.
    "Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: 'A horrible person.' We weren't even testing for that."

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    What's the e-mail address, do a search for the e-mail in google.
    I had a response to an ad and it turns out it was some sort of scam artist and they use your e-mail for spam.

    Just do a search in google with their e-mail address.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    I had a feeling this is one of those scams where the item is 175.00 but, I get a check for $500. The sender wants me to cash it and send the remainder back via money order or something.

    Well I will just wait and see if a real buyer bites. *sigh*

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    Its a common scam on CL for scammers to pay with what seems to be legitimate certified checks. They usually 'accidentally' send you a check for an amount over what you were asking and ask you to send them back the difference. You deposit the check. It seems to clear the bank and several days or even weeks later it is returned at the bank and you are out of luck. Even if the check is for the exact amount- I still wouldnt accept it.

    Selling on CL should be cash and carry only.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
    I had a feeling this is one of those scams where the item is 175.00 but, I get a check for $500. The sender wants me to cash it and send the remainder back via money order or something.

    Well I will just wait and see if a real buyer bites. *sigh*
    Scam.

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    Scam.

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    Scam. My dumb ex husband fell for it once when we were 18 and 19, respectively. Only the check was for $3000. Fucking retard.

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    Cash only, Mr. ArmySGT.

    That's the rule.
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    ^What Sophia said.
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    I wish there was an "auto-like" setting that I could just have applied to all of your posts Sophia....

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    In God we trust, all others pay cash.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    As soon as read it, I thought "he's gonna get a check for 10x the sale amount and a request for the 'overage' to be sent back". Looks like everyone here is already hip to that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Avery_ View Post
    What's the e-mail address, do a search for the e-mail in google.
    I had a response to an ad and it turns out it was some sort of scam artist and they use your e-mail for spam.

    Just do a search in google with their e-mail address.
    Thanks for that. I should have known to do that myself! I googled (mr.jones464 ([email protected])gmail.com).

    A scammer. Uses the same email again and again, word for word, not a single change.

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    Oh ya I missed the cheque part... I didn't even know cheques existed anymore lol

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    Default Re: Doesn't feel legit.... I could be paranoid though.

    Double post, see below

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    Absolute 100% scam!

    Read this from CL, http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams

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