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Someone is trying to scam me
Free Republic ^ | 1/1/2016 | Oshkalaboomboom

Posted on 01/01/2016 1:14:41 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

I put some furniture up for sale on Craigslist. Now I have someone texting me from Vermont (I live in Georgia) wanting to buy sight unseen, claiming to be a flight attendant who is away most of the time but will send a pickup agent as soon as we complete the transaction via PayPal. It seems pretty obvious that it's a scam but it must work some percentage of the time because they keep trying it.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: craigslist; paypal; scammer
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
There are many scammers on CL. I own rentals and have used CL to advert my properties. I have had several people tell me they saw ads in other markets on CL using images of my properties. The scam is they want $25 to run a background check on these prospective tenants which requires the tenant(s) give them their personal information including their SS numbers.

Be very careful in dealing with anyone on CL.

21 posted on 01/01/2016 1:32:14 PM PST by South40 (Ted Cruz = the only conservative in the race)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Yep. Me Too. Donate once and you’re a mark forever.


22 posted on 01/01/2016 1:33:19 PM PST by CARTOUCHE (My washing machine has a longer warranty than I do.)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

I think you are being scammed. I get emails and letters from Cruz and I have never gotten anything like that.


23 posted on 01/01/2016 1:34:29 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Arrested? What, from India or the Philippines??


24 posted on 01/01/2016 1:36:10 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
It is a scam! My niece tried to sell some vintage furniture on Craigslist, got some eager buyers who somehow bilked her out of $500. She eventually got her money back but it was a lot of grief.
25 posted on 01/01/2016 1:37:11 PM PST by chronicles
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Well, I don’t have any ideas for this one...however...for the ones who call(usually with an Indian accent) and tell you that they are from Microsoft and that there is something wrong with your computer...I usually tell them that I am a Mennonite—a religious order that prohibits ownership of computers, etc. It really stumps them.


26 posted on 01/01/2016 1:37:54 PM PST by jimbug
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Just fyi I have sold the furniture to people who came over in person, left a cash deposit and are paying cash when the furniture movers come to pick it up. So this CL scammer is just a distraction. I’m interested to see how they intend to separate me from my money, furniture or both.


27 posted on 01/01/2016 1:40:09 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: dp0622
Ask them to take a picture involving fish, cheese, and milk,

Only then you will know they are legit. It part of their code.


28 posted on 01/01/2016 1:41:03 PM PST by freedomlover
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I use US Postal Money Orders. The buyer has to pay for them in advance, and you can deposit them straight into your bank account.

postal money orders can be faked also. I had a former girlfriend that was scammed this way. I was an experienced bank teller and could not tell the money order was fake (I found out about it months after it happened).

29 posted on 01/01/2016 1:41:16 PM PST by gunnut
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To: Yaelle

“But ask them to do a bank transfer...”

That’s the easiest way to do it. I just gave them my account number and password and they could put the money in without a hitch. Oh - except I forgot, and had to text them my mom’s maiden name which came up for them on that password verification question. Silly me!


30 posted on 01/01/2016 1:41:22 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: servantboy777

A few years ago, I listed some appraised high value jewelry and a high end watch for a relative.

None of it sold but I got this persistent scammer with very broken English claiming to be a Marine who couldn’t get any leave from wherever he was. I think he picked random names of bases all over.

After a few days he gave up since I hit him with routine questions and the answers were always different.


31 posted on 01/01/2016 1:47:38 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

One way they work is they want send you a bank check for the amount of the purchase plus the fee they have to pay the pick-up agent. They say just cash the check at your local bank and give the difference to their guy when he shows up to get the merchandise. Every body is happy, you get your price for whatever you are selling, the buyer gets the stuff you don’t want anymore and the agent gets paid for his services.

What really happens is that you cash the check at your local bank, give the difference to the agent, who is really part of the scam, he leaves with the cash and the stuff. Then 3-4 days later you get a call from the bank that the check did not clear and you have to pay back the cash you took out, plus overdraft fees. You just paid someone a bunch of money to come take your stuff away.


32 posted on 01/01/2016 1:48:29 PM PST by jstaff
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To: 21twelve

You didn’t understand. I said bank to email transfer. Many banks do it. The poster uses a hotmail account or whatever, gives NO banking info. If the sellers are so innocent, let them use their bank account.


33 posted on 01/01/2016 1:50:21 PM PST by Yaelle (Since PC is not actually "correct," it should be renamed Political Pandering.)
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To: Ditter; HonkyTonkMan

I just ignore those emails from Ted. (And here I thought I was the only one that got it! Because I’m so important and special!!) I do go onto his website and donate there directly instead of ever replying to any email. That goes for anything. I’m guessing it is harder to fake a website than an email.

My wife asks me once in awhile about emails.

“They say they are going to cancel my Amazon account unless I update my password - do you think it’s a scam?”

She always does this though - she yelled at me years ago when I asked her why she asks me questions when she already knows the answer. So I just humor her. “Yes dear - it’s a scam. And if it isn’t (but it is), they aren’t going to not want you spending money with them by kicking you off.”


34 posted on 01/01/2016 1:50:26 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Ignore them.


35 posted on 01/01/2016 1:50:53 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Trump/Cruz 2016 or the other way around.)
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To: eastforker

I said, bankers checks and once it has been cashed at the poster’s bank, then give them the furniture.


36 posted on 01/01/2016 1:51:15 PM PST by Yaelle (Since PC is not actually "correct," it should be renamed Political Pandering.)
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To: Yaelle

False bankers checks are all over the place. You deposit the check, give them the goods and 2 weeks later the bank tell you it was a fake bank check. It happens all the time.


37 posted on 01/01/2016 1:54:05 PM PST by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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To: Yaelle

“You didn’t understand. I said bank to email transfer.”

I was just trying to be funny. I don’t do much of craiglist. So it goes from the buyer’s bank to your bank’s email account? I’m guessing that is something that you set up with the bank ahead of time? That would also be good protection against thugs that just want to steal your car - like happened with that couple selling the husband’s old mustang or something. The couple were found dead and the car gone.


38 posted on 01/01/2016 1:55:16 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Have them overnight you a money order...


39 posted on 01/01/2016 1:55:32 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Only accept Paypal from Ebay accounts. You can check their reputation. However, you can still get ripped off.


40 posted on 01/01/2016 1:57:24 PM PST by Fhios (How about we call it a a war on sharia law?)
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