Craigslist Fun!

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I'm selling my TV stand on craigslist. No legit hits yet, but oh what fun!

Hello,

Is this item still available for sell?

Rose

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Yes it is!

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Hello,

Once again i got your response and i am glad the item is still up for sale. My preferable mode of payment is with a Check ,I am ready to issue out a Check to you today and it will be delivered to you within 2 days via UPS regular express mail. You can count on me for the pickup i will have everything taken care of because i have an account with a shipping company i will have them take care of the packaging & pickup.. Pickup will only commence once the check is received & cashed by you.The payment will be issued out to you by my assistant due to the fact that i am presently away for vacation. And my assistant will be needing your mailing detail where he's going to send the payment to : He'll be needing your

FULL NAME ( Name to issue the payment to. ),
HOME OR OFFICE Address ( No P.O Box Address Please ),
CITY,
STATE,
ZIP CODE/POSTAL CODE,
PHONE NUMBERS.

Kindly tell other buyers the item has been sold because i am offering you an extra $30 for holding it for me and please take the posting off Craigslist and consider me as the last buyer.I will be awaiting your mailing details so that the payment can be issued out
today.

Thanks so much & I'll be awaiting your urgent response.

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I will take my item down from the craigslist immeditely. please send Check for my price listed plus the extra $30 to my address:

Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
202-456-1111

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Hi,

How are you doing, i hope everything is fine? I want to notify you that my assistant did sent out your payment and it was sent to the contact address you gave me,But there's a little issue i must bring to your notice.Immediately the payment was issued out,my account went under reconciliation and i discovered that my assistant did over paid you.The payment sent to your was meant for a different transaction but it has your name on it but the amount was not your required amount.

However i want to believe that i won't have any problem with you and i believed i can trust you with the rest of the money.Like i said in my former conversation i am presently on business trip so please once you receive the payment kindly take it to your bank and have it cashed then deduct your required amount with the amount i offered you and send the remaining difference to the shipping company representative via Western Union, Immediately you send the difference to them they will come with their truck to pick up the item from you.I will provide you with the shipping company representative's information and the means which you will use to send them the remaining balance via Western Union.

I am really sorry this fault is from my assistant so kindly help me out by sending the remaining of the money to the shipping company representative so that the shipment can be completed.I will be waiting to hear back from you soon.Provide me with the physical address once again where the package will be picked up so that i can be assured.

Have a wonderful day.

[molson]

What a pain in the ass.

I just tried to sell a macbook on craiglist. Got about 100 emails. No sale yet, and I've spent way too much time communicating with idiots.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Greetings,

I have big interest in stand for television watching. It brings me good happiness to know that you have item for availability of sale. At what time can I make best travelling to meat to make switch?

Sorrie for bad american.

-mohammed

[GoSeahawks]

I once had one of these guys send me a check addressed to Teddy Roosevelt or someone like that.

[Rizon]

Yeah, it's really not craigslist so much as it's scamlist.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Hello,

Your tv stand sounds perfect for my professionally decorated living room. I don't have any money right now but I have lots of finger paintings done by Picasso in his earlier years if you would like to trade.

-Ivana Lovya

[JonInMiddleGA]

At what time can I make best travelling to meat to make switch?

Happy to see he was willing to talk turkey so quickly :D

[korme]

this thread has lived up to it's potential

[JAG]

I had a co-worker ask me about an offer he got on his TV that sounded very similar to MGB's story.

[Chief Rum]

Hello,

Your tv stand sounds perfect for my professionally decorated living room. I don't have any money right now but I have lots of finger paintings done by Picasso in his earlier years if you would like to trade.

-Ivana Lovya

You did make this one up, right? I am testing my sarcasm meter today.

[CrimsonFox]

Yeah, it's really not craigslist so much as it's scamlist.

I always called it flakeslist.

[Rizon]

I always called it flakeslist.

That's a good one. I have a car up for sale right now, and I'm 3 for 3 on flakes.

[Sun Tzu]

I've sold, probably, without over-exaggeration, $10k worth of stuff on CL in the past five years, including a car.

[Karlifornia]

Yeah, I've never had a problem with scammers, and I've sold quite a bit of stuff (also including a car).

[molson]

The big scam I get offered over and over again is the guy who wants to pay you less than the product is selling for and have you ship it to Africa and Asia, and he needs you to send it within 24 hours of the paypal payment. I guess they can cancel the payment somehow (maybe by claiming they paid too much) and then keep the shipment.

[dubb93]

The big scam I get offered over and over again is the guy who wants to pay you less than the product is selling for and have you ship it to Africa and Asia, and he needs you to send it within 24 hours of the paypal payment. I guess they can cancel the payment somehow (maybe by claiming they paid too much) and then keep the shipment.

I've seen a similar scam. I believe what they do is send you a bogus email that really looks legit with pay pal headers and everything that says you have money in your pay pal account(what ever they sent you). Of course if you check your PP account this is not the case but he is betting you are too stupid to actually check your account and/or realize what he did.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

You did make this one up, right? I am testing my sarcasm meter today.

I make up NOTHING! :p

Don't believe me? Email her... Ivana Lovya [email protected]

(side note: I haven't seen a legit yahoo email in years)

[Bobble]

Greetings,

I have big interest in stand for television watching. It brings me good happiness to know that you have item for availability of sale. At what time can I make best travelling to meat to make switch?

Sorrie for bad american.

-mohammed

Don't sell yourself short, mohammed. You're not a bad american. Every good american I know has a big interest in stands for television watching. That's the kind of good happiness we can all get behind.

[Draft Dodger]

Hello,

Your tv stand sounds perfect for my professionally decorated living room. I don't have any money right now but I have lots of finger paintings done by Picasso in his earlier years if you would like to trade.

-Ivana Lovya

I actually think this one deserves some money just for the creativity.

[SegRat]

I had basically the same message before. Not signed by Obama. I was selling the item for $100. They sent me a check for $400, told me I had to wire 200 back to him, and I could keep an extra 100 for my troubles.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I had basically the same message before. Not signed by Obama. I was selling the item for $100. They sent me a check for $400, told me I had to wire 200 back to him, and I could keep an extra 100 for my troubles.

And how far did the check bounce?

[SegRat]

I shredded it. There was no doubt in my mind it was a scam.