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MAUDE

08-30-2009, 09:26 AM

My other half recently posted his motorcycle on Craigs List. Shortly thereafter we received an e-mail that was clearly a scam. This has nothing to do with Craigs List in general, it is just the venue these folks troll to find unwary victims. I am writing this port to alert any of you who may not have heard of this to beware. I know this is as old as the hills, but there is always the chance this will alert some trusting soul. This is how it goes:

You advertise something for sale and get an e-mail indicating the party would like to buy your item. They will ask for your name and address to send a check. Sometimes they will also ask for more information, like age, birth date....things no buyer should ever request.

The buyer sends a check for far more then the item you are selling to you and asks you to deposit into your bank, and immediately wire the balance to their 'shipper' via Western Union. This shipper is always in another state, or another country even.

THE CHECK IS INVALID. The bank does not have an account number matching the one on the check, the company on which the check is drawn is non existent or is one pulled from the phone book and has no knowledge of the scam.

The buyer is hoping you will deposit the check and immediately withdraw the funds and wire them to their designated 'shipper'...you are out the funds as the check then comes back NSF, the shipper is long gone as soon as they receive your wire and the buyer disappears.

Currently I have e-mails from a Ms. Jennifer White who is posing as buyer
"Shipper" who is to receive the money is Kevin Gow in Iron Mountain Michigan

The second scam is someone indicating you have won the lottery, or there is a relative (you have never heard from) who has left you money, or that the other party has received money somehow and needs you to help them cash their check using the same method above.

Ah, the imagination of these people!

Hotspring 44

08-30-2009, 11:05 AM

from a different thread, but just in case you're not connecting to that thread and putting it here to.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>  </style> Besides putting it in your spam list and forgetting about it you could also check this web site out and the web page of these two links the first link is the home page of the web site and the second one is about Internet lottery fraud with a virtually complete list of all the frauds, titles, names, wordings within the messages, advice and all that stuff.
Fraud recognition and prevention education, fraud victim advocacy, law enforcement support (https://www.fraudaid.com/index.htm) and; List of names used in lottery scams (https://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm#E)
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I hope that helps.

Hotspring 44.

My other half recently posted his motorcycle on Craigs List. Shortly thereafter we received an e-mail that was clearly a scam. This has nothing to do with Craigs List in general, it is just the venue these folks troll to find unwary victims. I am writing this port to alert any of you who may not have heard of this to beware. I know this is as old as the hills, but there is always the chance this will alert some trusting soul. This is how it goes:

You advertise something for sale and get an e-mail indicating the party would like to buy your item. They will ask for your name and address to send a check. Sometimes they will also ask for more information, like age, birth date....things no buyer should ever request.

The buyer sends a check for far more then the item you are selling to you and asks you to deposit into your bank, and immediately wire the balance to their 'shipper' via Western Union. This shipper is always in another state, or another country even.

THE CHECK IS INVALID. The bank does not have an account number matching the one on the check, the company on which the check is drawn is non existent or is one pulled from the phone book and has no knowledge of the scam.

The buyer is hoping you will deposit the check and immediately withdraw the funds and wire them to their designated 'shipper'...you are out the funds as the check then comes back NSF, the shipper is long gone as soon as they receive your wire and the buyer disappears.

Currently I have e-mails from a Ms. Jennifer White who is posing as buyer
"Shipper" who is to receive the money is Kevin Gow in Iron Mountain Michigan

The second scam is someone indicating you have won the lottery, or there is a relative (you have never heard from) who has left you money, or that the other party has received money somehow and needs you to help them cash their check using the same method above.

Ah, the imagination of these people!

iaim2xl

08-30-2009, 10:02 PM

And here's another CL scam. I posted a "housing wanted" ad for someone I know in Atlanta. Got several emails with variations of housing offers, but all with requests that the person improve their credit or prove their creditworthiness first. Turns out they were all solicitations masquerading as if they were sincere responses.

Got to watch those guys--they're very slick.

brianfoster

08-31-2009, 09:22 AM

I also received a craigs list scam of similar nature when I posted an add for an air purifier,then got an email from a susan olson asking for my full name and address and a check or money order more than the asking price would be sent to hold the item.They also said an arrangement to pick it up was already made and please respond asap.
I responded ASAP by saying that I take cash only and will meet them at a designated place after calling me on the phone.As Craigslist says; Do not accept checks,money orders,etc.Cash only.

My other half recently posted his motorcycle on Craigs List. Shortly thereafter we received an e-mail that was clearly a scam. This has nothing to do with Craigs List in general, it is just the venue these folks troll to find unwary victims. I am writing this port to alert any of you who may not have heard of this to beware. I know this is as old as the hills, but there is always the chance this will alert some trusting soul. This is how it goes:

You advertise something for sale and get an e-mail indicating the party would like to buy your item. They will ask for your name and address to send a check. Sometimes they will also ask for more information, like age, birth date....things no buyer should ever request.

The buyer sends a check for far more then the item you are selling to you and asks you to deposit into your bank, and immediately wire the balance to their 'shipper' via Western Union. This shipper is always in another state, or another country even.

THE CHECK IS INVALID. The bank does not have an account number matching the one on the check, the company on which the check is drawn is non existent or is one pulled from the phone book and has no knowledge of the scam.

The buyer is hoping you will deposit the check and immediately withdraw the funds and wire them to their designated 'shipper'...you are out the funds as the check then comes back NSF, the shipper is long gone as soon as they receive your wire and the buyer disappears.

Currently I have e-mails from a Ms. Jennifer White who is posing as buyer
"Shipper" who is to receive the money is Kevin Gow in Iron Mountain Michigan

The second scam is someone indicating you have won the lottery, or there is a relative (you have never heard from) who has left you money, or that the other party has received money somehow and needs you to help them cash their check using the same method above.

Ah, the imagination of these people!