New scam off of craigslist ad...

[McVaaahhh]

Not sure what this is all about, but has all the warning signs of a scam.

Got this email last night about the PS2 and XBOX I'm selling:

Nice hearing back from you, i want you to know that i am so serious in buying your craigslist item , But i will not be able to come for the pickup ,I will be glad if you can be so nice to help me ship it down to my daughter for a Birth Day Gift , So i am ready to pay you $300 USD for the item cost including the shipping cost , and i will prefer paying you via paypal , cos it is very fast and secure ,so do get back to me with your paypal email for the instant payment or you sign up for a paypal personal account .. Thanks.

I got another very similar email right at the same time. Not sure what the scam is, but they want my paypal address. I'm assuming to try and crack the password and use it.


Anyway, just another fuggin scam to watch out for.

[Dark Angel Gixxer 6]

This happened to me when I was trying to sell a laptop. They were all trying to send it to Africa. it's crap

[Snowman]

Honestly, you would think these people would be smart enough to actually get someone that spoke American English to make their scam replies a bit more believable.

[Devaclis]

Craigslist = cash only + in person or no deal.

[Snowman]

Craigslist = cash only + in person or no deal.

That’s exactly what the fine print says in the “casual encounters” section.

[McVaaahhh]

Fortunately the scammers make it fairly easy to spot them.

[Devaclis]

Yeah, I have sold quite a bit on CL as well as Ebay. I like to think I am pretty good at spotting a scammer or a loser on either site. I have been an ebayer since it started and have never been scammed. I have had 1 or 2 peeps refuse to ship to me, but I resolved that on my own.

on CL I have done everything face to face.With enough email correspondence you can feel out potential buyers/sellers and get a good idea of wether or not they are on the up and up.

[McVaaahhh]

I've also been on ebay since 2000 and had hundreds of transactions buying and selling. I've been buying/selling on craigslist for at least 5 years now. It is fairly easy to spot the folks that are not on the up and up. Just gotta keep your eyes open and that old saying that "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" counts 100%.

[XJ600s]

My PayPal account got hacked last year. It sucked. Big time. They initially took out 10euros in 3 different transactions, then they hit it hard with 1000 euros each for 11 transactions. Needless to say, I didn't have 10,010 euros in my account, so I got hit up with tons of conversion fees (do you know what it costs to convert 10k euros to usd?), an overdraft fee, etc.

I was clean broke for 2 weeks while my bank sorted it out and realized that my PayPal got hacked (all 11 transactions happened within a minute of each other, no cashier is that fast...ha). Ended up getting it all back, dropped PayPal and cut all my ties with it. PayPal ISN'T safe, and it ISN'T secure either. In fact, they make you pay $5 to get it secure with that random security key producer thingamabob.

[BondiBeach]

its a SCAM

[MetaLord 9]

its a SCAM

couldn't resist...

[Devaclis]

I have my PayPal account tied to a CC. It is insured against fraud. I do NOT have it tied to my bank. That is FTL in SOME cases.

[Think]

Got this from one of my ads on CL couple weeks ago.

Doug Oconnor

How are you doing today? I am interested in buying the item you listed
for sale and i will want to know the present condition and the last
price you are willing to sell it. I also wish to let you know that i
will be paying you with a check and so i will want you to send me the
following details so that i can make out the payment as soon as
possible.
1....your full name to be on the check
2....your full contact address to send the payment to
3....your city, state and zip code
4....your mobile and land number to reach you.
Waiting to read from you

I think I could have probably written better in elementary school.

[Spy007]

Hey Brian...

wanna buy my bike yet?

[MetaLord 9]

Hey Brian...

wanna buy my bike yet?

Nah, you've gotta crash it a few more times so he can buy another project/non-functioning bike for his garage

[Slo]

Honestly, you would think these people would be smart enough to actually get someone that spoke American English to make their scam replies a bit more believable.

Fortunately the scammers make it fairly easy to spot them.

Yeah exactly....

Nice hearing back from you, i want you to know that i am so serious in buying your craigslist item , But i will not be able to come for the pickup ,I will be glad if you can be so nice to help me ship it down to my daughter for a Birth Day Gift , So i am ready to pay you $300 USD for the item cost including the shipping cost , and i will prefer paying you via paypal , cos it is very fast and secure ,so do get back to me with your paypal email for the instant payment or you sign up for a paypal personal account .. Thanks.

Yeah too many obvious "its a scam" hints. Anyone that actually falls for an email like this, deserves it haha.

[XJ600s]

How are you doing today? I am interested in buying the item you listedfor sale and i will want to know the present condition and the lastprice you are willing to sell it. I also wish to let you know that i
will be paying you with a check and so i will want you to send me the
following details so that i can make out the payment as soon as
possible.
1....your full name to be on the check
2....your full contact address to send the payment to
3....your city, state and zip code
4....your mobile and land number to reach you.
Waiting to read from you

I think I could have probably written better in elementary school.

HAHA. Whenever I get these on Craigslist, I always turn it around on them. I say that I assume they will want me to ship it otherwise they could get my name for a check in person, so I ask for their shipping name, address and a phone number so I can call them to let them know its been shipped. I say that I'll do this to get an accurate shipping amount to save them money.

Only once have I heard back, the guy gave me a completely phony address, in like Los Angeles, Nebraska. I don't understand why he even bothered to reply, its an email...he was probably that dumb that he figured he had to respond...

[Spy007]

Nah, you've gotta crash it a few more times so he can buy another project/non-functioning bike for his garage

Can i just put the bullet hole stickers on it instead?

[McVaaahhh]

Nah, you've gotta crash it a few more times so he can buy another project/non-functioning bike for his garage

Don't be all jealousy.

[MetaLord 9]

Don't be all jealousy.

Don't have to be! Soon I'm gonna have a garage full of parts and a chasis that they may or may not go to!

[McVaaahhh]

Don't have to be! Soon I'm gonna have a garage full of parts and a chasis that they may or may not go to!

Pickin up a project?

[Spy007]

No... he owns a Kawi
If he doesnt have spare parts around, he'll never get to ride

[MetaLord 9]

Pickin up a project?

yup!

No... he owns a Kawi
If he doesnt have spare parts around, he'll never get to ride

This from the guy who hasn't ridden since...? 2008?

[rforsythe]

PayPal ISN'T safe, and it ISN'T secure either. In fact, they make you pay $5 to get it secure with that random security key producer thingamabob.

And I'm guessing your password wasn't too great either, if they were able to get into your account with it. I have the security token on my PP account and even though I have a hard to guess password, I'm glad it's there. That same token also ties to my eBay account so both are secured by the same hardware.

Either site (and any other site for that matter) is only as secure as the users allow it to be.