Do not give them your address!!!!
It’s a well known scam.
Yes, that is a scam. You might want to call local law enforcement to let them know you’re expecting guests.
SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The check will bounce- even if it looks like a certified check.
Scam. You cash the check, give the “movers” the two grand, the check bounces, and you’re out the two grand and the item as well.
use your head- he could have bought a bed cheaper where he lives and probably had it delivered for free
Do not deliver until it clears the bank. If it does then it’s legit, otherwise, you are dinged for a bounced check.
Scam.
Tell him someone else already paid $4k.
Put the bed on the curb with a free sign.
Yes.
Also Granma, I am in jail, will you wire $2,000 to Walmart in Bakersfield so I can get out?
No, it’s not a scam.
By the way I;ll buy the bed. I will send you a certified check from Bank of Kenya for 1 billion dollars but you have to hand over the deed to your house too.
The NEXT BEST thing you can do is call the police and have them be waiting at your house for the ‘movers’ to arrive.
But they are sometimes useless too.
I had a thief looking around my house last month- I asked him what he was doing and he said he was with the cable company there to bury cables, and gave me a wrong address in between my house and the house next door.
I called the police, they ignored it. I called the cable company and they said they had no one scheduled to “bury lines”
The moron APOLOGIZED to me... I said “what the hell are you apologizing for? Someone is trying to rob people...get on the phone with your managers and report that someone is using your name to try to rob houses.”
Total scam. The check wasn’t worth toilet paper.
Just tell them once the check is honored by THEIR bank, you’ll have the guys pick it up.
They did same with a used car, SCAM.
Common craigslist scam where they send you a bad check and hope to get something of value from you before you find out the check is no good. Report this fraud to the FBI, er wait they are too busy spying on and attempting to undermine Trump’s presidency to have any time left to, you know, fight actual crime.
You did the right thing, good for you!
Lots of Craigslist scams.
My 18 year old was looking to by his first car and he wanted a 4WD lifted truck. Got all excited by an older F150 with a diesel for a great price.
He called them and was told to send a check and they’d have the car delivered from Kansas or something. It included a sob story about her dead husband and how he loved his truck and she just wanted to get rid of it.
OK, so her husband owned a really nice but older F150, he’s dead and the poor widow wants to practically give the truck away? I don’t think so. Checked it out and it’s a total scam. My son learned a lesson.
Definitely sounds odd. Hopefully, you took a pic of the check. I’d do a little research on who wrote out the check and give a copy of the check and information to the PD in their city and yours.
Yes, it was most likely a scam. People SUCK!!!! Be careful!
You did the right thing. Tell the local police and you state attorney generals office.