Since making my first post on www.pr-me.blogspot.com about my effort to fight the Craigslist Furniture Scammer I've received a new comment almost every day from a new person who's being scammed. You can see those entries at my other blog.
Since I was getting so many notes, I thought it would be best to create this, a blog dedicated to fighting the scammer (and to re-orient my other blog back to energy communications).
So herewith I will start blogging the notes and emails I receive from poor, jipped folks out there in the hopes that more people will do some internet searches before falling for the scam.
200 comments:
I made a furniture post yesterday on Craigslist and received an e-mail from Williams Perron less than 24 hours after I posted. The email said: Hello, i'm interested....still available?
I googled the name and came across your blog. Thank you.
I have contacted a man by the name of Frank Quaid.He has received my item but never sent the money. mailumg@yahoo.com send me a comment if you got the same problem!
I left this info on the other blog, but I thought I'd post it here also. There was a scam on craigslist from somebody who claims that he wants a tutor for his daughter. He says his name is David Smith, and his email is: dsmith@chevrontexacostaff.com. See the email below:
HELLO,
HOW ARE YOU TODAY AND I HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU AND I WILL LIKE TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE PAYMENT BY TODAY FOR THE TUTORING OF MY DAUGHTER AND I WILL LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE PAYMENT HAVE IT CASHED AT YOUR BANK DEDUCT YOUR TUTORING FEE AND $30 FOR TEXT BOOK AND REMIT THE REST OF THE FUNDS TO THE NANNY THAT WILL BRING MY DAUGHTER FOR THE TUTORING AND AS SOON AS YOU GET THAT DONE I WILL LET THE NANNY CONTACT YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE SCHEDULES OF THERE ARRIVAL , AND ALSO WHEN TUTORING WILL GET STARTED AND HERE THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION OF WHERE TO GET THE FUNDS WIRED TO AS SOON AS YOU GET IT THE PAYMENT TODAY VIA UPS.HERE IS THE UPS TRACKING NUMBER:A3747936791.
HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION.
Name:Sara Havens
City:Mt Pleasant,
State:Texas
Zip code:75455
AS SOON AS YOU GET THE FUNDS WIRED VIA WESTERN UNION YOU ARE TO
GET THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ACROSS TO ME
AMOUNT SENT AFTER WESTERN UNION CHARGES
NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENDERS
10 DIGIT CONTROL NUMBER.
I HOPE TO READ FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
REGARDS
DAVID.
I almost fell for it but then I did a google search on craigslist scams and was warned thank goodness. It there is one thing I can't stand in this world, it is dishonesty.
Hi received a solicitation from William Perron "dr.billy101@gmail.com". He is still out there making his tired solicitations using the same lame verbiage.
Beware!
Gary
Here's the message I got that I'm 99.9% sure is a scam:
from: Williams Smith williamssmith09@live.com
This was his second email after asking for more info about the motorcycle I'm selling in his first email.
Ok
Got it i will like to purchase as it is, and like to make the payment asap and the payment we be via cashiers check that
i will send to you so get to me with your name and address to write the check out.And concerning the shipping i will handle
the shipping via my shipping company so all i need to do now is to send you a check of excess fund so you can deduct your
money and send the excess to my shipping who is currently in bay area for the pick at your residence after the check clears
to my house here in Florida so get back to me with the info to send the check out.please contact me now for immediate
arrangement
Thanks
Am happy doing business with you.
In response to my furniture ad placed earlier this week, I got the following FINAL e-mail before I realized something was not right:
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife. I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return. Pls do withdraw , the listing from Web as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
I await your response.
Thank You,
Tony.
It was from tony coll- tonycoll02@gmail.com
So everyone keep your eyes open. I got another one from someone named Gary but I told him I sold the item. Same kind of email though, saying he would send his "shipper" with a cashier's check. Oh, and he was also looking for a Plasma TV.
PJK
I got hit by this guy today; fortunately they used the same goofy signoff and made it easy to spot.
New address for the scammer: Mark James <markjam01@gmail.com>
Thanks for putting this stuff up!
I just got the same thing from a Dray Bank! I'm selling antiques and got a few of the same emails like this from different email addresses, as my listings are up seperately! Are they giving fake Cashiers checks or something? Not sure what the exact scam is?
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Pls do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
dont mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Pls I will need both your full name and physical address to issue
out the payment.
I got similar spam as well from jcolls100 (jcolls100@gmail.com)
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Pls do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
dont mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Pls I will need both your full name and physical address to issue
out the payment.
Got the honeymoon scam from phbeecher@gmail.com
"I really appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in
buying the Item from you. I would love to come and check it myself
but I just got married and im presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii
with my wife.I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home
on our return.Pls do withdraw the advert from Craigslist as i dont
mind adding $20 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the
item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Check, which my secretary
will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the
aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the
Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and
physical address along with your phone number to issue out the
payment.
Thanks
Phil."
I received the same email from this person today regarding a furniture post. I guess he's still at it.
Just got the same from Phil Beecher (phbeecher@gmail.com). This sounds definitely fishy ...
fell for the phbeecher@gmail .com on craigslist what can he get from knowing my adress and name?
I posted an ad for a desk today and got two different ones.
What I don't understand is, what's the angle here? I know the "I'll send you a money order for too much money and you can give me the excess" scam. I know the "give me your bank account number" scam. This one? Is there really a black market in furniture? I've been trying to unload this desk for ages to no avail.
From wilsonbrain52@gmail.com:
Hi there,
Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant purchase, so please and please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist, i dont mind adding an extra $50.00 for you to take the advert down from craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance. You dont need to bother yourself with the shipment ok,i will do take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1. Your full name
2. Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3. Your Phone Number.
Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check. Thanks . Wilson
From david.harry@rocketmail.com
Hi,
Thanks for the response.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay by money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment.I would have loved to come take a look but i am presently out of town on an assignment.I will not be back in town soon. I dont mind adding an extra twenty dollars so you can keep it in my favor,Please send me some pictures.I hope it is in good condition.Reply with your full name,cell phone number,and address where payment should be sent.I will let you know how i intend to go about the pick-up.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me.
Expecting to hear from you soon.
David Harry
in response to an add I placed to sell a BMW cwilliamscole1000@gmail responded, first to see if the car was still available and in good condition. Second e-mail was this:
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Pls do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
dont mind adding $100 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the car is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the car from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Pls I will need both your full name and physical address to issue out the payment.
Do people really fall for this stuff?
William Peron, aka dr.billy101@gmail.com, is still active. His first email was innocuous enough, is the item still available. I foolishly sent him my cell number, though there's not much he can do with that. But his response raised all the red flags, including requesting my "postal code" (in the U.S.) and other info so he could send a certified check. A quick Google search brought up this page and lo and behold, the first name I saw was William Peron. Thanks!
Hello got a hit from this person William Perron, I just don't get it what is he trying to use the information for?
His email got to me just hours after I posted my chair for sale.
He said: Thank you for the reply to my mail inquiry am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i would like to make an outright purchase, so i will appreciate it if you can withdraw the advert from the web.Actually am a bad stammerer I would have call you, I will be paying with a certified check.Furthermore my mover will be coming over for the pick up..as i might not be available for the pick up myself but am OK with the information from the ad.I will need the following information details to make payment arrangement 1,Your full name to be on the Payment.2 ,Your postal address.3,Your phone number both land and mobile.4,Your postal code.????
I will really appreciate it buying this item from you.So you get me the required information for your payment to be issued asap.
Thank you.
Watch out he is a strage one.
Word for word the same email response. "Thank you for the reply to my mail inquiry am quite satisfied with the condition ..." and the same scenario, first the "still available?" email from billye502@gmail and then the above from billye103@gmail
Thanks for this blog ... while the alarms were going off we were still going to try a second email ... not now.
Hi fellow scammees!
I got exactly the same thing over the weekend, and today (after I gave him my name, address and phone) I received this:
Hello Nancy,
How are you doing? I want you to understand that the deal is on as my secretary as posted the payment already, but there was a slight error i guess we can handle with care, instead of the actual amount, she made out the check for $9500 she claimed that was what i requested but she didn't get that straight. So once you have the check please cash it and deduct the money for your goods plus $100 that for your running around expenses. The excess fund should please be sent to my mover via western union,this fund will be use in offsetting the cost of the shipment he as undertaken for me recently.
**Please email at once to let me know that i can trust to have the excess funds sent to my mover**
I responded:
Hello William,
I am not comfortable with this error. I cannot to be involved in your mover's payment. It would be easier if you simply stopped the check and issued a new one for the correct amount.
Thanks,
nancy
Nothing back yet (hopefully never).
Who knows an effective way to have the proper authorities go after this creep?
Nancy
He's still at it.. under a different name.
Cesar Bakers
cbakers101@gmail.com
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Pls do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
dont mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Pls I will need both your full name and physical address to issue
out the payment.
I received an email from Williams Perron with all of the same things listed here. I responded back to him and said that I would wait for another buyer because he is demanding too much to be a real person.
I had a similar situation with Craigslist a few years ago when I was living in NYC. I applied for a job to do data entry and when I got a reply they said that job was no longer available but if I was interested in an accounting position with them to respond. When I responded they gave me information that sounded more like money laundering. The email included a website so I sent the email over to the fraud dept. at NYPD. Two detectives ended up visiting me to question me about it because the website was started by a guy who was out on parole for drug smuggling.
If any of you have fallen victim to a scam you can contact the fraud department of your local police department. They can direct you from there.
Here are the names and email addresses of a scam encounter I recently had on Craigslist:
Lendaryan Morgan,
lendaryan,
shipment_trackandtrace@accountant.com,
projectile4good@yahoo.com,
kk_p@rocketmail.com,
moonshiner_store@hotmail.com,
projectile101@gmail.com.
Beware!
Add this one to the list: pat2williams03@gmail.com
patrick williams
Thanks a lot for this Blog...
Now he is "Dr. Walter" and email iD "waltermike01@gmail.com"---He is Still out there guys...!
The first mail I received within 15-20min after my add was up in craiglist
It says……..
Hi,
Is this item still on for sale?
Dr.Walter
Then I responded saying "Yes it is"
With in no time another mail came which found suspicious to me and I searched in net...Here is the second one...
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I
would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our
return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind
adding $20 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your
full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue
out the
payment.
Best wishes
dr.walter
Please be careful guys..! We should think of a way to stop this!!!
Hello i am sorry for the late reply,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Pls do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
dont mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Pls I will need both your full name and physical address to issue
out the payment.
This one came from Caesar Bakers
I too did a furniture post yesterday and immediately got responses from the craigslist scammers. Good i googled their names and found out about them .
Here is what Williams Perron wrote to me when i replied to him that my furniture was on sale .
"Thank you for the reply to my mail inquiry am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i would like to make an outright purchase, so i will appreciate it if you can withdraw the advert from the web.Actually am a bad stammerer I would have call you, I will be paying with a certified check.Furthermore my mover will be coming over for the pick up..as i might not be available for the pick up myself but am OK with the information from the ad.I will need the following information details to make payment arrangement 1,Your full name to be on the Payment.2 ,Your postal address.3,Your phone number both land and mobile.4,Your postal code.????
I will really appreciate it buying this item from you.So you get me the required information for your payment to be issued asap.
Thank you. "
Also another guy Jack Dolchin , another scammer has written this to me.
"Thanks for the prompt response to my enquiry and i will love to make an instant purchase.I will like to know how you intend to proceed on this,as the only means of payment that i have is via mailing out a certified check.I will be mailing (overnight) a certified check from my account to cover the cost ,while you hold on my behalf. Once you have this, my mover will come for pickup at your place once you recieve the payment and the check has cleared from your bank to avoid any trouble,I will be needing the following information to issue out the payment . .
1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address
3.Telephone
** Please note that the payment will be sent overnight by my company courtesy of my secretary to your address and its bound to be delivered within 2 to 3 days.I have taken a close look at the advert and am completely satisfied i really need this and would appreciates that you help save this for me till the payment arrives.Furthermore do remove the posting from CRAIGSLIST as am definitely buying it from you .
Thanks."
My advice...Be extremely careful and beware of these scammers
Phil Beecher just tried to scam me, too! Now his email address is phbeecher7@gmail.com!
Terrible~
Hi,
I got this for my sale of hot tub posting. Kind of strange
Hello Nandhini,
i really appreciate your response to my earlier mail.like i said i will like to buy this item so pls do withdraw the advert from Craigslist. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check due to the distance as i am currently in New York ,i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the
mailing of the check..
NAME :
ADDRESS .
STATE :
ZIP-CODE :
PHONE NUMBER:
**I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check**
Have a nice day
another one:
Hi,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it
from you. I would have loved to come and check it myself but I'm on
business to canada. Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't
mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good order as stated.I will
be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail
acroos to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover.
My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has
been cashed. Pls I will need your full name and residential address along
with your phone number to issue out the payment.
Regards,
Chris.
from Chris Bond: [chrisbond2000@gmail.com]
Here is another email address to watch out for: martins joe martins.joe31@yahoo.com.
"
Hello my name is martins,i am interested in buying your item listed on CL, Please let me know if its still for sale and perhaps in good condition and I await your response and i will proceed with purchase if its still for sale and in good condition i also want you to know that I will be buying from you so please kindly withdraw the advert from CL. Please be informed that i will be paying with a certified check from my Bank as i just moved here from Glendale AZ on a job transfer.I will need the following details to mail the payment later
in the day ...
1.Name to be on the payment
2.Home address
3.Cell phone #
I am completely satisfied with the advert and the payment will be delivered within 2-3 working days.** I use a hearing impaired phone # and will receive your calls via email I await your response and i will proceed with purchase if its still for sale and in good condition
Thanks God bless"
just received the same honeymoon junk about a piece of furniture I listed. Luckily nothing else happened since I checked here first.
Phil the Pill got his jollies again. He wants to buy my furniture also. I wish he had a real life. What a jerk! He's using pbeecher0@gmail.com now. Steer clear!
I just receive the following from Phil Beecher in response to my furniture add on Craigslist:
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife. I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return. Pls do withdraw , the listing from Web as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
I await your response.
Thank You,
Phil
God do I feel stupid. Thank goodness I Googled his name before getting any further into this mess! Thanks for the site warning people...
Willaim is still at it as of today. received a 3500.00 check for a 350.00 purchase. he needs to be hung by his nether regions.
Just got this response from a "Monsieur Elliot" about couches I posted on Craigslist:
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it
from you. I would have loved to come and check it myself but I'm on a business trip to france .I
would love a surprise change of furniture in the home on my
return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need your
full name and residential address along with your phone number to issue
out the
payment.
Best wishes,
Elliot.
m.elliot01@gmail.com
chrisbond03@gmail.com and chrisbond2000@gmail.com are the two e-mail addresses used by a scammer who apparently hopes I'm clueless. I got an e-mail identical to many of those posted here.
Thanks for the blog! I hope it does some good. As for me, my personal cause is shutting down the acai berry scam "blogs".
Same scam for an add I recently posted for furniture...from Caesar Bakers cbakers101@gmail.com
i got a message from cbakers101 last night and knew something was fishy. isnt there a way to block them?
Here's one I just received, and I get a shitload of 'em!
Thank you very much for the response, Anyways, I'll be mailing a check via my Bank to you due to my job transfer and shortness of time. However, to ease the pick up, I'll be engaging the services of a mover to do that after the check has been cashed. I'll need this details below to mail out the payment to you asap...
• The Full name on the Check
• Mailing address be it residential or office
• Cell phone
• Final Price of the item
I'll appreciate it if the item is kept for me. Thank you for the understanding.
Regards,
Rebbecca..
They usually start off with an inquiry, "is the item still available. If you answer affirmatively, they send you some goofy response like the one above from "Rebbeccah, offering to buy whatever you're selling, sight unseen. That should be a dead giveaway to anyone! Interestingly, these messages almost always seem to have syntax and grammatical errors, as someone might write who is unfamiliar with the spoken language.
Probably Nigerians, but who knows?
I've thought about sending them responses with the address of the local jail and phony names and such, but without a front yourself, that could get dangerous.
Look out for a cwilliamscole1000@gmail.com !!! Same scam as the others involving his secretary, moving truck, address... any way thanks to all you bloggers for the info!
It's an obvious scam when they don't even read the add on craiglist. I posted an item for sale, with clear direction on how I wish to be paid. This email address gives a big story about how he's going out of town to Hawaii, and his secretary will give me 50.00 to hold it. I had asked for cash or payment through PayPal, and he completely ignored that idea.
This is the email: cwilliamscole1000@gmail.com
From CBakers101@gmail.com:
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
Please do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that
the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as
stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed.
Please I will need both your full name and physical address to issue
out the payment.
THEN.....
How are you doing ?I want you to understand that the deal is on as my
secretary as posted the payment already, but there was a slight error
i guess we can handle with care, instead of the actual amount $400 for
the item,she made out the check for $3400 she claimed that was what i
requested but she didn't get that straight. So once you have the check
please cash it and deduct the money for your goods plus $50 that for
your running around expenses.The excess fund should please be sent to
my mover via western union,this fund will be use in offsetting the
cost of the shipment he as undertaken for me recently.
Please email at once to let me know that i can trust to have the
excess funds sent to my mover.
Regards,
Caesars
THEN....
Am aware you've received the check via UPS services. All you need to do is to take cash with you to any western union outlet close to you and have the funds wired to my mover as soon as possible.let me know the best time for the pickup.My mover will be coming for the pickup as soon as he receives the funds.I want you to know i am very this money will be removed from my salary, Please do help me.
Here is my mover's information to have the excess funds wired to via western union (transfer in a minute).
Name....William Thompson.
City.....Doylestown
State......Pennsylvania
Zip-Code.......18901
You'll need to deduct the transfer charges from the funds.I will be expecting the transfer details ASAP. you are to get back to me with the MTCN control number which is the 10 digit number you are given after the transfer and the actual amount sent..I await your response.
Regards,
Caesar.
After all this, my response was:
The office received a UPS package addressed to me today at the office, but I was not there unfortunately to open it. I will get it tomorrow. Something does not seem right about this whole deal, and I am uncomfortable. Either you mail a $400 cashiers check to the office address, or the deal is off. I will simply rip up whatever check you sent me. However, if you agree to send me the $400 cashier’s check for the Dining Room Table you have mentioned that you would like to purchase, I will mail you back the check that was incorrect. There is no negotiation on this going further. Yes or no? If I do not hear back from you by 5pm Central time tomorrow, the deal is off.
SO...
I have this check...has anyone tried cashing it? What happens at that point? Is it a fradulent check? Should I do something with this?
PLEASE HELP ME. what if i gave someone on craiglist my name and address.. would that do any harm??
--they dont have my phone number or anything. they ask for my name and address so they can put it on the check
I just got this email from "Dr. Walter" in response to a desk I posted for sale on craigslist. The two different email addresses made me suspicious:
waltermk2@gmail.com
Hi,
Is this item still on for sale?
dr walter
waltermike01@gmail.com
Hi
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I
would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our
return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i dont mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your
full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the payments.
Thanks
dr.walter
I am so glad I did a search, just pasted the email into google and got a TON of hits. Though I don't get what the scam is. Is the cashiers check going to bounce after they pick up the furniture? Surely no one gives them the furniture without getting payment? I am going to respond, sorry, Cash only! Just to mess with him. ;)
we just received the same email message from dr. walter. we did not catch it initially, so this is what he has to say after his initial inquiry...
Hello,
How are you doing today ? I want you to understand that the deal is on
as my secretary has
posted the payment already.
She included the moving fee with your payment. So, instead of the
actual amount of
$350, she made out the check for $2,350. This was due to accumulated unpaid
transactions undertaken by the mover in the past weeks and they said
they can't come and
pick this up if I don't pay them all together.
So once you have the check,i want you to cash it and deduct the money for your
goods plus the extra $50 for taking the add down
The remaining fund should please be sent to my mover via
western union money transfer so that he can come for the pick up immediately.
**Please email at once to let me know that I can trust you to have the
money sent to
my mover**.
dr.walter
he further sent the instructions to western unions funds to his movers (as some of you have already posted).
we DID receive a check today via UPS (which obvioulsy looks fake) with the name of the New York State Bar Association as the issuer ... I cant help but wonder if the New York State Bar knows about this?
has anyone gone any further with this guy? tried to cash the checks? reported him to the authorities? has anyone had anything negative happen as a result of sharing their address?
I went through the whole scam process with 'Phil Beecher' including taking the bogus check to my bank to confirm its illegitimacy,then calling the FTC and e-mailing all correspondence to them, and finally meeting with the local county Sheriff and surrendering the check and UPS envelope it came in.
I just got the honeymoon scam from my furniture post on Craigslist.
Email: rick willson
rickwillson11 at gmail.com
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in
buying it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I
just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with
my wife. Pls kindly withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from
Web as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest
assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good
condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified
Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking
the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to
pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will
need both your full name and physical address to issue out the
payment.
Hope to read back from you
Regard
i placed an add for a violin, i said i would sell or trade, i put me contact info on it. this is wat i got back in response, sounds fishy.
I am MARK COLE,i am interested in buying your item listed above and i would like to know if its still available because i will like to make an instant purchase,so pls do respond back to me with the Amount of your Item. so i can start making the arrangement to buy it. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via Cashier check or money order,and it will be over night payment due to the distance .Regarding the shipping,You do not have to bother yourself for the shipping as I'll instruct my Client to send down his shipper across to you for the pick-up of the (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT) as soon as you receive the payment.And also be (NOTIFY)that my client shall be including an (Over Payment) in the check he will be sending to you in which you shall deduct the money for the (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT]and then send the rest to the shipper who will be coming across to you for the pick up of the (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT). So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.1Your full name2.Your mailing address be it residential 3.Your phone number.4,The amount of the Item Please Directly Contact me by [markcole_555@hotmail.com] **Once again,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping,i will have my mover come over as soon as you have your payment cashed **Have a nice day and god bless you MARK COLE
I got a very similar response to my furniture posting from a guy named Dr. Walter ("waltermike01") and it said:
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I
would love a surprise change of house hold item in our home on our
return.Please do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i don't mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Please I will need both your
full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue
out the payments.
Thanks
Dr.walter
Got this for a refridge I am selling in San Diego. He used a legit moving company in Florida, gives a Seattle phone number. And my favorite red flag, he used the word "kindly".
vanyard halmitton van.halm001@googlemail.com
Hello,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry,Actually am so sorry for
delay response.I am interested in
buying the ITEM and am ok with the
description and condition. I
am satisfied with the price$.I would have love to come and check
it myself but am not chance now,because my wife Just put to bed and we
are relocating to our new home and Pls i would love it if could
withdraw the item from , so i can be rest assured
that the item is held for me.I will be making the payment to you via a
Bank Certified Check from local bank issue by my Bank manager and as
for the pick up, i will know how to handle
that with my mover(Alachua Moving Service) that as been helping me to
move my belongings will
come for the pick up once the Certified
Check has been cashed and i will like to complete this transaction
soon. I'll need you to provide me with the following
information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
full name on the check.
Full Physical address to post the check
City, State and Zip Code
Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY
AIR SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check
N.B UPS does not deliver to a P.O box addresses.Thanks
here is my number you can leave messages and i will return your call
206-426-4387
Thanks
Vanyard
--
How are you doing today?.........l saw the item you advertise on the
craigslist ,l love to but it.please kindly respond if it still up for
sale.am okay with the condition as stated on the site.thanks
While I was posting the previous blog I had another scammer leave this. What is interesting, I listed the item on Craigslist 4am PST, these two email came in five minutes later. I responded quickly, and the follow ups came back 10 hours later. Probably coincides with times the Nigerians clock in/out at internet cafes.
"fred ray" fredray75@gmail.com
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shiped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check Thanks
--
Do you still have this item available?
I need help... I got caught by the Hawaii guy... unfortunately I went as far as cashing the check, and sending the money western union. What should I do now. I'm very worried.Is there anything they can o to me? I was a first time Craig's Lister...
Phil Beecher Scam is still active
email address: pbeecher0@gmail.com
(note different email from previous posts)
Received March 3, 2009 in regards to selling a couch on craigslist
Hello,
I really appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in buying the Item from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and im presently on my honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return.Pls do withdraw the advert from Craigslist as i dont mind adding $20 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Check, which my secretary will mail to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the
payment.
Thanks,
Phil
Thanks for creating this blog on craigslist scammers.
Yet another scammer. Buyer beware.
Received email May 3, 2009 from Mattew Greens for selling couch
Mattew's email: mggroups@hotmail.com
Here's the email that was sent to me:
Hello Seller,
Thanks for getting back to me, I am interested in purchasing the above item mentioned and I am paying by Check which will take few days to get to you. Please provide your full Name, Address and your phone number for payment. As per-shipping, I will make arrangement for the pick-up after payment has been received by you. I don't mind adding fifty dollars so you can keep it in my favor. Hope to hear back from you.
Regards.
Thank You..
I received a request from a scammer waltermike01@gmail.com
I didn't fall for it, it was really obvious.
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I
would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our
return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i dont mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your
full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue
out the payments.
Thanks
dr.walter
I posted my furniture for sale on Craigslist two days ago. About nine hours later, I received a reply from "ronald shoemaker:"
"I would like to know if the posted item is still available and in good condition?"
My response shortly thereafter:
"It's available and in good condition."
A couple of hours later, I received a reply on the same email string from "Linda Lanvenda" (first red flag ... why did the name change on the SAME email string?)"Hello,
Saw your advert on craigslist and would want to make an immediate
purchase . I will like you to withdraw the advert from craigslist i
dont mind adding an extra $20 for you to take the advert down from
craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item.I
dont have time to come take a look. I will be paying via cashier's
check,and it will be over night payment .You don't need to bother your
self with the shippment ok,i will take care of that.So i will need you
to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing
of the check.
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3.Your phone number.
i will have my mover come over as soon as you have the check
Have a great day ."
(Second red flag, they mention "cashiers check.")NOTE: Craigslist points it out on every email response you get from people:
"** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html"
(Third red flag, I googled the entire email response and it led me to this Web site.)This varies slightly from the other scams where they ask you to give excess cash to the movers or wire the money somewhere.
So, my guess is, the scam goes like this ... you give them your info, get a fraudulent cashier's check, cash it because it looks fairly legit, the stuff gets picked up, by the time the bank tracks you down because it's a fake check, your stuff is gone. Or something of the like.
It's obvious I'm not going to fall for it.
Beyond that, though, what can one do about it?
1. Send a complaint to Craigslist.(http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/abuse) 2. Call the police? But really, what can they do with the information you provide, given that it isn't against the law to make an offer on craigslist? I would assume the law isn't broken until the fraudulent check arrives. And then, I'm guessing that brings a big slew of no-nos with it, including mail fraud.
3. Post a comment on sites like this and hope that others will use the power of Google and Internet searches to find these types of entries.
I have a ring on craigs list right now and the sad part is Ive gotten 5 replies but all were hoaxes or the dang cash for gold places spam lol.
Here's my scam emails and their "replies". I always google the email addresses that reply so I never bothered replying back to these ppl once I saw em on sites like this!!
Thanks again !
Jen
________
Email 1
May 3, 2009
moonshiner_store@hotmail.com
Good Day,
I will like to know if this item is still available for sale and if you accept payment via paypal so if yes get back to me as soon as possible............ok.
______________________
Email 2
April 27, 2009
sjmrooaschaeferqqc@gmail.com
I saw your craigslist ad, did you sell it yet?? I am in town on business for a few days and I am interested. Email me back please Steve
_______________________
Thanks for the blog- a quick search for waltermike01@gmail.com explained allot. We received an overnight UPS, account V3Y588 from Tallahassee, FL with a check from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. The college said the check is fraud and asked for copies of all docs and emails for their on going investigation. Here is some of the transcript to help other searchers.
waltermike01 waltermike01@gmail.com Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I contacted the courier service, i was informed there was a delay that you should have the check delivered to you tomorrow morning. Do get back to me as s soon as you have it delivered to you.
Thanks.
Dr.Walter
waltermike01 waltermike01@gmail.com Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Hi,
How are you doing today? I want you to understand that the deal is on as my secretary as posted the payment already which will be deliver to you this morning, but there was a slight error I guess we can handle with care, instead of the actual amount $200 for the item, she made out the check for $2000 she claimed that was what I requested but she didn't get that straight. So once you
have the check please cash it and deduct the money for your goods plus $50 that for your running around expenses. The excess fund should please be sent to my mover via western union, this fund will be use in offsetting the cost of the shipment he as undertaken for me recently.
**Please email at once to let me know that I can trust to have the excess funds sent to my mover**
Regards,
Dr.Walter.
waltermike01 waltermike01@gmail.com Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Hello ,
How are you doing? Am aware you'll have the check delivered to you today
I want you to have the transfer done in minute to my mover in good timing today. Also let me know the best time for pickup arrangement?? Here is my mover's information to have the funds sent to:
Name......Zerry Mccolumn
City......Byron.
State.....Georgia
Zip-Code...31008
That is all you needed to have the funds wired. I will be expecting the transfer details as soon as you have it done. This funds is needed urgently to facilitate pickup arrangements. Do have a great day ahead!
Regards.
Dr.Walter
I received one from dr.walter. May 07/2009
waltermike01@gmail.com
"Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Im interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I
would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our
return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i dont mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you
with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you
once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your
full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue
out the payments.
Thanks
dr.walter"
bugger.
I posted a wedding gown on Craig's List and same as most here on this blog... Received a response pretty quickly from a REBBECCA SMITH (e-mail is rssmith544@gmail).com asking if it was still available. He/she offered to send me a certified check for over the amount which I would then forward the excess amount for her to purchase antiques. I immediately got a bad feeling about it because my boyfriend was close to being scammed not too long ago. Just wanted to add his/her name to the list of scammers. Beware!
Got a new one for everybody to watch out for:
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:31 AM, dhope955 dhope95@googlemail.com wrote:
Hello,
How was your day? i was out of town for a bussiness i just came back.
I just want you to know that the deal is on and according to my
husband he posted your payment already and its bound to arrive in a
short while from now and this is the Tracking number for you to track
it your self(1Z4206790146459200) by UPS courier,once you get it, , I
guess you know how to handle everything and please don't bother about
any other buyer for the Item but there was a little problem which I
guess we can handle with understanding when I came back i ask my
husband to know about the payment becourse there are some things i
bought,I got to know that there was a misinterpretation while sending
the check i bought a car according to what i told him he was suppose
to have send you a check of $200 for the Item but instead he sent a
check of (3500Dollars).for the car i bought and send your check of
$3500 to the car dealer It was a terrible mistake and the check is
already out for delivery to your location before I was alerted about
this he claimed that I said he should send you a check of $3500 but I
know very well i did told him to send just $200 but i guess he didn't
get it straight, so please I wouldn't like this to disturb our
transaction as the deal is still on and what will happen is that once
you get the check you should please take it to your bank and cash it
immediately. You then deduct a 100 dollars for all the trouble I have
put you through during the course of this transaction as well as for
your running.and please help me to the rest to the car seller.so that
my mover can come to your location to pick up the Item
Thanks for your understing.
So Vanyard Halmitton inquired about my listing. His english was questionable so I googled his name and sure enough your blog was the first hit. So i sent him an email back with a link to your sight..and included a little message;)
Hi,
You're a scammer..FUCK YOU
http://craigslistscammer.blogspot.com/2008/05/craigslist-scam-requires-new-blog.html
I listed a sofa for sale on craigslist here in NYC and got a response from fredray75@gmail.com
The first response was the innocent enough: "Do you still have this item available". I told him I did and then got this response:
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shiped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not
beresponsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon
as you have cashed the check Thanks
Ya, needless to say I won't be doing that... Oh well.
Yet another scammer for a color printer that I posted.
Like always, they ask if the item is still available. Once you respond yes, the bs starts...
This was from
marry john
email address: marryj17@gmail.com
Thanks for your quick respond i will like to buy this item for friend's son
in overseas country as birthday gift. i will offer you $450 for the
item $150 for shipping ok.So kindly get back to me with your
paypal email address to proceed with the transaction because paypal is
the most secured and fastest means for online transaction.Regard
I igot this today and felt it was not right in my gut so i decided to google the name and its not here but the scenario is her is what i got.
----- Original Message -----
From: james gary
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Must sell - $300 (horizon ridge and green valley) Reply to:sale-czmpf-1179962199@craigslist.org
thats great i want it all but i will need your full name and home address to sent you the payment asap thanks
On 5/20/09, tom wickham wrote:
hi mr gary how much of the stuff do you want? It sounds like you want it all. I have a queen size bed that i will sell as well but not until the day i move. whcih will be in the next couple of weeks if all the stuff is gone. the bed is only 1 year old only i slept on it i do not smoke. i would like to get 100.00 for it. i paid 500.00 for it its and englander. thanks tom.
----- Original Message -----
From: james gary
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: Must sell - $300 (horizon ridge and green valley) Reply to:sale-czmpf-1179962199@craigslist.org
Hello there,
Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instantpurchase, so please and please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist,i dont mind adding an extra $50.00 for you to take the advert down from craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance. You dont need to bother yourself with the shipment ok,i will do take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1. Your full name
2. Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3. Your Phone Number.
Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check.
Thanks.
Have a nice day.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM, tom wickham wrote:
yes mr gary i am . tom you can call me at 570 460 6121
----- Original Message -----
From: james gary
To: sale-czmpf-1179962199@craigslist.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:37 AM
Subject: Must sell - $300 (horizon ridge and green valley) Reply to:sale-czmpf-1179962199@craigslist.org
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html
--
Hello,
I would like to know if you are still selling this item above?
Regards,
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
this message was remailed to you via: sale-czmpf-1179962199@craigslist.org
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Hello,
I would like to know if you are still selling this item above?
Regards,
--
Hello,
I would like to know if you are still selling this item above?
Regards,
I have removed my name and email address only but this is how it went i did send my name and address and phone but i just sent him a letter telling him ill be sending back his check im backing out of the deal.
FREDRAY75:
this scammer try to do me on a kitchen appliance, which this Blog educated me about such scammers.
I sent a bogus email with a bogus subject line (TV $1300) and this guy sends me the details. I asked him to send the cashiers check to Robert Mueller, to my local FBI office. He did! Because after a number of emails he sent and I ignored, this is the latest and probably the last one:
"From: fred ray (fredray75@gmail.com)
Sent: Thu 5/21/09 6:43 AM
To: ( @hotmail.com)
Just to let you know that have reported you to the FBI. -- Do you still have this item available?"
allen cole
allencole3@gmail.com
could be another scammer
they asked for my address to send the check to
Same story as the rests of the posts.
given halmitton (halmitton@gmail.com)
206-426-4387
What do they do with the information they ask for??
I got the same thing and immediately recognized it for a scam, but I thought it'd be fun to play with him, so he's sent me the check. My plan is to deposit it in an account with no money in it that I was planning on closing anyway the account number he gets will be useless.
Definitely don't take it to the local branch of my bank to cash it, he says. Oh no! You must deposit it in yours, wait for it to clear, then wire the extra $3000 ! to the shipper. How fun. Just so I don't get busted
Thank you for this blog! I'm selling a car and googled Vanyard Halmitton, sure enough he came up here! This was the email I received, which looks familiar ;) :
Hello,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry,Actually am so sorry for
delay response.I am interested in
buying the ITEM and am ok with the
description and condition. I
am satisfied with the price$.I would have love to come and check
it myself but am not chance now,because my wife Just put to bed and we
are relocating to our new home and Pls i would love it if could
withdraw the item from , so i can be rest assured
that the item is held for me.I will be making the payment to you via a
Bank Certified Check from local bank issue by my Bank manager and as
for the pick up, i will know how to handle
that with my mover(Alachua Moving Service) that as been helping me to
move my belongings will
come for the pick up once the Certified
Check has been cashed and i will like to complete this transaction
soon. I'll need you to provide me with the following
information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
full name on the check.
Full Physical address to post the check
City, State and Zip Code
Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY
AIR SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check
N.B UPS does not deliver to a P.O box addresses.Thanks
here is my number you can leave messages and i will return your call
206-426-4387
Thanks
Received the notorious email from Dr. Walter (used 2 different email addresses). He got a little sloppy by stating he was interested in my automobile while replying for my sofa. Whoopsie!
_____________
Hello,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying
your automobile. I would love to come check it out myself but I just got
married and am presently on honeymoon to hawaii with my wife. I
would love a surprise inclusions in garage in our home on our return.
Please do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind
adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated.
I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my
secretary will mail across to you.
I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of a mover. My Mover
will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been
cashed. Please I will need both your full name and physical address
along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
Best wishes.
Dr.Walter
I received an email shortly after posting my sofa on Craigslist. It was sent by "Williams Perron" at billye105@gmail.com and the contents of the email was almost identical to the ones already posted here. I was only goofing around when I googled his name and I was shocked to find all of this info on this prolific scammer. I decided to see how far mr. scammer is willing to go to hit his jackpot, and here is what I emailed back to him:
Mr. Perron,
I would like to be able to sell you the item immediately, but I have come upon a problem. My sofa is currently sitting in storage, and the owners have told me that before I can get my property back I must pay the overdue storage fees. I do not currently have the funds to pay them, but I will be getting paid next week a rather large sum, seeing as how I will be getting my regular pay check plus an additional bonus for my performance. However, by next week it will be too late for me to sell the sofa as I will be moving and I will have to take the sofa with me. If you would like to purchase the item from me, it would be a huge favor if you would assist me in paying the sum of $100 to have the item released from storage. After that, I will gladly subtract the $100 from the original price of the item plus an additional $100 for your troubles and your kindness. If you find this agreeable then please let me know and we can go on from there.
Regards
same scam today from following name and address:
Williams Perron"
billye101@gmail.com
billye502@gmail.com
Thanks for the blog; it saved me!
I am a Detective in Carlsbad New Mexico, and I have been investigating some of these crimes. Believe it or not, people fall for this stuff all the time, it's a Multi million dollar industry, most of those american dollars ending up in Nigeria, or Canada, although we have been getting some from the Ukraine. Along with the scams you have already been seeing, there are more, like a sudden call or email from a friend who s starnded or has been arrested somewhere outside the US (usually Canada or Mexico) and they need money wired to them right away, or people asking you to let them have merchandise shipped to you (which is typically bought with a stolen credit card number ) and then asking you to send it to them overseas, because the company they bought it from will charge them too much, or just wont do it at all. Most of the time, the victim has cashed the check, and was "allowed" to keep some of the money for themselves, or feels somehow criminally liable for what has happened, so they don't report it, and just suck up the loss. The ones who have reported in the past, are often left stranded because local police departments are unequipped to handle international, even sometimes interstate investigations. The FBI has set up 2 web sites now, for the investigation and prevention of these crimes. www.ic3.com, and www.lookstogoodtobetrue.com.
For those of you who are new to this, have never been scammed before, or are looking to see if you might be getting scammed, DO NOT CASH ANY CHECKS, DO NOT WIRE ANY MONEY TO ANYONE FOR ANY REASON, DO NOT LET A STRANGER INTO YOUR HOME OR YOUr LIFE. CHECK UP ON EVERYTHING.
For those of you who have dealt with, or are dealing with this, through part of my investigation, the name Zerry Mccolumn has come up several times. I know Dr. Watson has used him, as well as a man named James Owolabi. It is starting to look like all of these people really ARE Zerry Mccolumn. He is probably a middle man, who collects the money, and takes his cut, and then sends the remainder off to nigeria, probably to family memebrs working the scam on that end. If I had to guess, there are a dozen, so called Zerry Mccolumns. I have however, found one, in the Byron Georgia White Pages. The name, and the location, correspond to several scams I have encounterd, making contact with this individual for questioning a possibility. More investigation needs to be done at this time, so don't just go find him and beat him up just yet. If you have been scammed, report it. Pass this info on to anyone you know may be at risk. This should include your parents and grandparents. The older people fall for this stuff all the time, especially the bit about how their nephew Johnny was arrested in Canada for DWI while on a fishing trip, and he needs a few thousand dollars for lawyer fees, and the charges to be dropped.
I live in the San Francisco area and got this response to my furniture ad:
Williams clark - email: williamsclark100@gmail.com
Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant
purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist.I dont mind
adding an extra $50 dollars for you to take the advert down from
criagslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item.
I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it
will be an over night payment due to the distance .You dont need to
bother your self with the shippment ok,I will take care of that.So I
will need you to provide me with the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check.
1.Your full name.
2.Your mailing address,be it residential or postal address.
3..Your phone number.
**Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible
for shipping.
I will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check**
Do Have a nice day,
My Warmest Regard
I am selling a piano on craigslist and received an e-mail from "Vanyard Halmitton", it's a scammer and please see the emailas the below,
Hey, nice to read from you and your response to my email request about this item is appreciated , which make feel real that you are selling to me ..Am sorry to respond late.l love to buy, so i want you to consider the item sold for the amount you posted, Pls i will appreciate if you could withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid disturbance as you will be receiving payment soon .I would have love to come over to your location but due to fact that i just got married last weak and l have tight schedule this weekend . so,I want you to know that i will be paying via Bank Certified Check drawn from local bank, issue by my bank manager .I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check .
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address residential address
3.Your phone number.
**I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover( Economy Movers, Inc and Delivery Service) come over as soon as you have the check
N.B UPS does not delivered to p.o.box addresses
I hated this kind fraud, so please post this e-mail on the blog for warning.
Fredray75@gmail.com responded for 2 items I have listed in San Antonio. Same exact email as previously reported here.
I got an email from "Vanyard Halmitton" again and received a fraud check amount $6,900 more than the deal amount $3,600. He want me return $100 to "shipper", it's a very clear scammer, his email is as the below,
Hi,
How are you doing today?As i told you earlier that i gave the information to my secretary to send you the payment and according to her the payment had been sent to you,the payment will be delivered to you tomorrow via United Parcel Service( Tracking # J 224 367 584 9 ). But there was a little problem which i guess we can handle with trust and understanding.......There was a misinterpretation while sending the payment.According to the instruction i gave my secretary,she was suppose to send your payment and another payment to the mover who will pick up the item and also.But in the process she made a mistake by sending along the mover's fund with yours.making a total of $6,900. she claimed i said she should send the mover's payment together with yours.But I'm sure i told him to send just your payment and another payment for the mover,but i guess he i misunderstood me.It's was an awful mistake and the
payment had already been posted to you,that should not disturb our transaction.i suggest we find a solution to awful mistake by cashing the payment from the bank and deduct your own money .then forward the extra money directly to my mover via western union money transfer.Please i am very sorry for this inconvenience I'm giving you,you can deduct an extra $100 dollars for all the stress i might have put you through in this transaction.please the remaining money to the mover in cash via western union money transfer as soon as you get the payment,so as to come for the pick up of the Used Kawai Upright Piano immediately.
Actually it was my intention to collect the money from my secretary and send it to the mover for some outstanding payment that he is currently being owed by me from the other items he has transported for me into the new apartment,e.g my sons car and other items he had transported into the new house,because the excess fund included in the payment coming to you is not just for the pick up of Used Kawai Upright Piano , that i am buying from you but there are some outstanding payment that the mover is currently being owed by me and i have promised to send it to him,before my secretary made her stupid mistake by including it to your fund.And since it's now coming to you,i guess i can count on you that you can handle this with trust and understanding.please have it sent to the mover in cash via western union money transfer,you can deduct an extra $100 dollars as a token for all the stress i might have put you during this transaction,all money
transfer charges should be deduct from the money you are to send to the mover.
here is what to do,deduct $100 for the troubles and your money and send the balance to the shipper at any Western Union outlets in your location. The shipper is due in your location as soon as the money is received.Here is the shipper information.......
Receivers Name : Antonio I Seville
Address : 875 North Route2
City : Agat
State : Guam
Zipcode : 96928
Country : USA
Afterward i will require the following info from you............
1. The name and address of the sender.........????
2. The amount sent. (After deducting the transfer Charges).........????
3. Western Union Money Transfer Control Number.........????
Please deduct the transfer charges from the amount you want to send to the shipper .Don t forget to send me the map quest to your location for easy passage to the shipper.kindly get back to me asap
I will await your response asap.
Vanyard
And how dod I do right now? Anybody tell me how to do.
Thanks!
This is the real Zerry McColumn. To begin, I want to apologize to the people that lost any money. I am no scammer. Around May 6, or 7th, my wife's aunt asked me to do her a favor. She asked me to send some money to someone through Western Union. I didn't think nothing of it because I know this woman, she isn't the type to do anything foul. Well I sent the money for her. It was to 2 individuals, Yomi George and David Victor. Both individuals were in Nigeria. I didn't know why she would be sending money to these people but it didn't mean much to me. The next day, she asked me if I wanted to get paid just for receiving and sending Western Union transactions. I told her HELL Yeah!! Like I said she isn't the type of person to steer you wrong so I said yeah. She said that her boss was going to get in contact with me to talk more with me but this boss never did. Well after receiving and sending about 6 of these transactions, I asked her about the owner of the company and she said that she never met him in person. That is when I started investigating the job to see if it was a scam. I asked her for the name of the "Boss" and she told me that his name was Derrick Hanes. so I did a search of Derrick Hanes and it showed a white male with his own textile business. So I did a couple more transactions for them. Oh yeah I was told to take out 5% of each transaction and this was my pay. I asked how was I supposed to do my taxes and she said that he said it was tax free money. So that's when I stopped completely and tried to investigate more. I was ready to tell my friends about this new job that I had found!! Well my wife's aunt came over and said that Derrick wanted me to send some more transactions and he wanted to know if he could talk to me. I told her cool I have been waiting to talk to him since I started. Well I do music so I googled my name and the first thing I saw was Craigslist Scam Alert with my damn name in it!!!! Not only that I found out that Derick Hanes was on it as well!! I had been spelling his name wrong the whole time!! I wanted to kill this muthfucka but I didn't know where to find him. That night I was called by my wife's aunt and told that Derick was ferious with me and that he needed to talk to me because he had transactions in my name that he needed sent. I gave him my Yahoo so that he could instant message me. He finally got in contact with me and he asked me what was the problem. I told him about the blog and he just denied all of it. i asked him several questions about his company and he could not provide me with any information. i told him that I was going to contact the police and that's when he told me that he wasn't going to let me destroy him and that I was going to die. I am from the hood people and I ain't no bitch. I pretty much swapped words back and forth with this guy. He hasn't contacted me or my wife's aunt since. You can look on Myspace.com/bibbcontibutta, I am a Rap Artist. I DON'T DO SCAMS!!!! And if you want to get at me feel free to do so ZMCCOLUMN@HOTMAIL.COM. I am more than happy to help anyone catch this bitch. But if you receive anything with my name on it and it is asking for money, IT IS A SCAM!!!! He may have changed it by now but his Yahoo is Derick544@Yahoo.com. Again I apologize!! I really didn't have anything to do with this shit. But because the fool talked all that noise I want to catch him and beat his ass!!
This is the real Zerry McColumn. To begin, I want to apologize to the people that lost any money. I am no scammer. Around May 6, or 7th, my wife's aunt asked me to do her a favor. She asked me to send some money to someone through Western Union. I didn't think nothing of it because I know this woman, she isn't the type to do anything foul. Well I sent the money for her. It was to 2 individuals, Yomi George and David Victor. Both individuals were in Nigeria. I didn't know why she would be sending money to these people but it didn't mean much to me. The next day, she asked me if I wanted to get paid just for receiving and sending Western Union transactions. I told her HELL Yeah!! Like I said she isn't the type of person to steer you wrong so I said yeah. She said that her boss was going to get in contact with me to talk more with me but this boss never did. Well after receiving and sending about 6 of these transactions, I asked her about the owner of the company and she said that she never met him in person. That is when I started investigating the job to see if it was a scam. I asked her for the name of the "Boss" and she told me that his name was Derrick Hanes. so I did a search of Derrick Hanes and it showed a white male with his own textile business. So I did a couple more transactions for them. Oh yeah I was told to take out 5% of each transaction and this was my pay. I asked how was I supposed to do my taxes and she said that he said it was tax free money. So that's when I stopped completely and tried to investigate more. I was ready to tell my friends about this new job that I had found!! Well my wife's aunt came over and said that Derrick wanted me to send some more transactions and he wanted to know if he could talk to me. I told her cool I have been waiting to talk to him since I started. Well I do music so I googled my name and the first thing I saw was Craigslist Scam Alert with my damn name in it!!!! Not only that I found out that Derick Hanes was on it as well!! I had been spelling his name wrong the whole time!! I wanted to kill this muthfucka but I didn't know where to find him. That night I was called by my wife's aunt and told that Derick was ferious with me and that he needed to talk to me because he had transactions in my name that he needed sent. I gave him my Yahoo so that he could instant message me. He finally got in contact with me and he asked me what was the problem. I told him about the blog and he just denied all of it. i asked him several questions about his company and he could not provide me with any information. i told him that I was going to contact the police and that's when he told me that he wasn't going to let me destroy him and that I was going to die. I am from the hood people and I ain't no bitch. I pretty much swapped words back and forth with this guy. He hasn't contacted me or my wife's aunt since. You can look on Myspace.com/bibbcontibutta, I am a Rap Artist. I DON'T DO SCAMS!!!! And if you want to get at me feel free to do so ZMCCOLUMN@HOTMAIL.COM. I am more than happy to help anyone catch this bitch. But if you receive anything with my name on it and it is asking for money, IT IS A SCAM!!!! He may have changed it by now but his Yahoo is Derick544@Yahoo.com. Again I apologize!! I really didn't have anything to do with this shit. But because the fool talked all that noise I want to catch him and beat his ass!!
I want to alert everyone I just received a similar email from a different address. This time, the scammer does not even disclose a name. The address is RyandersonV6@aol.com. Here is the email:
Hello
Thanks for the prompt response,I have read your ad well,I am really Interested in purchasing the whole furniture's ,I will like to bring it to your notice that payment will be via Cashiers or Certified bank check since I wont be around to view it and my mover will at the location for pick up after you have received and confirmed payment,if this is okay by you,please do provide me with the below information to facilitate mailing the payment to you so as to have this transaction completed ASAP
Full Name.........................................................................
Address where payment will be sent to not p.o.box............
City..................................................................................
State.................................................................................
Zip Code..........................................................................
Cell Number.....................................................................
Hope to read from you soon......................
I also got an email for dhope955.... dhope95@googlemail.com
I have a sectional online for sale and received the following message:
Hello,
I really appreciate your response to my email. I want you to consider it sold,pls do withdraw the advert from CL to avoid disturbance,anyways I don't have time to come over to take a look because of my Business but you don't need to bother yourself with the shipment,I'll take care of that by engaging the services of a mover,hence I'll be sending a check and it will be delivered to you via United Parcel Service, so I'll need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1.full name on the check.
2.Full Physical address to post the check 3.City, State and Zip Code 4.Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
and I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as you have cashed the check
I posted a chair on Craigslist and received a hit from one "Given halmitton". The last name just made me a bit curious and upon searching via Google, arrived at this blog along with some other one where I found the same response (posted below).
Their email came up as "halmitton001@gmail.com". Please be wary. Here's the email that was sent in response to my ad:
"Saw the item you posted today as i was searching for one to buy.Can we set up pick up."
Sure enough, I received the reply below later on last night from "given halmitton" but using "halmiton00@gmail.com" this time around.
Hello,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry,Actually am so sorry for
delay response.I am interested in
buying the ITEM and am ok with the
description and condition. I
am satisfied with the price$.I would have love to come and check
it myself but am not chance now,because my wife Just put to bed and we
are relocating to our new home and Pls i would love it if could
withdraw the item from , so i can be rest assured
that the item is held for me.I will be making the payment to you via a
Bank Certified Check from local bank issue by my Bank manager and as
for the pick up, i will know how to handle
that with my mover(Alachua Moving Service) that as been helping me to
move my belongings will
come for the pick up once the Certified
Check has been cashed and i will like to complete this transaction
soon. I'll need you to provide me with the following
information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
full name on the check.
Full Physical address to post the check
City, State and Zip Code
Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY
AIR SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check
N.B UPS does not deliver to a P.O box addresses.Thanks
here is my number you can leave messages and i will return your call
206-202-2086
Thanks
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Thank you so much for your post! I was soooooooooo close to falling for this scam! I actually had already written my email reply with my address while I came across your blog.
They are not just doing this with furniture. I listed a $200 Amazon giftcard code at a discount price on Craigslist. I received a reply from "Fred Ray". The first email asked if the item was still available. I replied that it was and his reply was:
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified check .I will need you to provide me the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check 3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check** Thanks
This was sent from fred75@gmail.com
Yep, it's the exact same email as others have received. I was really confused by the "movers" part, since I was to be emailing the gift card code. I had my reply already written with my address and phone number when I decided to Google "fred75@gmail.com" and was directed here. I don't do much buying and selling on Craigslist, Ebay, and the like. I feel so gullible now, but thank god I found your blog. You guys just saved me $180 that I really really need, I can't thank you enough. I'm definitely going to educate myself about Craigslist before choosing a buyer.
Just experienced " Williams Perron" aka billye105@gmail.com.
He wanted me to send him the following information. 1,Your
full name to be on the Payment.2 ,Your postal address.3,Your phone
number both land and mobile.4,Your postal code.
I did not send it!
His email did not specifically include information about my item. He said he stammered which is why he did not call. However, I had not included my phone number in my ad.
This guy is a real jerk.
Vanyard Hamilton is a scammer! I was selling computer services on Craigslist. We got all the way down to how much I was going to charge and his final email asked me for my information. So before I sent it, I found on here he was a scammer. Tried sending him an email to go away and his email is unregistered now.
This response sounded fishy so I looked it up and it lead me here. Thank for the good work policing the scammers! Following is a copy of said response:
Hello my name is Tony,i am interested in buying your item listed on CL, Please let me know if its still for sale and perhaps in good condition and I await your
response and i will proceed with purchase if its still for sale and in good condition i also want you to know that I will be buying from you so please kindly
withdraw the advert from CL. Please be informed that i will be paying with a certified check from my Bank as i just moved here from Glendale AZ on a job
transfer.I will need the following details to mail the payment later in the day ...
1.Name to be on the payment
2.Home address
3.Cell phone #
I am completely satisfied with the advert and the payment will be delivered within 2-3 working days.** I use a hearing impaired phone # and will receive your
calls via email I await your response and i will proceed with purchase if its still for sale and in good condition
Thanks God bless.
Just received the following comment and it looked scammish. I'm just going to ignore the email, but I want to post it here to let people know that "Dr. Walter" is still active:
from: dr.waltermike01@gmail.com
Hello
I'm Dr.Walter, I hail within the state, I came across your advert and am highly interested in Purchasing the item which you offer for sale. Due to the fact that its been a long time have been searching for it, Please Kindly get back to me as soon as possible with the necessary answers to the question in mind, Are you the first owner? The present condition? Your final asking price?
I await your urgent response so that we can proceed further..
Regards,
Dr.walter
hi.. well i got a lot of messages from a man called vanyard halmitton. he wants me to clean there home. he even sent me a check for 3,500.00 today and i have it.... what do i do? do you know anything about this... is it a scam!!!????
I posted an ad on craigslist for some furniture and got a responce from Dray Bank with the same honeymoon story. I wish I would have googled the name before trusting him and giving him my address. I am currently looking for homes in Seattle and got caught up in a scam from Africa but before I sent any money I looked into it and realized it was bogus. From the two scammers I e-mailed back and forth I've learned one sure way to identify these people, they try to sound really smart but what they're saying really makes no sence at all and they dont use clear english (leave words out here and there). I wish there was a way to stop these craigslist scams.
The first email I got was from Van Halmitton at van.halm02@gmail.com, less than 12 hours after I posted my computer services ad on Craigslist in the Boston area (maybe everyone should start listing their general location so we could identify the scammers by state?).
Here is the first email I got (note that it was grayish and had two lines above it, indicating it was a sort of signature):
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Hello,
I was just checking if you will be available for computer repairing
and installations of some applications on 8(Eight) Laptops.
Get back to me for details if you'll be available.
I replied, wanting to know more about the job and got a response from a different email address, court.bed@yahoo.com, with the name of Courtney Beddingfield. Here is the response:
Hello ,
Thanks for the email,well,I am highly impressed in your services,I have some Hp PCs(Intel Pentium IV) since we currently have a major breakdown on most of our systems and I thought it was best to have a general upgrade and maintenance.(I will be providing the software needed).Below are the things needed to be done one on each laptops:
1 Format Hard Drive
2 Install Win Xp with Service Pack 2
3 AVG Virus Software (Free Lifetime Updates)
4 Adobe Acrobat
I will like you to know that my mode of payment is by US certified check mailed and address to you from my employer company since I am presently on a business workshop in Brazil and i want you to know that i will handle the shipment myself since i have a shipper from the state here that will bring the laptops to your place,and will come pick them up as soon as you are done with them.
I should have make this a phone order but i have a network problem of where i am and my shipper will be coming with the necessary Software for the installations of the Computers with both the Service Pack 2 and the Anti-virus for each computers .
However,get back to me with your last asking price for the 8 laptops. I await your urgent response so that i can put the arrangement in order.
Thanks and let me know if you get this email..
Courtney
It sounded like a pretty easy job at first, but then the stuff about shipping, certified check and being in Brazil sort of set off an alarm. Then I realized that the names and email addresses were different. I googled for van halmitton and found this page.
I am a high school student and so would be a probable target for such a scammer, but thankfully I know about this sort of thing. I am also lucky that others are continuing to post names and addresses of these scammers here. Keep it up!
I just posted something on Craigslist and within a few hours received an email from Williamsclark@gmail.com wanting to know if it was still available. When I replied it was, he emailed offering me another $50 to remove the ad and he would send me a check and have a mover pick up the item. I work fraud cases for a living so told him that he could send some one to pick it up with cash, but anything else was unacceptable. Nice try.
I got an e-mail from Dray Bank very shortly after listing a dining room table for sale on Craigslist. It was very similar to the response that Catherine received.
Here's one I just got from Howard Powell:
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Hi,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it
from you. I would have loved to come and check it myself but I'm on
business to canada. Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't
mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be
making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail
to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My
Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has
been cashed. Pls I will need your full name and residential address
along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
Regards.
I hate these kinds of people.
Hello,
I came across your advert on craigslist and I would like to have your service.A bit details of me,I'm Michael Wilson by name am originally from Mexico but been living in the united state for the past 4 years.I just travelled down to poland for a contract and I have been here for the past 6 months so it's high time for me to come back home cos am done with my contract. I will be coming home in 2 weeks time and I want to have you booked ahead of arrival
Here's the service I will be needing for my house.
1 Cleaning of the house
2 Cleaning of the compound
3 Cleaning of the ceiling fan
4 Cutting the grass
5 Repainting of the house
6 Replacing the windows
7 Refixing the electricity
8 taking out the furnitures in my house and other necessary things to be done in the house, I have got some forein furniture I will be bringing to the house so kindly get back to me with your cost of service. My house is located in 5512 E Carita St
Long Beach, CA 90808...
Am looking forward to hear from you soon.
M.Wilson
Another scammer by the name of David Smith... email dsmith03@gmail.com
Hello, Thanks for the swift reply, I want you to consider it sold,Pls dowithdraw the advert from CL to avoid disturbance.I am okay with thecondition and price of the item and am ready for its purchase.I'llbe paying you with a certified Bank Check and the payment will beissue out to you Via Ups Courier service I'll be responsible for thepick-up,while you hold on my behalf. Once you receive this, my mover'swill come for the pick up at your place.I will be needing thefollowing information to issue out the payment...... 1.Your full name2.Your mailing address(Physical)....Not P.O.box3.Your phone number ** Please note that the payment will be overnight to your address andit will be delivered within 3 days.I will also wait for the check toclear before i have my mover come for the pick up Take Care...
Here's another honeymooner, under the name of Daniel Deitrick:
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying the sofa from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife. I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return. Pls do withdraw , the listing from Web as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
I await your response.
Thank You,
Daniel.
His email is danieldeitrick10@gmail.com
This is insane!
(Thanks for this blog... it saved us a major headache with this creep)
Reported to FBI and Secret Service:
-----Original Message-----
From: mick scott [mailto:scott1mick@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:33 PM
Date: 2009-08-24, 1:46AM EDT Reply to: sale-fcvgb-1339011198@craigslist.org
Anyway I appreciate your response to my inquiry.and i
am also satisfied with the price.I would have love to come and check
it myself but i don't have chance now,because I just got married and am
presently on honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife and Pls do withdraw
the item from the website with immediate effect,as i don't mind adding
$40 for you to do that for me, so i can be rest assured that the item
is held for me,I will be making the payment to you via a Certified Check
in us dollars which my secretary in the state will mail across
to you and as for the pick up, i will know how to handle that with my
mover that as been helping me to move the item will come for the pick
up once the Certified If this arrangement is ok by you kindly send me
both your name and full address to post the payment immediately and i
would appreciate you include your phone#,i.e.... (1)..Your full name ,
(2)..Your full home address or your office address, (3)..your zip code
, (4)...your phone number to contact you and please i don't want a P.O
BOX address because i want the payment to get to you at your house or
your office address to make the transaction fast.Thanks and get back
to me with the full info as soon as possible.Thanks
Have a Blessed Day with Jesus.
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Still available?
Thanks for the warning. Same Williams Perron response, still using billye105@gmail.com, to my ad for furniture on Craigslist. This blog was a great idea - I found you easily with a Google search.
i got the same spam scam too:
From: loko bansing loko.bansing@gmail.com
Hello,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry.I am interested in buying
the item and i am OK with the description and condition and i am also
satisfied with the price.I would have love to come and check it myself
but am not chance now,because I just got married and am
presently on honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife and . Pls do
withdraw the item from the website with immediate effect,as i don't
mind adding $50 for you to do that for me, so i can be rest assured
that the item is held for me,I will be making the payment to you via a
Bank Certified Check or cashier check in us dollars which my secretary
in the state will mail across to you and as for the pick up, i will
know how to handle that with my mover that as been helping me to
move, My Mover will come for the pick up once the Certified Check or
cashier check from my bank has been cashed and i will like to complete
this transaction Asap. If this arrangement is ok by you kindly send me
both your name and full address to post the payment immediately and i
would appreciate
you include your phone#,i.e....
(1)..Your full name ,
(2)..Your full home address or your office address,
(3)..your zip code ,
(4)...your phone number to contact you
and please i don't want a P.O BOX address because i want the payment
to get to you at your house or your office address to make the
transaction fast.Thanks and get back to me with the full info as soon
as possible.Thank
--
Hello ,
how are you doing today, i just want to inform you that we saw
your resume on craigslist that you are looking for job....we needed
worker can work with our company ..email me back or you can add me on
my messenger so that i can get back to you with the details of the job
... contact this Email address m_wayltd@yahoo.com
I received a reply to one of my postings from Calvin Cole [calvcole004@gmail.com] that made me unsure at first but I went along for a bit to see what the catch was. The red flags went up on the 3rd email and on the 4th one you can see the scam. The cashier’s check will be fake or stolen so I will be out money, but only after I have given him money and the item.
Hello, Is your item still for sale? i will like to see more picture of it.
Calvin
Thanks for your reply concerning my inquiry. I am quite comfortable with the condition of the item. Since I won't be making any repairs on it, I will add $30 to the purchase price... for you to hold it for me,Please provide your full name, Address and your Phone number so that I can send your payment. I will be paying you by money order or check.It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you...As for delivery, I will make arrangements for the pick-up after you have received payment,If this meets your approval, kindly get back to me, as soon as possible, with your name, phone # and mailing address where payment will be sent, so that I can have my assistant get the money order or check ready.
Note: As soon as you have your money in hand, we can talk about the picking up of the item. I would like you to take the posting off craigslist.org today.
Best Regards.
Calvin
I have forwarded your information to my assistant to proceed with the payment to the address you gave me.You should receive payment within the week.Once payment is received we can proceed with the pickup.Thanks for your understanding and patience.I would like you to take the posting off CL today.
Thanks!Have a great day, waitting to hear back from you soon.
Calvin
I want to inform you that my assistant have send out the payment to your contact address you gave me...But there is something i think i must bring to your notice. After a reconciliation of my account,i discovered that some how my assistant have over paid you.The payment that was meant for another transaction was sent to you and the one meant for you was sent to another, however i want to believe i won't have any problem with this and if i can trust you with my Money.
Please once you receive the payment, i will like you to take it to yourbank and cash it,deduct your money for the item and send the remaining via western union or money gram to the manager's of the shipping company that will come and pick-up the item at your place.I will provide the info you need to complete the western union transfer
once you receive payment.Thanks once again for your understanding.
Best Regards.
Calvin
Made a post this morn and received quick response as Perron and as Baker, now it's Ronald Shoemaker, ablecabled001@gmail.com
Thanks for the info, watch out for this one now.
Same story, posted an item, got a quick response--during the correspondence he used two different emails:
fredray75@gmail.com
rayfnd03@gmail.com
Initial email asked if the item was still available. Next email said:
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check** Thanks
When I only gave my name and phone number and asked them to call, the follow-up email said:
I will need you to provide me the following information to facilitate
the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
I naively gave my address to them anyway and haven't heard anything from them since.
Has anyone discovered what the scam is? What should i be looking for in my life (accounts compromised? money missing? personal safety?)
Thanks for creating this site!!!
Melissa
Received today from wgrant100@gmail.com for post to Seattle Craigslist:
Hello ,
Thanks for your quick response, I am quite
satisfied with the condition of the item and price. Am very much interested in buying the
item from you and I would like to make an
outright purchase immediately so I will advise that you withdraw the advert from the web. I don't mind adding $50 for you to do that. I will be paying with a certified bank check.
Furthermore my mover will be coming over
for the pick up as I
might not be available to come for the pick up
myself but am OK with the information from the ad. I will need the following information
details to make payment arrangement done asap.
1,Your full name to be on the Payment.
2,Your mailing address including zip code.
3,Your phone number both land and mobile.
I will be awaiting your response which should
entail these information.
Best Regards
Just as RJ and other's posted...I too received an email from the notorious Fred Raymond using the email address: fredray75@gmail.com.
Though it's already been posted I will post it again since a simple search within Google for his email, pointed me to this blog which confirmed my suspicions.
"Fred" replied to my posting at 12:06 am, almost an hour after I posted the add with the text:
"Is this item still available for sale ?"
I replied with my conditions which constituted a face-to-face meeting in a public location where the equipment (DJ Midi Controller) could be inspected/demo'd and cash on the barrel head.
He replied with his suspicious message which has been already posted here:
"I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check** Thanks"
I noticed that his choice of words seemed rather strange as well as his request that the ad be removed. It also struck me as strange that he had a "mover" which probably translates into some American sucker he has strung along to mail merchandise to Nigeria for him. I also wasn't comfortable with the idea of someone issuing me a certified check and letting me cash it first without having laid even a finger on the merchandise. (If it sounds to good to be true it probably is - ALWAYS!!!) It just didn't add up. I was just about to propose that he transfer the money via my email address to my Verified Paypal account when something told me to search on his email address.
The rest you know. I do not plan to reply to his request, threaten him or otherwise let him know the jig is up. That way he would just change his email address and keep on scamming. This way at least Google will eventually reindex this blog and capture my reporting as well.
SELLER BEWARE!
fredray75@gmail.com = smooth criminal
I made a music equipment post yesterday. One fool responded with a price so low I laughed, when hours later I got a mail from williamsclark100@gmail.com. The famed williamsclark100@gmail.com! Googled him and found this blog! LOL, here is what he said:
Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant
purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist.I dont mind
adding an extra $50 dollars for you to take the advert down from
criagslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item.
I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it
will be an over night payment due to the distance .You dont need to
bother your self with the shippment ok,I will take care of that.So I
will need you to provide me with the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check.
1.Your full name.
2.Your mailing address,be it residential
3..Your phone number.
**Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible
for shipping.
I will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check**
Do Have a nice day,
My Warmest Regard
I Posted some furniture on Craigslist and within a day I get the similar response.
From michael johnson mjmjohnson00046@yahoo.com
Hello,
Thanks for the prompt response to my inquiry. I hope it is in a perfect condition as
I'm highly interested in it and I am really okay with the pics i saw at craigslist i will have
love to come and take a look my self but i am a very busy man i hope you understand ?
due to the distance i will like to make an instant purchase but if there isanything wrong, you can kindly let me know and we can fix things up. I don't mind paying additional $50 for it in order for you to take the ad down from craigslist and also to be assured that it is already mine. I will be paying you with a certified check and it is going to be sent to you via courier service which is going to be mail to you as soon as possible For the payment, I'm going to need your details as follow
Full name to be on the payment
Your home or office address which the payment will be delivered to
And your phone number in order to facilitate the payment asap.
My mover will be coming for the pick up as soon as you have the check
cashed, so you don't need to bother your self about the shipping as everything on that is well arranged.
Thanks and I'm waiting to hear from you
Doing my homework before posting I knew right from the beginning that it was a scam. I told him to go f himself.
Beware of any post that says to reply to "name"@uoldu.com
anything @UOLDU.COM is a SPAM SCAM!
From sending many spam emails to trying to get you to fill out a credit report. They are still sending me emails!
It will sound legit at first, but don't fall for it!
Charlotte Perdue = FAKE
Vibrancies, LLC. = FAKE
CCC RECRUITING = FAKE
JKB Properties = FAKE
shall I continue?
Try Googling
@uoldu.com
and see how many craiglist postings come up with similar info and a promise of 17-20 dollars an hour.
I recently posted an item on Craigslist and got an email that sounded really fishy. I had a bad feeling about it but the person who is actually selling it told me to reply to the email to see what they said. So I did but I didn't use same info for one person, I put three different people info on there (just in case). This is the email I received:
On 9/29/09, MARK COLE wrote:
I am MARK COLE,i am interested in buying your item listed above and i would like to know if its still available because i will like to make an instant purchase,so pls do respond back to me with the Amount of your Item. so i can start making the arrangement to buy it. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via Cashier check or money order,and it will be over night payment due to the distance .Regarding the shipping,You do not have to bother yourself for the shipping as I'll instruct my Client to send down his shipper across to you for the pick-up of the (sporting goods) as soon as you receive the payment.And also be (NOTIFY)that my client shall be including an (Over Payment) in the check he will be sending to you in which you shall deduct the money for the (sporting goods]and then send the rest to the shipper who will be coming across to you for the pick up of the (sporting goods). So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.1Your full name2.Your mailing address be it residential 3.Your phone number.4,The amount of the Item Please Directly Contact me by [markcole_k3@hotmail.com] **Once again,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping,i will have my mover come over as soon as you have your payment cashed **Have a nice day and god bless you MARK COLE
The part that made me uneasy is that he doesn't specify what the item is, He just says sporting good. Then I found the same email on here so I am pretty sure this must be a scam.
Thanks for the site - same scam - different name - John Alan
From: John Alan (johnalan0404@gmail.com)
Message #1
Hi,
I have read your listing and I am encourage because it is close to
what am looking for but I had like to know if it is still available
for sale, so please get back to me as soon as possible.
John.
Message #2
Hello,
Thanks for the swift response. I am okay with its condition and price
as I’m ready for its purchase. My form of payment will be via Check
and it will be send via UPS, FedEx or USPS 2/3 day delivery. I'll be
responsible for the pick-up and you should note that the pick up money
will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable pick up
company to schedule an appropriate time for the pick-up at your
location after the Check has been cashed, as I have other properties
to be moved along with this item. I would have really loved to come
for the viewing but due to my work frame that might not be possible,
but if you have the more pics I will be more than happy to have a good
look. Please do get back to me with your full name and address
including your cell and land number so I can make out the payment as
soon as possible.
Regards,
For all those furniture scam posters - Here's HOW it works:
A friend of mine fell for this scam. He says you get the certified check as promised. You cash the check. Sometimes the scammer will pay "extra" to you and ask you to please pay the movers for him. Either way -this guy's check does not bounce until after he has your furniture. I'm sure he makes most of his money by re-selling your furniture.
Yes. I got the "HONEYMOON" scam too
using this email:
walter kurt walterkurt.kurt9@gmail.com
You may have to start consolidating a list of emails soon. Looks to be a lot of response. Thanks for posting all this.
I just got this response to my ad, so he's still at it. I should have realized it was odd because of the time sent. It looks like it was from overseas b/c the inbox said sent 9:37 p.m. (his time?) and the message said 2:37 a.m. (my eastern time?)
Thanks so much for collecting these blogs.
DRAY BANK draybank103@ gmail.com
Sent: Nov 13, 2009 02:37:45 AM
--
Hello,
Is it still available for sale ?.The......8x11 Area Rug......am interested.
BABY PINK COACH PURSE FOR SALE 150.00 ..I MADE THE COMMENT SHORT SO THIS IS THE ENDING PART.
Good Morning Jennifer,
I contact my assistant and told me the payment will be deliver to you today. Here is the tracking number for the payment (1Z43Y8T5NT90240672) www.ups.com immediately you receive the payment this morning i want you to take the payment to your bank and have it cashed,you will deduct your item cost and send the remaining balance to the mover's who will be coming for the pickup at your address.
I got in touch with the moving company concerning pickup and they told me to get words with you as to know when you will be available for them to effect pickup after they have receive their fund.They gave me their information that you will enable the fund gets to them via Western Union Money Tranfer and below is the information of the Account Manager where you will send the funds to after you have received the payment.Use part of the remaining balance to pay for the Western Union Money Transfer fees.Receiver's Full Name : Patricia Neiberger City : Shelby State : AL Zipcode : 35143
After making the payment,you will have to send me the following informations about the transfer details so that i can forward it to the shipping company account manager.
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN):
Senders Name and Address:
Total Amount you send:
Get back to me with the all the necessary transfer details and you can also scan the Western Union receipt given to you at the Western Union location so that i can forward it to the shipping company account manager for them to get the funds today and immediately they get the fund today they will contact you for the pickup because i want the item to be pickup tomorrow.I will wait to hear from you upon receipt of this email.MR.COLE,
THERE IS A CHANGE IN PLAN ... I WILL NOT BE CASHING IN THE CHECK UNLESS I HAVE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON TO NEGOTIATE AND SET FORTH THIS PAYMENT FOR THE COACH PURSE.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE BUSY BUT I WILL NEED YOURSELF TO COME FORTH TO GET THE COACH PURSE IN PERSON. IF I HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOU TO GET HERE I WILL DO THAT ALSO.
I DO NOT TRUST YOUR MOVER OR PICKER. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP THE PURSE YOURSELF. PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK... ALSO THE NUMBER I GAVE YOU IT'S NOT MY NUMBER SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE E-MAIL BACK TO ME. SO WE CAN START SETTING SOMETHING UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.I WOULD LIKE TO GET INFO ON YOUR MOVER OR PICKER AND YOU! ADDRESS:BUSINESS, HOME, CELLPHONE NUMBER:AND THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR: THANK YOU ..ONCE YOU FILLED THIS OUT FOR ME.WE CAN ALL CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS IF NOTI WILL WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND PICK IT UP YOURSELF IN PERSON..
Just went through this with John Alan, johnalan0404@gmail.com. Thankfully never got to the payment stage with him as I told him I needed additional information up front and wanted to speak with the movers. It is a shame there are slimbags out there ruining things for the rest of us. Get a life.
These are the messages I received over three emails. I almost got taken by this asshole. Thanks for this site and all of your help.
Good day,
Thanks for your reply,Concerning my inquiry,Am quite comfortable with
the condition of the item since i won't be making any repairs on it,i
will add $30 to it for keeping it for me.
I am paying by Money Order.As perpick-up, I will make arrange for the
pick-up after payment has been received by you.I hope it is in good
condition.
kindly get back to me with your full information for payment:
Full Name:
Address not P.O.BOX:
City :
States :
Zip/Postal Code :
Phone number :
I will let you know how i intend to pick it up immediately you
recieve the payment and i know it is in good condition.
NOTE:
I would appreciate it if you take the posting off CRAIGSLIST today and
consider it sold to me.As for the pick-up,it would be handled after
you receive your payment.
Thanks,
Johnson
Hello,
Am glad you respond to my request,.I will like to inform you that my assistant has just mailed the payment to the address you gave me,and the payment will get to you this week BETWEEN 2-3 DAY VIA UPS.
So when you recieve it,just take it to your Bank and have it cashed then you will deduct your money and send the remaining balance to the shipper because the payment is made in excess just to make sure it
covers shippment. Shipping company information will be provided to you immediately you notify me that you've recieved the payment so that you can send the balance to the shipping company via Western Union They will come over to your place and for pick-up
immediately the recieve the balance from you.
I am pleased with the price because i know the worth of it.Its a pleasure, but I will be glad to pay the exact amount i offered you to keep other buyers away from it,Thanks for your understanding and patience.KINDLY GET BACK TO ME SO THAT I WILL KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND RECIEVE THIS MESSAGE.
Regards,
Johnson
Hello ,
The payment will soon be delievered to you today via UPS with this tracking # (J2256786786) you can track it via (www.ups.com/us) .Once you get it, take it to your Bank and cash it,deduct your payment and send the remaining balance to the shipping company information via Western Union in cash.
I got new info from the moving company concerning pickup and they told me to get words with you as to know when you will be available for them to effect pickup after they have receive their fund.
They gave me their information that will enable the fund gets to them via Western Union in cash and below is the information of the Account Manager where you will send the funds to after you have received the payment.
Use part of the remaining balance to pay for the Western union Transfer fee.
Receiver's Full Name : Patricia Neiberger
Address : 4th Lewis Street
City : Shelby
State : AL
Zipcode : 35143
Country : United States
After making the payment,you will have to send me the following
informations about the transfer so that i can forward it to them.
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN):
Total Amount you send:
Senders Name and Address:
Amount for Western union Transfer Fee:
I will wait to hear from you upon receipt of this email.
N.B: You will have to go to any Western Union and send the remaining balance to the shippers information in cash.
By the way, the email he used was : johnsonfeg1@gmail.com
I got a Dray Banks email response today for a CL listing (at 5:25am) i posted. i emailed back and said $xxx.00 IN CASH. His response sounded hinky so i googled and found this blog. phew... sounds like i'm not the only one!!
"Hello, thanks for your quick response.I am so sorry for getting back
to you so lately it due to family problems please pardon me for
wasting your time, I am really serious and willing to buy this item
but i am presently on a tour and will be spending about 3 weeks. I
want to get the item for my cousin's wedding as a surprise gift as i
would not be available on the day of the occasion. I have made
arrangement with the party planner to get it picked up for me and
package it for the gift purpose on my behalf. However, i want to be
sure the item is in good condition, you can please get back to me with
more pictures if available. Be advised that i will be making the
payment across to you via bank check through my secretary on my
instruction and also willing to pay extra $50 for you to withdraw the
ad from web listing immediately and hold it for me so as to be sure i
am in full possession of the item. Get back to me as soon as possible
with the following details for the check payment....
YOUR FULL NAME THE CHECK IS TO BE MADE OUT TO.
PHYSICAL ADDRESS WHICH INCLUDES STREET NUMBER,STREET NAME, APARTMENT
NUMBER, CITY, STATE AND ZIPCODE.
PHONE NUMBER(BOTH HOME AND MOBILE)
I had inspect the pictures and am so satisfied with it,i will
instruct my secretary to make out your payment with the information
you provided and also get back to you,As soon as i received all this
Information.
Best Regards.
Banks"
Here is from yesterday:
Re: 10'x12' Oriental Rug, beautiful - $300
From: calv cole (calv.cole@gmail.com)
Sent: Sat 12/05/09 10:08 PM
To:
Thanks for the prompt response am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i am really okay with the item and i will love to make an instant purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist and considered it SOLD to me,I will add $30 to the purchase price, for you to hold it for me.I would have loved to come take a look myself but i am a very busy but i'm okay with the item. I will be paying you by money order.It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you, it will be sent via courier service due to the distance.You don't need to bother your self with the shipment okay,i will take careof that,so i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the Money Order, so that I can have my assistant get the money order ready.
1. Full Name to write on the Money Order
2. Address where payment will be sent to not P.O BOX (b'cos my courier service does not deliver to p.o box)
3. City
4. State
5. Zip Code
6. Home or cell Phone Number
Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have cashed the Money Order.
Calvin
The honeymooning furniture buyer is still out there. I received an email from Dr. Walter, walter.brown31@gmail.com, this week with the same message as people on this blog were getting a year ago.
I don't understand how the scam might work, but I guess I don't need to find out.
I received emails from two gmail addresses trying this same scam, in response to a furniture posting on Craigslist. Here are the email addresses:
collins.johnson9@gmail.com
drnicholasjohnson02@gmail.com
The bogus Dr. Nicholas Johnson sent me an initial email (from the second address above) inquiring if the item was still for sale. Here's the exact text:
"is the item still available for sale??"
I replied to this and got another message about 24hrs later, from the first email address above, with these instructions (which I didn't follow, luckily):
"Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it
from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got
married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.
I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return.
Please do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i
don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured
that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition
as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which
my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from
you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming for pickup once
the Certified Check has been cashed. Please I will need both your full
name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out
the payment.
I await your urgent response.
Regards.
Dr Johnson"
Thanks for your blog. It confirmed my suspicions about this bogus buyer.
Reposted my couch today, got an email from "mark rigdewell" (markrig0909@gmail.com) with this text:
"is it available ??"
What is it with scammers and bad punctuation/capitalization? I guessed from the lack of specificity and the format of the email address that it might be another scammer. A quick google search confirmed that, so I'm not even bothering to reply to this one.
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Garry mcleish wrote:
From: Garry mcleish
Subject: Re: Lil Wayne - Front Floor Section - $125 (Beaumont)
To: "Michael Davis"
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:50 PM
Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant
purchase,i hope it is in good condition like it stated, i have taken
a close look at the advert,and am completely satisfied so please do
withdraw the advert from Craigslist.I don,t mind adding an extra $50
dollars for you to take the advert down from criagslist, so that i can
be rest assured that am in hand of the item.I will also like you to
know that i will be paying via USPS MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECK and
it will be an over night payment............. You don,t need to bother
your self with the shippment ok,I will take care of that myself.... So
I will need you to provide me with the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the payment....
1.Your full name.............
2.Your physical mailing address.............
3.Your phone number...............
4.and the state ZIP code...............
**Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible
for shipping of this item . my shipper will move down to your place
for the pick up...as soon as the check clear. hope you assure me in
hand of the item... Happy New Year.
On 1/5/10, Michael Davis wrote:
> Tickets are still available.
>
> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, garry mcleish wrote:
>
>
> From: garry mcleish
> Subject: Lil Wayne - Front Floor Section - $125 (Beaumont)
> To: sale-zmdfz-1536960102@craigslist.org
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 2:01 AM
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Is this item still available???
Regards
206-339-6681
I got this email from ryandersonv6@aol.com
Hello
Thanks for the prompt response,I have read your ad well,I am really Interested in purchasing the trailer,The price is okay by me,I will like to bring it to your notice that payment will be via Cashiers or Certified bank check since I am not presently around to view it ,and I believe what I am buying from you is in good condition so I want to secure the purchase to avoid loosing the it and my mover will be at your location for pick up after you have received and confirmed payment,if this is okay by you,please do provide me with the below information to facilitate mailing the payment to you so as to have this transaction completed ASAP
Full Name.........................................................................
Address where payment will be sent to not p.o.box............
City..................................................................................
State.................................................................................
Zip Code..........................................................................
Cell Number.....................................................................
Hope to read from you soon......................
N.B.......PICK UP WILL BE ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE RECIEVED PAYMENT
Thank you for this site! It is very helpful. I had a strange reply to my ad selling an antique piano. I googled the buyer's email address and found this site. I did not actually fall for the scam, but it obviously seems fishy... After posting my piano at around midnight, whichw as a very detailed detailed ad that had 4 pictures, I received an email from "Calvin" whose email address was calv.cole@gmail.com, at 9 am the next day, which said, "Is your Item for sale. can i see more picture of it. Calvin." I thought this seemed strange since it was obviously for sale, but I thought maybe the person was just a poor communicator. I wrote back, "Yes it is for sale for $325. I can send you more pictures. What would you like to see? I can take more close ups tonight, and email them to you." Then "Calvin Cole" wrote back to me and said, "Thanks for the prompt response am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i am really okay with the item and i will love to make an instant purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist and considered it SOLD to me,I will add $30 to the purchase price, for you to hold it for me.I would have loved to come take a look myself but i am a very busy but i'm okay with the item. I will be paying you by money order.It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you, it will be sent via courier service due to the distance.You don't need to bother your self with the shipment okay,i will take careof that,so i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the Money Order, so that I can have my assistant get the money order ready.
1. Full Name to write on the Money Order
2. Address where payment will be sent to not P.O BOX (b'cos my courier service does not deliver to p.o box)
3. City
4. State
5. Zip Code
6. Home or cell Phone Number
Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have cashed the Money Order.
Calvin"
This is the exact same post as someone else had from him regarding furniture. I find it hard to believe he wrote us both the exact same email if it was not a scam. FYI, I read that the reason they do this scam is because they will make the money order for the wrong amount and state it was for a different seller and try to get you to wire the excess back to them, and then poof, your money is gone. Thanks for this site!
Looks like they continue to make the rounds this is from our Craigslist Dallas posting and not so surprising, it's Fred Ray...
From: fred ray [mailto:fredray75@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:26 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Epresso Entertainment Wall Unit - $800 (The Colony, TX)
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check Thanks.
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Do you still have this item available for sale?
I received one of the "I'll send you a money order, remove posting, yada yada" emails today...to which I replied:
Hi Andrew - sounds like a good deal. Please send the check to:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
c/o Craigslist Scam Department
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
(202) 324-3000
>:}
Calvin Cole is at it again with a new email. dnltoor697@gmail.com
Do your homework folks & don't get scammed by these web parasites.
When you get an email asking about the item your selling but they don't mention the item in the email, it's an phisher email scam or email address collector. Yes, people also sell bulk email addresses for big bucks. When you respond to an email, they got your email.
Protect yourself!
I got the same scam email so many people have gotten, and I was suspicious though didn't write it off immediately as a scam. Then the next day I got another email with EXACTLY THE SAME SPIEL, word for word. It's clearly either a group of people or he's really off his game. Names were Tommy Hernandez and Dr. Sanders.
Obviously we all hate people who are dishonest and prey on the honest and trusting. This is the fault of Craigslist. It allows anonymous people to post anything at anytime and leave good peoples judgment up in the air. We want to eliminate this and we have created a website in the process. Safelist.com is based on verified identity. No more anonymous people posting things. You must be real and verified. This is the future of online classifieds. Check us out at http://safelist.com.
Obviously we all hate people who are dishonest and prey on the honest and trusting. This is the fault of Craigslist. It allows anonymous people to post anything at anytime and leave good peoples judgment up in the air. We want to eliminate this and we have created a website in the process. Safelist.com is based on verified identity. No more anonymous people posting things. You must be real and verified. This is the future of online classifieds. Check us out at http://safelist.com.
Calv Cole [calv.cole1@gmail.com] responded to an ad, stating tho oh so worn out "I'll pay you $30 to hold it for me". Standard jerk scam attempt
calvcole111 [calvcole111@gmail.com] Additional email address for calvin cole
I post adds on Craiglist and get all these spammers responding back asking if I still have "Title of Add" and if respond back to them I instantly get a Yahoo AutoResponse with the crap about they used to sell on Craigslist but now they found a way to make money online and made $4000 last month. I clicked on their link and it takes you to a bogus CNBC website that says their stuff is great. I did a domain whois search on some of the domains and they have registered the domains with other peoples contact info - telephone and address. I contact CNBC to tell them about this but go no response back. I get about 20 of these responses a day.
Calv.cole@gmail.com
Another email for this guy.
It's amazing how deviously creative these spammers are becoming.
The furniture scams have become a dime a dozen, but I've also started to notice scams in the "Free Stuff" category.
One person offered a free HP printer online, when I emailed, they said that the printer was no longer available. Shortly after, they gave me a link to get a "free teeth whitener" as somewhat of a consolation prize. Everything was done with auto-responders but it looked very realistic and well, just plain old kind.
Luckily, I was able to realize that the offer was a hoax.
You can cross check any suspicious post at http://www.searchcraigslistscams.com
it pays to spend two seconds and see if anyone else has encountered the same post!
It's amazing how deviously creative these spammers are becoming.
The furniture scams have become a dime a dozen, but I've also started to notice scams in the "Free Stuff" category.
One person offered a free HP printer online, when I emailed, they said that the printer was no longer available. Shortly after, they gave me a link to get a "free teeth whitener" as somewhat of a consolation prize. Everything was done with auto-responders but it looked very realistic and well, just plain old kind.
Luckily, I was able to realize that the offer was a hoax.
You can cross check any suspicious post at http://www.searchcraigslistscams.com
it pays to spend two seconds and see if anyone else has encountered the same post!
Thank you for this blog! I received the email from Phil Beecher too, within an hour of my craigslist furniture post... he's still on his honeymoon in Hawaii, still ready to schedule his mover to pick up a lovely cherry twin bed from my home. Not going to happen! Thanks again for your service to the craigslist community.
Hello: What exactly is the scam? They send a bogus bank check? They have your address to try to rob you? Identity theft? I see post after post of similiarly forateed requests form the scamers but no reason as to why they would be doing this unless they were doing the paying you too much and asking for reimbursement. I too have been written to by every-honeymooning Phil Beecher.
Thank you
Dude is still at it. I mean come on man. Two first names. HA
from:
walter mike (waltermike35@gmail.com)
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying your
furniture. I would love to come check it out myself but I just got
married and am presently on honeymoon to hawaii with my wife. I would
love a surprise inclusions in our home on our return.Please do
withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind adding $50 for you
to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I
should believe it is in good condition as stated.I will be making the
payment via a certified check or paypal, which my secretary will mail
across to you.I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of a
mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the paypal has
been cashed. Please I will need both your full name and physical
address along wiyth your phone number to issue out the payment.
Best wishes
Walter
Dude is still at it. I mean come on man. Two first names. HA
from:
walter mike (waltermike35@gmail.com)
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying your
furniture. I would love to come check it out myself but I just got
married and am presently on honeymoon to hawaii with my wife. I would
love a surprise inclusions in our home on our return.Please do
withdraw the advert from craigslist as i don't mind adding $50 for you
to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I
should believe it is in good condition as stated.I will be making the
payment via a certified check or paypal, which my secretary will mail
across to you.I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of a
mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the paypal has
been cashed. Please I will need both your full name and physical
address along wiyth your phone number to issue out the payment.
Best wishes
Walter
Recent scam name, andrewspennants@gmail.com
Andre
cindydillerproperties@gmail.com
I am searching for a job on Craigslist and I replied to an advertised job for Home Depot. I got a totally unrelated email. The email replied as if I were interested in renting an apartment. It was long and instructed me to fill out a credit report online so I can schedule an appointment to rent an apartment.
@Deadre called me from 770-617-7578. I saw a posting on craigslist that said she had purchased 16,000$ worth of furniture but had to move out of town and was ready to sell all of it for $7700. Said she already was out of town, stored all the furniture in a storage unit nearby and that I can come take a look at it there. I was initially skeptical since no matter where you travel within the country, it should not cost u around 8,500$ (16000 - 7700) to move furniture. Googled the number only to find many "marked as scam" posts on craigslist posted at different times, some almost a year back and some in diff cities too...
Here's what I got from fredray143@gmail.com. I still don't get what they hope to accomplish with this...
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check** Thanks
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Do you still have the item available for sale ?
I posted some furniture and got the same as some of you..
from Thomas Craven
date Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:54 PM
subject Re: @craigslist.org
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
hide details Mar 24 (1 day ago)
Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying it from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife. I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return. Please do withdraw ,with immediate effect, the advert from Web as i don`t mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with you phone number to issue out the payment.
I await your urgent response.
Watch out for brendacoo14 or brenda coleman I just receved these scam responces to furniture I posted on craigs list two days ago:
Hello,
I’m really interested in purchasing your listed furniture . let me know how much your last price is and if possible the reason you're selling it, i will like to purchase it. When can i come to check it?, Kindly get back to me if you still have the item. I'm speech disabled though,You can just reply this email, I'm aways with my computer. thanks write back.
Thanks for writing back...but I'm sorry I won't be able to come see it anymore, embarking on a 3 month business trip to New York tomorrow morning,I was gonna be coming to your town and that got changed at the end minute but I still want it anyway,getting it for my niece cause she is moving to her new apartment. If you could sell it to me when I get to New York I will mail you a certified bank check to cover the cost and also add funds to cover the shipping to where it will be needed. I'll arrange for a shipper/mover to handle the pick up and delivery so it doesn't stress you. I really need this, quite important and urgent. I will be more than glad if it can be sold to me. Email me back with a name, address and your phone number for the check, write back soon and sorry for the delay in reply, Thank you.
FROM: hoasca hoasca [hoasca05@yahoo.com]
Hi,
This is all you need to do:
1)Visit your nearest Western Union Agent location.(http://www.westernunion.com/info/agentLocatorLookup.asp)
2)Provide payment to the clerk in cash - including the amount to be sent and appropriate fee
3)Get the receipt that includes your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN)
4)E_mail me western union's details to craigslist (craigslist.center@email.com) to verify the payment
Also is my request OK with you?"I will ship the tickets as a gift for speedy shipping and to avoid custom & additional taxes, when you make the payment , tell them the same ...that these money are a gift for a friend".
Thanks
I got the same response as Kimberly, to some furniture I posted on Craigslist.
Email from corllelag@aol.com. No mame given.
"Hello, thanks for your reply, there is a slight change in plan.Am sorry i will not be able to come over for checkup due to my grandmother just concluded surgery of cancer,i will be going to stay with her for a least a month, i really love to buy this item, based on the condition of the item you gave me. i was suppose to take a 5 days trip to your town officially and that got changed.My pay check will be coming in nextweek, so am willing to issue you a certified bank check including the movers fund.i am going to responsible for pickup so my mover will come over for pickup in order not to stress you.i will need a name and address to write out the check,probably P.O.Box.Am so sorry i reply late, let me know as soon as you get this message,and i will like you to delete the ad from craigslist. thanks write back
WARNING!!! After posting to sell furniture post on Craigs list, I got reply from "Mark Joe" promising certified check due to "distance" and shipping. The writing and grammar was poor. When I asked about it, I got an odd terse reply. I googled and found this blog warning me it was a scam. THANK YOU !!!
The next time a scammer wants your name, address, and phone number, reply to them with THIS:
FBI Denver
Federal Office Building, Room 1823
1961 Stout Street, 18th. Floor
Denver, Colorado
80294-1823
The phone number is (303) 629-7171.
I got the same email as Melissa, and I let my mom handle it since I didn't know how to sell online. I just got a check from the person, and it is obviously fake since it is a ridiculous amount of money. I'm going to the bank that issued it and talking to them about recieving the fake check. It just sucks that my address and name is out there. Yippee.
Ugh and now I look like a scammer because aol won't put my name. Yay.
Mark Joe calv.cole@gmail.com to me
show details 12:57 AM (3 hours ago)
Thanks for the prompt response am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i am really okay with the item and i will love to make an instant purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist and considered it SOLD to me,I will add $30 to the purchase price, for you to hold it for me.I would have loved to come take a look myself but i am a very busy but i'm okay with the item. I will be paying you by Certified Check from my bank, It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you, it will be sent via courier service due to the distance.You don't need to bother your self with the shipment okay,i will take careof that,so i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the Certified Check, so that I can have my assistant get the Certified Check ready.
1. Full Name to write on the Certified Check
2. Address where payment will be sent to not P.O BOX (b'cos my courier service does not deliver to p.o box)
3. City
4. State
5. Zip Code
6. Home or cell Phone Number
Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have cashed the Certified Check.
Thanks!
Mark
Got the same email as everyone else! He's still out there!!! Watch out! He contacted me with the email calv.cole@gmail.com.
DAMNIT,
I totally thought I finally sold this goddamned thing, maybe he's real????? who the hell knows, at least i backed up my CL posting before modifiying it as sold.
Craigslist/PayPal Nigerian Scam
Fake Contact info:
Jason Obi or Jason Smith
spankeydon@yahoo.com
metropolitant6@gmail.com
Name- Jason Obi.
Address-14 Works-Layout.
City-Owerri,
State- Imo State
Zipcode-23483,
Country- Nigeria
Same scam...different players here.
I received an email from "Shannon Kend" regarding furniture I had listed on craigslist. The story was slightly different that most on here but the jist was pretty much the same including the bad grammar and noticeably vague commentary.
Ended up finally getting three postal money orders totaling $2,985 from a "Dave Clinton" living in Merced, CA. Funny thing is, the money orders were shipped from an address in Canton, CT. from a "Peter D Berk". Kind of suspicious to get money orders from CT, that originated in CA. Even stranger is that the USPS Express Mail envelope the money orders came in originated in VA according to the tracking number...and the shipper I was to use is in Kansas. So, I'm dealing with four states here and I still don't know where "Shannon" (the original contact)lives.
Anyway, long story short is that the Post Office confirmed this morning that the USPS money orders I received were fake. The Postal Inspectors have the money orders and assure me that they will eventually catch up with Shannon and his/her bunch of thieves.
I felt compelled to post this because none of the names in my little adventure have shown up here before. Maybe the old gang has re-invented themselves or there is a new band of thieves running this scam. Regardless the info needs to be out there so that others can protect themselves.
I'm selling a camera on craigslist in Atlanta. I received a response from Jason Russell, bobogass@gmail.com, asking if the camera had a scratch. Then I got an email from him from, spankeydon@yahoo.com, and he said -
"I'm getting it for my son's birthday but i am in the army and currently in the field, i wouldn't be able to make this transaction in person. I want the item sent to him as a gift. Send me paypal money request to this mail box for the payment now. I'm paying a total sum of $425 for item cost & shipping fee and I will provide you with his shipping info for shipment as soon as the payment is done."
I almost fell for it.
Thanks!
He's still out there...
Daniel Deitrick is the so-called name,I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying the entertainment center from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife. I would love a surprise change of items in our home on our return. Pls do withdraw , the listing from Web as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the payment.
I await your response.
Thank You,
Daniel.
I need you to be sure I am still very much interested in buying this entertainment center from you and your check has since been sent out. When I contacted the courier service on why you haven't recieved the check payment, I was made to know that there was an adverse weather condition while shipping the payment to its destination but everything is under control now and its now on its way to your location again. I do assure you that you will recieve the check soonest and as soon as you recieve, I believe you know what next step to take, Email me that you recieved the check and so I can forward my movers information to you where to send the excess money to, after cashing the check that same day so my mover can come for the pickup almost immediately upon recieivng the funds.
Thanks and do have a nice day ahead of you.
My Warmest Regards,
Daniel.
Look out for James Conrad with email of smd.camus@gmail.com! I was trying to sell furniture and the first email was from his was ok. The second had the same bait message almost everyone else gets. Same old thing. "I want to buy it, take it off for me, I will send a check and movers." I knew it did not sound right at all. Googled the message and found out the truth. This is a great blog!
HERE'S MINE:
Hello
I really appreciate your response to my email and i am very sorry for
late response to you, I want you to consider it sold, pls do withdraw
the advert from Craig to avoid disturbance.I want you to know that i
will be paying via bank certified check .I will like you to provide me
with the following..information to facilitate the mailing of the
check to you .
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full address to post the check (Not P.O. Box)
3.....City, State and Zip Code
4.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS
NEXT DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cash the check** Thanks.
Here's the one I just received:
Hello
I really appreciate your response to my email and i am very sorry for
late response to you, I want you to consider it sold, pls do withdraw
the advert from Craig to avoid disturbance.I want you to know that i
will be paying via bank certified check .I will like you to provide me
with the following..information to facilitate the mailing of the
check to you .
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full address to post the check (Not P.O. Box)
3.....City, State and Zip Code
4.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS
NEXT DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cash the check** Thanks.
and this was my response to him:
Got your most recent email... Glad this is funny to you! Looked up your email
address and it comes up on a blog for craigslist scammers! Good luck....
Karma's a bitch!
I am selling a 300zx and got a response from
Fred Raymond
wanted to know if the car was still available... then sent me another email:
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via certified
check .I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via FedEx
NEXT DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check**
Thank you
Fred Raymond.
*** I WISH I WOULD HAVE GOOGLED SOONER!!!!
Thanks for your interest..i am serious about this purchase I will
offer you $800 because of other potential buyers out there also.but
before i do that,i would love to know how long have you owned it?? I
would love to be to know more about the Present condition of the
FURNITURE..I will be paying you through PayPal,which is a fast, safe
and reliable method of payment.. ..And i will take care of all
Transportation Preparations for the furniture to my family in
Chantilly VA..I really want it to be a surprise for my family so i
wont let them know anything about it until it gets delivered to them,
i am sure they will be more than happy with it. Please Advice.
oh, and his email is Steven Sean and his email is soyuxsirius3@gmail.com
Looks like you can add tommy mark to your list of CL scammers. This is the email I received. Thank you for your blog!!!
Thanks for responding, I'm ok with the price. I would like to send
payment asap. Please let me know if a certified bank check or issued
bank Money Order is ok.After my check clears your bank,Then my shipper
will come and pick it up at your location. I would have loved to come
and take a look but I can't due to my work tight schedule but i will
trust your words concerning the condition of the item.. If you can get
back to me with the name to write on the payment and delivery address
I'll get the payment out today. Need your full name and address, and
your telephone number..i want to be the best offer by adding $50 to
your money then keep other offers off.
Thanks
I have been contacted twice within the same day by several different scammers who wanted to purchase a moped from me on Craigslist. IP addresses showed all of them to be out of the country and also listed on scam blacklisted sites. All wanted to pay via PayPal, then in subsequent messages "forgot" to mention about a small matter of the middleman who requires his fee prior to receipt of the item. They both wanted me to send money via Western Union to this person after I received money from them into my account. emails used: soyuxsirius3@gmail.com; jscorie04@gmail.com; sweetesttime1570@gmail.com. Seems like every "gmail" email is from a scammer! Hope this helps someone else.
Just received this today:
From David Smith:
Hello,
i really appreciate your response to my email about the availablity of the item. i want you to consider it sold to me as am highly interested. Actually, i dont have much time but you dont need to bother yourself about th pickup and the shipment, I'll take care of that by engaging the services of a delivery agent. Hence i'll be sending a certified cashiers check as the form of the payment and it will be delivered to you Asap, so i'll need you to provide me with the following information to faciliate the mailing of the check.
Its a scam>>>>
i bought an iphone 4s supposedly unlocked from a guy named carlos diaz whose number is 619 888 3919 and email is carlosdiaz4002@yahoo.com
phone turned out to be locked. stay away from him
I also got an email from smd.camus@gmail.com n response to an ad I placed selling specialized infant formula. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this blog. I can't believe how many scammers there are out there. It's terrible.
I had the same experience. I replied back and then thought of googeling his email address as I noticed it did not match the name on the account. Has anyone experienced or heard that he uses the emails of people who replied to him in other scams? Should I be worried?
walltmike@gmail.com is a scammer. He is one of the ones who wants your PayPal info so he can pay you and have his "private movers" come pick up your item (a boat in my case) with "no inspection needed".
First, thank you for the blog! The response I got to my craigslist post was weird enough to make me look the guy up and thanks to your blog I am aware this is some sort of scam.
The first email I received asking if the item was still available was from Williams Erick and then after I responded yes I received the following from Fred R. Michael :
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via cashier
check. I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
Your Full Name:
Your Residence address (NOT P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Home and mobile Phone numbers:
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via USPS
mail and I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
check**
Thanks
From: "Fred R Micheal"
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via cashier
check. I will need you to provide me the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check
Your Full Name:
Your Residence address (NOT P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Home and mobile Phone numbers:
*** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via USPS
mail and I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
check**
Thanks
Micheal.
I just received a reply to my Craigslist ad that I have posted under Artists. The reply was from smd.camus@gmail.com (As I see that that email is on here a couple of times) and their rely was "Are you still looking for cleaning position". WTF, my ad was advertising my artwork. REPORTED TO GMAIL FOR SPAM!!!
Trying to sell a living room set on Craigslist and got this response from a scammer... juliusscottw12@gmail.com
Hello,
Thanks for your prompt response, However, i will need your name and
address for payment,As am only able to make payment by money order at
this time b/c i am away on assignment. It will be nice if you can send
me more pictures.
It will take about 4days payment to get to you.
As per pick-up, I will make arrangement for the pick-up after
payment has been received by you. I don't mind adding sixty dollars so
you can keep it in my favor.
Please take the posting off Craigslist today and consider it sold to
me, Include your phone number.
Expecting to hear from you soon.
Regards
P.J. Scott.
Here ya go, another email to add to the block list. >[ I've actually gotten a few of these the same day I put it up. Are there separate people competing with each other? XD
(Hayes Peter) pauler008@gmail.com
"Thanks for your reply,Concerning my inquiry,Am quite comfortable with
the condition of the item since i won't be making any repairs on it,i
will add $20 to it for keeping it for me, Please provide your full
Name,Address for payment.I am paying by Cashier Check It will
take few days for payment to get to you. As per pick-up, I will make
arrange for the pick-up after payment has been received by you.I hope
it is in good condition?I would have loved to come check it out but i
am presently away on a business trip,so you can send me pics of the
item so that i can know it is in good condition,kindly get  back to me
with your name,phone # and mailing address where payment will be
sent.I will let you know how i intend to pick it up.
Note:
I would appreciate it if you take the posting off CRAIGSLIST today and
consider it sold to me.As for the pick-up,it would be handled after
you receive your payment"
I found this blog after googling jscorie04@gmail.com address. I knew it was scam but I always have a habit of googling emails that contact me via craigs. I never seen this scam before but I never posted much. I have a car up for sale and I have gotten about 15 of these scam emails in the last week. I don't know if they are behind the same person but they all involve the middle-man scam and they all have different emails, mostly gmail accounts.
Email from corllelag@aol.com
No name given.
I got an email from the same person mentioned in another post. I am going to flag it as a scam because it has been mentioned previously. Thanks for posting - saved me time!
Hello, am interested in your listed furniture on craigslist. Please can i know what your lowest price, the reason you are selling it and the condition as well. when can i come and check it? and i will like to see a recent photo. am speech disable though, but am always with my computer. thanks and write back.
I received the following emails about a truck I had listed. I lowered the asking price and he wrote me offering the original price plus some. His email is feyerwilliam@gmail.com. Emails below:
Buyer-
Thank for your mail. I'm satisfied with the condition of it as
advertised in the listing,i will like to add $50 to your final price
for you to keep off from all offer,and consider it sold to me alone as i am serious with this.I would like you to know that i am really interested in buying this ,payment will be through PayPal and the pick up will be arranged by me as i will have my agent come down to pick it
up...i will be waiting to hear from you,and i will like you to send me the name and email address on the PayPal account to send the payment and send me more pics of this item if available since i would not be seen it in person so i can pay it right away I am a busy at work and do not have much time around me.Make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked at your residence,so no shipping
Thanks and reply asap.
Regards
(I wrote back telling him I could take pictures later that day and he didn't seem to care anymore. His response below)
I fully understand the condition of what i am buying. Am currently Out of state for a Business trip as of now and i want to hand over this transaction to PayPal and a verified shipping company that will come for the pick and
have the it inspected. Once payment is made the company agent can come for the necessary information and have all papers of transfer signed.. Await your verified PayPal email address so i can effect the payment into your
account.
(I wrote back suggesting we use a differnet form of payment and possibly meet when he returns. His reply below)
I understand how you feel but i am an engineer and i work on the sea
i am not available to pay you with cash i will make the full payment
to your paypal account once the money as been received and confirmed
by paypal then the pick up agent will come for the pick up of the 2000 Dodge Dakota 2X4 Quad Cab i will would have love to give the money to the pick up agent but the only way they accept money is via Moneygram Money Transfer and there is no Moneygram office here on the sea so i will like you to get back to me with your registered and verified paypal email address so that i can make the payment asap
Awaiting your mail soon
Thanks
Feyer
This falls under Affiliate Scams which unfortunately I believe include the Affiliate.
Any job listing for PKP Property Management is a scam to get you to enroll for a trial offer for of all things an identity theft company called Privacyguard webaddress http://www.privacyguard.com.
I reported the misleading ruse to this company and wanted to provide them with the information for investigative purposes and they weren't the least bit concerned. I kept getting handed up to supervisors through the chain until I was placed in the OOP's voicemail and still two days later have not been called back.
They did immediately cancel the membership for me but didn't care beyond that.
I am hoping that posting on this site will help others avoid this scam.
It all started when I answered this job ad under Boisecraigslist.com Jobs/General Labor/PostingID: 3156988452 Condo Upkeep Personnel (Boise).
corllelag@aol.com is a scammer for sure just hoping for reply to get your email address. Resist the temptation. Report the user(s) to AOL.
Posting two new scammer emails addresses:
johnalan02@gmail.com
donse3lg@yahoo.com
man I've learned a lot today. Gonna deal in cash only the rest of the way.
Just got this the day after posting an antique ad. The email came from jucklobi@gmail.com saying "Hello,
I would like to know if this item still availble for sale. I'll like to make purchase." After I replied they replied literally a second later using the adress ralph.martins2003@gmail.com saying this..
Hi,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry, I really want to make
an instant purchase, I hope it is in good condition and the price is
okay. please kindly take down the advert from CL. to avoid
disturbance, I should have come to see you face to face before buying
this but I don't have time to come over to take a look cos Of my
schedule but you don't need to bother yourself with the delivery, I'll
Take care of that by engaging the services of a shipper, Please be
informed that I will pay you with a certified cashier check and once
you have the check cleared and cashed at your bank then I will arrange
for the pick up at your place. I will need the following details to
mail the payment to you as soon as possible.
- Full name to write on the check
- Full Physical address to post the check
- City, State and Zip Code
- Home & Cell Phone to contact you
Please get back to me ASAP.
Thanks
I received this today within an hour after posting my ad:
feyer william feyer.william@gmail.com
I'm interested in purchasing this item,
I'm okay with the listed price.
Why did you want to sell the item?
How many do you have available?
How old is the item,?
i will like to buy this item so pls do withdraw the advert from
Craigslist. I will
also like you to know that i will be paying via check.I will need you
to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing
of the check.
1.Your full name to be on the check
2.Home or work address
3.Your phone number.
**I will like you to know that you will help me mail the item as soon
as you have cashed the check**
Have a nice day.
N.B UPS does not deliver to a p.o.box address.
Thanks
Feyer
regards,
We also got a scam email from S. Amus smd.camus@gmail.com saying he was sending certified check and would send movers to get the item advertised on Craigslist. Luckily we did not fall for the scam but others might, so we're posting this as a warning!
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You can add the name Jonah Carnell to the list -he is asking to purchase a piece of my furniture for 30$ more and gave me the spiel about the movers/pickers. Did not give him my home address to mail the check and asked for the name and phone number of the moving company. I filed a report with the FBI Internet Fraud site.
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