Cascade Crew

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Craigslist is full of scammers

I put my truck on Craigslist a little while ago. Personally I don't see what the big deal is with the site. I think it's a piece of crap. But I digress....

I've gotten multiple scammers trying to get me to respond to their requests. But the icing on the cake is some person made many copies of my ad and put their e-mail on it with a nearly give-away price. They are fishing for personal information in an attempt to steal their identify. Scum bags.

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

yea i put a few things on there too i'll copy and paste on here one email i got off it its total bs
this is the email i got

Hello, i will like to know if this item is available....I want you to email me the last asking price and i want you to email me the present condition as i will love to know more about it...I am willing to get this item in the next few days and i want you to please remove the advert of the item from craigslist because i am a serious
buyer and i will not want you to be disturbed about the item....I
will be paying with a certified cashiers check that will be sent to
you overnight...I will also need your trust in this transaction
because i will be adding the shipping funds to the amount of the item
which when you get the check, you deposit it in your account and send
my shipper the excess funds via money gram...Below is all i will need to send you the certified cashiers check...Name to be on the check??
Street you live??
City..??
State???
Zip code??""""I want you to please get back to me as soon as possible so that
the arrangement of the check can be done""""Anxious to read from you

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

Anxious to read from you.

Nobody American talks like that. Laughing

flea · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

"...I will like to know..."

Nobody in America talks like that. Oh sure maybe a typo, but my suspicions on the internet are as old as the Nigerian scam. If the sound foreign and are asking me to do odd things with money then I run far and fast.
Funny thing about most of these foreign types of scams is that the people pulling the scams speak such proper english, almost as if all they know is what they learned in a class some place. Way to formal and stuffy.

Richster · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Watch Out!

I have sold sooo much stuff on craigs list! When a relative passed i moved a ton of yack on CL and had huge success. Very Happy

However when i put a vehicle on there, i had all sorts of weird crap! Shocked

and the point Flea made is completely true! look at the verbage, it's some 3rd world dirt bag trying to scam you, a total 3rd world
pile of monkey SH*T! Evil or Very Mad

Here's the key to CL: Cash Only, No agents, I don't deliver or ship
Prices are firm! Must show a valid drivers license upon the sale!
This will eliminate any 3rd world butt-wipes trying to pull their
B.S. on you! Twisted Evil

I can't stand those miserable scamming, worthless
dirt-hut, monkey banging, lying scamming, diese infested,
low-life hunk of Sh%t pricks! Bang bang

.
Have a great day!!

flea · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:40 am Post subject:

But how do you really feel lol

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:52 am Post subject:

Richster · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: Hmm

Well after further review of my posting....
I still feel pretty much the same! LOL Laughing

I don't think there is much hope for me, i'm just a tyrant
when it comes to those fine folks!
Ler,
Rich

flea · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

well then you need this.

http://www.419eater.com/

You might really enjoy a new hobby, and this might be right up your alley.
enjoy.

Richster · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

LOL....

I have too much going on as it is! Plus my blood pressure is back in the normal range! That stuff would blaze it right
up....and there is enough trash to do that with out me helping!
I run a comapny and deal with enough yack...no help needed Idea

I do appreciate your offer and found the site..well..differnt...but i
prefer the day to day for sure!
L8er
Rich

flea · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject:

I guess that is a little like poking at the Nigerian mafia with a sharp stick.

Richster · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:54 am Post subject:

Maybe, you never know what rock they come out from under for sure
Red X

mrpopo573 · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

I feel your frustrations, however, craigslist accounts for nearly 90% of our Car lots entire business. I do not allow email contact from any interested parties though, that eliminated A LOT of BS.

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:

Scammers abound everywhere bro. There's not much anybody can really do about it. I've bought and sold plenty of junk on Craigslist, and never had any problems. As long as you deal over the phone or meet face-to-face, and make sure to inspect everything you buy, you'll be fine.

flea · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

Here is another good one I got yesterday:

"Thanks for the mail, I will like to know the final selling price and
some pictures of it and also calculate the shipping cost to California

because you will be shipping it yourself . Please get back to me with
your full name and contact address, I will have love to come over

and pick the item up my self, but right now I am in the camp for some
project, i am buying this item for my only Child living with hermother in California .I will be making the payment via ( United
States Postal Money Order ) USPS which is the fastest and relaible
online

payment. Awaiting your full name and contact address and also your
#phone so that your payment can be mailed out as soon as

possible.

Thank you Smile

"

My ad had pictures too! HAHA

Richster · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject:

Yep there's another! I don't care where their scam'n butt is from, It's the scam and the idea of ripping you off that is total garbage! Red X