lets play a game...

[djelliott]

Best thing is to not reply at all. That's an automated fishing scam. If you reply it tells the computer it got a response and then it has your actual email. You get tons of junk email. Key thing to note is that it never actually says in the email what you are selling or what the price is. In fact it asks you for the "firm price". Never respond to these. They are part of a much larger scam where they try to collect as much info as they can on you usually for identity theft.

 

[damarble]

My wife wnet threw something like this . Applied for part time gig cleaning a house on Craigslist . After a few shady emails she calls me 1 day ( 3 days before she is supposed to start ) and says she got a text and an email from the guy . The email said that he sent a check for her first weeks pay and extra for supplies . Just as she is telling me this UPS comes to the door . Nothing new they are here daily because of her candle business . It was an overnight envilope with a check for 2475 dollars . Now the pay was supposed to be 400 a week and 75 for supplies .

Don't leave us hanging, what next?

 

[rattpunk]

My favorite story of trolling a scammer:
http://www.notla.com/archives/2010/07/nigerian-scammer-gets-a-laptop-from-me/


I love the Google page looking up "nigerian scammer"

 

[danejurrous]

Love these scam emails I actually work for a internet company and deal with these scams on a daily basis. I think hillsy was just about spot on for the scam.

These unscrupulous people get your info then send fake emails looking like they are coming from paypal, here is the thing though. All the ones I have dealt with they have never attempted to pick up the vehicle. What I have seen is that they will say they are sending a little extra cash through PayPal to have you send a money gram or western union to the "shipper" because they are over seas and only have access to paypal but the shipper will not accept paypal to pick up the bike.

When you send the money they have you fax the receipt and then the scammer or "shipper" can go any where in the world to any office and pick up the money, usually in eastern Europe. They don't want the bike, they only want the money because money is so easy "laundered" and lost along the trail, where as a motorcycle is easier to track per-say because it would be delivered to a physical address.

Sneaky little buggars and people fall for it every day. Boggles my mind.

 

[sasquach]

Don't leave us hanging, what next?

Nothing really happened . I callled the people on the return address and the name on the check ( 2 different companies ) and the return new it was a scam they have been using his address for about 6 months and the guy on the check said that account was closed years ago

 

[axeugene27]

yeah on craigslist I don't even entertain most email unless people put their phone number in the email. I will email them back if the number is there and local. It's a shame there are so many douche bags in the world.

 

[Kanticoy]

It's a shame there are so many douche bags in the world.

Good god, that's a daily sentiment of mine.

 

[CresentSon]

What's worse is the d-bags keep doing this because some percentage of the time it works. Sucker born every minute.