craigslist spam?

[sothrowd 10+ year member]

"Thx for the response,

I am happy that the item is still up for sale.i wanna buy this Nice item as a Gift for my Step's Son, So am buying this item for him just to make him Happy.

I will like to proceed Now sending Payment Via (Money Order) via postal serice(USPS) to you whereby Payment will be delivered at your door step in 2 days .Kindly Email me immediately with your Postal payment information (NAME,ADDRESS ,STATE ,CITY, ZIP CODE, PHONE # , PRIVATE EMAIL) so that i can proceed by making the payment Out NOW.Actaully i don't mind offering you $400 for this item Excluding Shipping charges and be handling the item shiping/Picking up with my personal FedEx courier agent without you paying a dime for the shipping.

Best Regards

Hope to hear from you ASAP!"

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[tRidiot 10+ year member]

Not Spam... SCAM.

They didn't mention the item itself, a big tip off. This has been covered here and many other places before.

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

scam

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

scam for sure

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

If he sends you an MO and you cash it then how could it be? Otherwise, yes it does.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

sounds exactly like what the guy on ebay told me when he offered me $10K for a projector.

"I just need your information and I can send you more money than you aksed for"

bullshit. lol.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

If he sends you an MO and you cash it then how could it be? Otherwise, yes it does.

Because it looks legit, the bank cashes it, you send back to him the 'extra' money he accidentally sent you, or just keep the money and send off your item... 10 days later, the M.O. gets discovered as a fraud and charged back to your bank account. This is what the bank does. You'll end up on the hook for the whole amount, and you'll be out your merchandise, too.

It's a well-known scam.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

yeah tell that bish to send you straight up cash or he can go **** a transvestites dick!

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

yeah tell that bish to send you straight up cash or he can go **** a transvestites dick!

ewww

 

[sothrowd 10+ year member]

yea but when i get the mo, i would cash it, and if its a scam then the mo wouldnt work and I wouldnt send him the item. I dont get this scam if it really is a scam.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

yea but when i get the mo, i would cash it, and if its a scam then the mo wouldnt work and I wouldnt send him the item. I dont get this scam if it really is a scam.

read this:

Because it looks legit, the bank cashes it, you send back to him the 'extra' money he accidentally sent you, or just keep the money and send off your item... 10 days later, the M.O. gets discovered as a fraud and charged back to your bank account. This is what the bank does. You'll end up on the hook for the whole amount, and you'll be out your merchandise, too.
It's a well-known scam.

says it takes a while before they find out its a fraud..so.. yeah lol.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

The bank deposits it, then when it hits the "supposed" originator (i.e., USPS MO, some other company) it is discovered to be fraudulent. Your bank can come back against you for it for quite some time, I believe. 10 days is usually how long it takes, but it can take longer.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

scam somebody tried to do that to me too

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

The bank deposits it, then when it hits the "supposed" originator (i.e., USPS MO, some other company) it is discovered to be fraudulent. Your bank can come back against you for it for quite some time, I believe. 10 days is usually how long it takes, but it can take longer.

So I guess you could still always just wait a long time and check with your bank that it went through...right?

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

I'd check to see how long it could take... hate to have it come back months later. I'll bet you a dollar there's some obscure law or policy allowing them to take it out of your account up to 6 months later or something.