Legit Bite from Craigslist, or scam?

Rizon · 09-17-2010, 03:30 PM

I'm selling a brand new leather couch sectional on craigslist and got this bite. I've always dealt with local people in person .... is this a scam??

Quote:

Okay no problem..I have taken a close look at the advert and am
completely satisfied..
Am not in the state right now,i am at sea at the moment as i am a
marine engineer and due to the nature of my work,phone calls making
and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to
check this advert and send you an email regarding it.
I will be paying you via paypal to cover the cost of the item and i
will contact my shipper agent to come and pick it up immediately i get
the money transferred to you paypal account and pls if you don't have
paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to Send Money, Pay Online or Set Up a Merchant Account with PayPal.
and get it set up , after you have set it up i will only need the
e-mail address you use for registration with paypal..I will be looking
forward to read back from you soon.

George.

The horrible writing makes me worry.

DaddyTorgo · 09-17-2010, 03:32 PM

scam.

and even if it's not you're likely to have enough in-person interest that you should just ignore it.

only accept cash or money orders from the post office, or certified checks from the bank.

GoldenEagle · 09-17-2010, 03:33 PM

Probably.

Edit - confirmed - http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/vie...php?f=6&t=5879

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 09-17-2010, 03:36 PM

Definite scam.

He never mentions the nature of the "item".

JediKooter · 09-17-2010, 04:06 PM

That is a scam for sure. You're instincts have served you well...

Sun Tzu · 09-17-2010, 04:18 PM

I love these things. I say you should string him along through like a dozen emails or so, then post them on here.

DaddyTorgo · 09-17-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I love these things. I say you should string him along through like a dozen emails or so, then post them on here.

that would be great

molson · 09-17-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I love these things. I say you should string him along through like a dozen emails or so, then post them on here.

There was some classic blog or something somewhere where a nigerian scammer was strung along for weeks - he even sent a picture of himself as some kind of verification. Good times. I looked for it once or twice but never found it again. Maybe my favorite message board thread/blog right after the guy that posted a picture of his credit card online.

thesloppy · 09-17-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

There was some classic blog or something somewhere where a nigerian scammer was strung along for weeks - he even sent a picture of himself as some kind of verification. Good times. I looked for it once or twice but never found it again. Maybe my favorite message board thread/blog right after the guy that posted a picture of his credit card online.

419 Eater - The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

thesloppy · 09-17-2010, 04:31 PM

One of my favorite scambaits actually resulted in the dude handcarving a commodore 64 out of wood. Lemme see if I can locate that sucker.

EDIT: http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

sweeeeEEEEEeeeeet!

molson · 09-17-2010, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by thesloppy

419 Eater - The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

Damn, it's a whole community. Good readin' thanks!

mckerney · 09-17-2010, 06:07 PM

The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!

Enforcers | This American Life
Act One. Hanging In Chad.
Three guys who go by the names Professor So and So, Jojobean and YeaWhatever spend part of each day running elaborate cons on Internet scammers. They consider themselves enforcers of justice, even after they send a man 1400 miles from home, to the least safe place they can bait him: the border of Darfur. The three self-made enforcers tell Ira their story. For more on what they did, along with photos, maps and phone recordings, go here. (29 and 1/2 minutes)

k0ruptr · 09-17-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

Damn, it's a whole community. Good readin' thanks!

Geez! Amazing stuff on those forums ! LMAO over there , and I just spent a good 2 hours reading one post . If you guys want a great entertaining read about baiting those scammers check this one out:

Andrew and the traveling computers - hxxp://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=190269&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

tyketime · 09-17-2010, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mckerney

The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!

Thank you very much for posting this link!

claphamsa · 09-18-2010, 08:26 AM

i did this once, it was great

Poli · 09-18-2010, 09:39 AM

The Powerbook thing. Wow, that is awesome. Kind of bum ending, the build up made me think the scammer was going to get caught.

sterlingice · 09-18-2010, 10:13 AM

My favorite 419 scam was Anus Laptops. The level of how elaborate it was and how much the potential scam-ee took the scammer for a ride was gold

SI

RomaGoth · 09-20-2010, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Poli

The Powerbook thing. Wow, that is awesome. Kind of bum ending, the build up made me think the scammer was going to get caught.

Love that story. I wonder what happened to him?

PackerFanatic · 09-20-2010, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesloppy

One of my favorite scambaits actually resulted in the dude handcarving a commodore 64 out of wood. Lemme see if I can locate that sucker.

EDIT: Welcome to the 419 Eater

sweeeeEEEEEeeeeet!

That is quite funny. I am going to have to check out that site more often.

MacroGuru · 06-27-2012, 08:42 AM

Sorry to bump and resurrect this (Actually I am not, because I love reading the Powerbook scambait)

They have taken it to a whole new level. I was hit up this time on LinkedIn for gold bars and dust form...I almost want to take it and run with it and see how far I get with it..

Quote:

We are a Local Gold Miner and we need an urgent buyer and a Financier to finance the shipment of Gold in Bar and Dust form and Rough Diamonds.

The deal is that we have the Gold in large quantity in bar and Dust form,A buyer is welcome and if you are ready to provide funds for the shipment and all legal Documents to Export the Gold including insurance and Government Taxes is also warmly welcome.

Hope to hear from you Asap.

Regards.
David Kwame,
Email

[email protected],
Mobile:+233 249 146 214.

CrimsonFox · 06-27-2012, 08:50 AM

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL SCAM!

Do not send money do not respond to any more emails! Do not give them your name address and phone number.

On their original email to you (THORUGH craigslist) there is a link saying you can report the email to craigslist by flagging their address. Click that. There will be a a nice ascii art picture of a frog waiting to greet you.
delete their emails and that's it.

Also do the same for all the emails you get through craigslist that just repeat the 1st line of your ad at you. Botscams...

Mike Lowe · 06-27-2012, 09:25 AM

I sell a ton of crap on Craigslist and get these all of the time...anything that in detail is always a scam...don't even need to read it.

I didn't even read it honestly, but any message that mentions "the item" or something vague like that OBVIOUSLY is a tip-off too

It's annoying how frequent they are.

JediKooter · 06-27-2012, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Sorry to bump and resurrect this (Actually I am not, because I love reading the Powerbook scambait)

They have taken it to a whole new level. I was hit up this time on LinkedIn for gold bars and dust form...I almost want to take it and run with it and see how far I get with it..

You should write them back saying that that is exactly the two ingredients that you have been looking for to complete your time machine. You need 3 pounds of gold dust and diamonds for the power cell and power cell lining for the time machine.

sterlingice · 06-27-2012, 11:42 AM

How can you make a time machine without plutonium and 1.21 giggawatts (sic) of electricity?

SI

JediKooter · 06-27-2012, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

How can you make a time machine without plutonium and 1.21 giggawatts (sic) of electricity?

SI

I'm assuming MG already has that.

Pyser · 06-27-2012, 01:03 PM

i love craigslist. i gave away everything in my garage for free this weekend through 8 ads, just to finally get rid of it all.

I'm talking scrap wood, old couches, a non working old oven, cabinets we tore out of the kitchen, etc. not worth the hassle of getting $20 a person, and definitely had no interest in hauling it myself and paying a dump fee. unloaded it all in about 4 hours.

*this has nothing to do with scammers.

RomaGoth · 06-27-2012, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Sorry to bump and resurrect this (Actually I am not, because I love reading the Powerbook scambait)

They have taken it to a whole new level. I was hit up this time on LinkedIn for gold bars and dust form...I almost want to take it and run with it and see how far I get with it..

That email appears to be from Kwame Brown!

Quote:

We are a Local Gold Miner and we need an urgent buyer and a Financier to finance the shipment of Gold in Bar and Dust form and Rough Diamonds.

The deal is that we have the Gold in large quantity in bar and Dust form,A buyer is welcome and if you are ready to provide funds for the shipment and all legal Documents to Export the Gold including insurance and Government Taxes is also warmly welcome.

Hope to hear from you Asap.

Regards.
David Kwame,
Email

avid.kwame66@yahoo.com,
Mobile:+233 249 146 214.

09-17-2010, 03:32 PM	#2
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	scam. and even if it's not you're likely to have enough in-person interest that you should just ignore it. only accept cash or money orders from the post office, or certified checks from the bank. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 09-17-2010 at 03:33 PM.

09-17-2010, 03:33 PM	#3
GoldenEagle Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR	Probably. Edit - confirmed - http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/vie...php?f=6&t=5879 __________________ Xbox 360 Gamer Tag: GoldenEagle014 Last edited by GoldenEagle : 09-17-2010 at 03:33 PM.

09-17-2010, 03:36 PM	#4
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	Definite scam. He never mentions the nature of the "item". __________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

09-17-2010, 04:06 PM	#5
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	That is a scam for sure. You're instincts have served you well... __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

09-17-2010, 04:18 PM	#6
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I love these things. I say you should string him along through like a dozen emails or so, then post them on here. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

09-17-2010, 04:31 PM	#10
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	One of my favorite scambaits actually resulted in the dude handcarving a commodore 64 out of wood. Lemme see if I can locate that sucker. EDIT: http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm sweeeeEEEEEeeeeet! __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM. Last edited by thesloppy : 09-17-2010 at 04:32 PM.

09-17-2010, 06:07 PM	#12
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook! Enforcers \| This American Life Act One. Hanging In Chad. Three guys who go by the names Professor So and So, Jojobean and YeaWhatever spend part of each day running elaborate cons on Internet scammers. They consider themselves enforcers of justice, even after they send a man 1400 miles from home, to the least safe place they can bait him: the border of Darfur. The three self-made enforcers tell Ira their story. For more on what they did, along with photos, maps and phone recordings, go here. (29 and 1/2 minutes)

09-18-2010, 08:26 AM	#15
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	i did this once, it was great __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-18-2010, 09:39 AM	#16
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	The Powerbook thing. Wow, that is awesome. Kind of bum ending, the build up made me think the scammer was going to get caught. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

09-18-2010, 10:13 AM	#17
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	My favorite 419 scam was Anus Laptops. The level of how elaborate it was and how much the potential scam-ee took the scammer for a ride was gold SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-27-2012, 08:50 AM	#21
CrimsonFox General Manager Join Date: Dec 2009	TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL SCAM! Do not send money do not respond to any more emails! Do not give them your name address and phone number. On their original email to you (THORUGH craigslist) there is a link saying you can report the email to craigslist by flagging their address. Click that. There will be a a nice ascii art picture of a frog waiting to greet you. delete their emails and that's it. Also do the same for all the emails you get through craigslist that just repeat the 1st line of your ad at you. Botscams...

06-27-2012, 09:25 AM	#22
Mike Lowe College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA	I sell a ton of crap on Craigslist and get these all of the time...anything that in detail is always a scam...don't even need to read it. I didn't even read it honestly, but any message that mentions "the item" or something vague like that OBVIOUSLY is a tip-off too It's annoying how frequent they are. __________________ @MikeLowe47 \| Website \| YouTube \| Discord

06-27-2012, 11:42 AM	#24
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	How can you make a time machine without plutonium and 1.21 giggawatts (sic) of electricity? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-27-2012, 01:03 PM	#26
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	i love craigslist. i gave away everything in my garage for free this weekend through 8 ads, just to finally get rid of it all. I'm talking scrap wood, old couches, a non working old oven, cabinets we tore out of the kitchen, etc. not worth the hassle of getting $20 a person, and definitely had no interest in hauling it myself and paying a dump fee. unloaded it all in about 4 hours. *this has nothing to do with scammers.

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