Question about Craigslist scams

[Freeper]

Horse with no Name  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sun Mar-13-11 12:07 PM
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Question about Craigslist scams
   
I have something listed for sale. Is this a scam? I do live about 4 hours from the area.


Dear xxxx,

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 am willing to add extra $10 so that you can keep it in my favor. My form of payment will be by sending you Check via UPS 1/2days delivery.

I'll be responsible for the pick-up and the movers/pick up money will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable movers to schedule an appropriate time for the pick-up at your location after check has been cashed.

I would have really love to come for the viewing but due to my work frame that might not be possible. kindly get back to me with your full name and address including your cell and land number so i can make out payment to you.

Regards
Emmanuel

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x632868

I would think the smartest people on the planet would realize this is a scam and not have to ask her fellow idiots if it is one.

[jukin]

DUmbats are the people that Nigerian scamers succeed with.

"Those that think they are smart are the easiest to fool"
My Father the Used Car Salesman

[compaqxp]

How obvious could it be? I've done tons of stuff on CL and Kijiji, it's sad this person even has to ask.

[Randy]

Noooooo don't worry about a thing there Howithnobrain. Ignore all those warnings about craigslist scams posted all over the place. They're like speed limit signs, no one pays attention to them so they don't mean anything.  Go ahead, accept the check, pay the extra to the movers and nothing will happen, I swear, You can trust me, after all you don't know me either. My word is as good as, well as good as yours is.

[jtyangel]

notesdev (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Mar-13-11 12:32 PM
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15. Three words
   
"cash on pickup"

Don't give the other guy an opportunity to be dishonest, you never know when you may be dealing with someone who works in the financial sector.

Yeah, because all those scammers out there are former wall street stock brokers F*cking dummies and their (non) sense of humor.

[franksolich]

You know, this isn't the first, or even the tenth, time the unappellated eohippus, the High Priestess of Moloch to the primitives, has dealt with craigslist.  She's sold stuff there quite often, and one assumes she would know the ropes--the perils and the pitfalls--by now.

The abortion enthusiast has sold lots and lots of stuff this way.

The non-monickered equine always alleges poverty, and so one wonders why she's always selling stuff, rather than scavenging for stuff.  She should be a good liberal, a good progressive, and simply give it away to those in need, as the primitives expect decent and civilized people to do.

Me?  I don't sell a damned thing.  If something's not wanted around here any more, I just give it away.

[AprilRazz]

We had to take a tree down last year and decided to just give away the wood. It was a black cherry so we thought it may be of interest to wood workers so I put it on CL. Even with the words free all over I still got 3 of those emails.

A gentleman did come to pick up most of it up to make shadow boxes and the like out of it.

[GOBUCKS]

You know, this isn't the first, or even the tenth, time the unappellated eohippus, the High Priestess of Moloch to the primitives, has dealt with craigslist.  She's sold stuff there quite often, and one assumes she would know the ropes--the perils and the pitfalls--by now.

The abortion enthusiast has sold lots and lots of stuff this way.

The non-monickered equine always alleges poverty, and so one wonders why she's always selling stuff, rather than scavenging for stuff.  She should be a good liberal, a good progressive, and simply give it away to those in need, as the primitives expect decent and civilized people to do.

Me?  I don't sell a damned thing.  If something's not wanted around here any more, I just give it away.

The most disturbing thing is that DUmmies will almost invariably try to sell things at a profit, taking advantage of people whose circumstances require them to buy used stuff on Craigslist. The rich and the banksters don't scan online junk markets for "gently used" blue jeans and stolen hand tools. Granted, nearly all burglars are democrats, but they should unload their booty to professional fences, not fellow moonbats on Craigslist.

[thelaughingman]

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 am willing to add extra $10 so that you can keep it in my favor. My form of payment will be by sending you Check via UPS 1/2days delivery.

I'll be responsible for the pick-up and the movers/pick up money will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable movers to schedule an appropriate time for the pick-up at your location after check has been cashed.

I would have really love to come for the viewing but due to my work frame that might not be possible. kindly get back to me with your full name and address including your cell and land number so i can make out payment to you.

Engrish.

[Skul]

I don't sell a damned thing.  If something's not wanted around here any more, I just give it away.

Y'all got any spare beer laying around, that you don't want?
Whiskey, maybe?

[franksolich]

Y'all got any spare beer laying around, that you don't want?
Whiskey, maybe?

One time--six years ago--I had a car (I actually had another car; this one was superfluous).

It was an old one, about twenty years, but it ran and all that, and even had nearly-new tires.

I got tired of looking at it.

I offered to give it to a guy who wanted to convert it for drag-racing, and he gratefully took it off my hands.

A couple of days later, he came by to complain that the county treasurer insisted he had to have paid something for it, and was unwilling to process the title unless that price was stated, so he could be charged sales tax.

I said "fine, just buy me a package of cigarettes, and that's the price."

I got my smokes, and the county treasurer got the twelve cents sales tax.

True story.

There's just some things that aren't worth the bother of haggling over; if I got no use for something, I simply want to get rid of it.  I don't worry about "recovering" any of my sunken costs in it.  I just want to get rid of it.

[Skul]

One time--six years ago--I had a car (I actually had another car; this one was superfluous).

Let me guess....a Buick?  Right?


I'm sooo gonna get smacked for that.

[compaqxp]

Let me guess....a Buick?  Right?


I'm sooo gonna get smacked for that.

I used to live in a Buick once when in collage with no money. Then I sold it to some crazy homeless person. 

[Skul]

I used to live in a Buick once when in collage with no money. Then I sold it to some crazy homeless person.  

If I lived anywhere near you, you wouldn't have to buy a beer for at least a week. H5!!  

[franksolich]

Let me guess....a Buick?  Right?


I'm sooo gonna get smacked for that.

Pontiac.  Blue and silver.

The biggest engine under the hood I've ever seen in a civilian conveyance.

A notorious gas-hog.

I don't pay attention to such things, never having been an automotive fancier, but it was either a 1986 or 1987 Pontiac sedan.  I run through cars like I run through computers, and once one's gone, I forget all about it.

Some years earlier than that, when one of my older brothers died, I was in charge of getting rid of his physical possessions, one of which was a 3-year-old big bad-ass Chevrolet (another monstrous gas-hog).  My brother had acquired so much stuff I was sick of it--physically as well as emotionally--and just wanted to get rid of it.

Just s-o-o-o-o-o much stuff; he had been a Democrat and hence decadently materialistic.

I offered it to the younger brother of an old boss of mine, for ten bucks.

He couldn't believe it, but he took it right away.

In some situations, one's more interested in just getting rid of something, rather than getting a good price for it.

I can't think of anything I've ever given away, that I later regretted.

[franksolich]

Lest I give one the impression franksolich is a sucker, I must remind that I've usually been fully aware of the market price or value of things.

But at times money has been the least of my concerns.

In the case of the older brother, who died when he was 40 (I was of course considerably younger, in my mid-20s), I was under a tight deadline.  His sudden death had been a shock enough, and for some reason the attorney told me to clear out his stuff within three weeks (so that the residence could be sold).

There was s-o-o-o-o-o-o much stuff.

One night during this time I mentioned to a friend that I was going to call a junk-dealer to haul out the nine-piece bedroom set, allegedly hand-made in Vermont, solid wood, which was less than a year old.  The friend intervened, and contacted someone else instead, and the estate got $6,000 for that stack of wood.

But this friend, even though a good friend, never seemed to understand; I was far more interested in getting rid of these things, as instructed, than in getting a "good" price for them.

If I got no use for something, I don't want to deal with it; I want it out of the way.

[Boudicca]

I used to live in a Buick once when in collage with no money. Then I sold it to some crazy homeless person. 

 :hi5:You keep this up, Bugsy, and your hi5's may end up outnumbering your bitchslaps.
BTW, 

[Boudicca]

DUmbats are the people that Nigerian scamers succeed with.

"Those that think they are smart are the easiest to fool"
My Father the Used Car Salesman

The stilted style of that communication puts me in mind of Nigerian scam letters.  Who the heck ever writes stuff like I would really like to come for the viewing, unless of course it's in regards to a funeral.  Even then, no one "likes" to go to anything funeral related.

[BlueStateSaint]

I used to live in a Buick once when in collage with no money. Then I sold it to some crazy homeless person. 

Almost owed me a screen!  H5!

 

[vesta111]

A few day ago my Hubby got a letter from Bank of America that we have no trade with.    On the envelope there was a hand written  Re: and his mothers maiden name.

Hubby was exhausted after 80 hours of work that week and asked me to read the type written note and figure out what was going on.

Interesting letter, this writer SAID he was tracking the fathers genology and needed impute from who he had married  and this where it gets odd he said Hubby's mother's sister was his grandmother.    As Hubbys mom had 10 sisters the Aunties in the family,  Hubby had not met all as a kid or adult.

I question the envelope for Bank of America, ---sure he could work there and be using their envelopes but there was a PO. stamp on it, not sent by Company Mail.

Here I sit wondering if this is a scam or someone that just used a work envelope. This could be legit, but with all the scams going on---who knows.  Sad that we have to be paranoid about everything that comes our way. 

[Boudicca]

A few day ago my Hubby got a letter from Bank of America that we have no trade with.    On the envelope there was a hand written  Re: and his mothers maiden name.

Hubby was exhausted after 80 hours of work that week and asked me to read the type written note and figure out what was going on.

Interesting letter, this writer SAID he was tracking the fathers genology and needed impute from who he had married  and this where it gets odd he said Hubby's mother's sister was his grandmother.    As Hubbys mom had 10 sisters the Aunties in the family,  Hubby had not met all as a kid or adult.

I question the envelope for Bank of America, ---sure he could work there and be using their envelopes but there was a PO. stamp on it, not sent by Company Mail.

Here I sit wondering if this is a scam or someone that just used a work envelope. This could be legit, but with all the scams going on---who knows.  Sad that we have to be paranoid about everything that comes our way. 

As an enthusaistic genealogist, I have been known to call strangers out of the blue to inquire as to whether or not they could be related to me...I'd give the writer the benefit of the doubt.  Perhaps your husband will discover some as yet unidentified family branch.  Just don't send money and you should be fine!

[vesta111]

As an enthusaistic genealogist, I have been known to call strangers out of the blue to inquire as to whether or not they could be related to me...I'd give the writer the benefit of the doubt.  Perhaps your husband will discover some as yet unidentified family branch.  Just don't send money and you should be fine!

 

My Hubby would be glad to send some of his money to family just to keep them away and out of his hair.

[AllosaursRus]

You know, this isn't the first, or even the tenth, time the unappellated eohippus, the High Priestess of Moloch to the primitives, has dealt with craigslist.  She's sold stuff there quite often, and one assumes she would know the ropes--the perils and the pitfalls--by now.

The abortion enthusiast has sold lots and lots of stuff this way.

The non-monickered equine always alleges poverty, and so one wonders why she's always selling stuff, rather than scavenging for stuff.  She should be a good liberal, a good progressive, and simply give it away to those in need, as the primitives expect decent and civilized people to do.

Me?  I don't sell a damned thing.  If something's not wanted around here any more, I just give it away.

Same here. Usually by the time I'm done with somethin' no one else would want it anyway.

Clothes go to the Humane Society Thrift store, kitchen gadgets, old TV's, computers go to Salvation Army. Everything else either hits the DUmp, or gets recycled.

[miskie]

Same here. Usually by the time I'm done with somethin' no one else would want it anyway.

Clothes go to the Humane Society Thrift store, kitchen gadgets, old TV's, computers go to Salvation Army. Everything else either hits the DUmp, or gets recycled.

I do the same - Things that are useful go to the Salvation Army, or Savers.
Used furniture goes on the sidewalk for free, as Id rather not cart it off.
Broken metal things go on the other end of the sidewalk, where a scrapper will grab it for it metals value.

And I never ask for a dime, though I do take a tax write-off for the donations.

The only exception to this is a 1979 3.3L straight-six Mustang with 117 thousand miles that I sold for $10 to get rid of, and not have to pay to dispose of.