“The price for the truck is $2,800.”
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Another red flag. I don’t know why, but these scammers almost always advertize for $2,800.00.
I like to scan Craigslist and whenever I see a car or truck for sale with no local phone # and a gmail address - I hit the scam report key.
—I like to scan Craigslist and whenever I see a car or truck for sale with no local phone # and a gmail address - I hit the scam report key.—
When I sold on Craigslist I never listed my phone number or email address. It went to the “hidden” address that you give when you post the ad. I rarely came across an ad in CL that included the seller’s phone number. I didn’t even know their email address until they responded to my inquiry.
It protects the seller from spam, etc.
Regarding the $2,800 price, it was actually listed at 3,000, but in the email to me that included all the information I posted above, he dropped the price.
The reason I trusted this ad before getting the email response was 1) I didn’t even know if the price was an especially good deal; 2) It’s a very small town so I figured it was off the scammers radar.
Now that I know it’s not, I’ll treat it just like CL.
BTW, one of the cool things about the site is that one of the categories is one completely missing from CL: Guns. :-)
And maybe not coincidentally, about three months ago a seller shot a potential buyer to death at his home during a gun sale. No charges were filed as it was apparently obviously self defense. :-)