Craigs List Scam???

[BrentSSL]

This seems a little fishy to me i am selling a dual rec head and got this sent to me does it look legit to you guys ??

Thanks for the mail, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my
Father i wish to view it but right now am not around and am okay with
your selling price, I'm a Petroleum Engineer and currently offshore i
really want this as a surprise gift for my Father so i won't let him
know anything about this until it get delivered to him. You can mail
me back with your PayPal email address so i can make the payment to
you right now and if you don't have an account with PayPal you can set
up an account today as it's secured and reliable visit their website
on www.paypal.com. i will be responsible for the payment fees/charges
on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my
pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the
payment to you and will love to see the recent pic if my approval is
granted get back to me with your full Name,address and phone number so
you have your money immediately for you to spend.

Get back to me with your.
Full Name
PayPal Email Address
Phone #.

 

[MesaManBoogie]

This seems a little fishy to me i am selling a dual rec head and got this sent to me does it look legit to you guys ??

Thanks for the mail, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my
Father i wish to view it but right now am not around and am okay with
your selling price, I'm a Petroleum Engineer and currently offshore i
really want this as a surprise gift for my Father so i won't let him
know anything about this until it get delivered to him. You can mail
me back with your PayPal email address so i can make the payment to
you right now and if you don't have an account with PayPal you can set
up an account today as it's secured and reliable visit their website
on http://www.paypal.com. i will be responsible for the payment fees/charges
on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my
pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the
payment to you and will love to see the recent pic if my approval is
granted get back to me with your full Name,address and phone number so
you have your money immediately for you to spend.

Get back to me with your.
Full Name
PayPal Email Address
Phone #.

Yep, a Scam. Pretty much, what you need to do is let everyone know on your ad not to contact you through email, use a phone number for serious buyers only, from your side never answer to emails, Because they will start sending you spam.

 

[audiotaxi]

might as well have "I am a scam" written all over it.

 

[BrentSSL]

thats what i thought seemed to get to be true plus he said "thanks for the mail" who says that lol

 

[jpdennis]

... let everyone know on your ad not to contact you through email, use a phone number for serious buyers only ...

+1.

Dennis

 

[rabies]

I typically respond to those responses with something like this:

"Fantastic! In order to proceed, please provide your SSN or Tax ID. Look forward to doing business with you."

no response...

 

[talltxguy]

Leave it alone! :lol:

 

[Jedro]

And nowhere does it even mention your item being an amp. It could be an amp, blender or anything! Always a sign of a scam.

 

[ctc]

Click the link/button in the email from Craigslist identifying this as spam/fraud.

 

[SG_Seth]

This is called phishing. They are trying to get personal information about you. Once you start going along with their scheme they will ask for more and more personal info which they hope you will give up in hopes of landing an easy sale. They use paypal to trick you into thinking its legit (paypal covers everything right???). The key to identifying these is they never mention the item you are selling in their message. These are automatically generated messages that are targeted at higher dollar items on craigslist.

When I sell on craigslist I always write in my ad that the potential buyer must type a "codeword" in the subject line of the email or I will not respond. This weeds out the scammers pretty easily.

 

[MrMarkIII]

Don't put your phone # in the ad, unless you like a million calls from lonely tire-kickers and chatty-cathy low-ballers.
Require potential buyers to give YOU a phone #.
This eliminates scammers.

 

[XxDAVIDxX]

Yea I put a pair of Mackie Cabs on CL and I got a similar type message and they never mentioned the Mackies! They kept saying "your item". What a bunch of low life's.