CATION Craiglists scam
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Instructor
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: San Antonio Texas
CATION Craiglists scam
Good Morning,
I am happy it's still available for sale and price you placed is okay with me.I am prepared to offer you an compensation to secure the sale to me.I am actually buying this motorcycles someone special to me and i have already arranged with my shipper for a pick-up at your location,ill handle the cost however..Pick-up will only be done when you have money in hands ok?
Please let me have the required details neeed below so i can have my banker issue the payment and the form of payment will be a Certified Cashier Cheque OR Via Money Order to be sent to you as quickly as possible.
Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Ph one Number:
Last offering price $:
Hope i can trust you on this sale Cause i am buying here online for the first time and i hope it goes well for us...And also i will be sending more than funds of what am buying due to the shipment cause i will want my private shipping agent to come for the pickup at you residence,Remember You will be sending the remaining funds to my shipping agent through via Western Union or Money Gram so he can come for pick up immediately Okay.
I await your mail later today with your Full Contact Details needed for Payment to be Issued..!!!!!!!
Best Regards
Vikky,
TOOOO funny!
I am happy it's still available for sale and price you placed is okay with me.I am prepared to offer you an compensation to secure the sale to me.I am actually buying this motorcycles someone special to me and i have already arranged with my shipper for a pick-up at your location,ill handle the cost however..Pick-up will only be done when you have money in hands ok?
Please let me have the required details neeed below so i can have my banker issue the payment and the form of payment will be a Certified Cashier Cheque OR Via Money Order to be sent to you as quickly as possible.
Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Ph one Number:
Last offering price $:
Hope i can trust you on this sale Cause i am buying here online for the first time and i hope it goes well for us...And also i will be sending more than funds of what am buying due to the shipment cause i will want my private shipping agent to come for the pickup at you residence,Remember You will be sending the remaining funds to my shipping agent through via Western Union or Money Gram so he can come for pick up immediately Okay.
I await your mail later today with your Full Contact Details needed for Payment to be Issued..!!!!!!!
Best Regards
Vikky,
TOOOO funny!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Springfield MA
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12, '19, '21
I got a bunch of them this summer trying to sell my boat. Imagine some fellow I never met was going to give me an extra $1,000 over my asking price, just to make sure I'd save the boat for him. Ya right! Not on my watch.
Race Director
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 10,674
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
I have gotten these too when I was selling my 72 Corvette. They always spell check "Cheque". Actually there are a lot of real overseas buyers now as the dollar is worth much less. If you sell overseas there are precautions you can take. Set up an account for this transaction only and have the funds wired directly to that account. This protects the buyer and seller. Don't ship until the funds have been transfered and cleared. Never western union extra funds, make the buyer arrange and pay for his own shipping. If he really wants the item he will do this.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,458
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From: Indy Indiana
I would know the certified check is bad and would ask them to just send it then... make them do work... upon receiving it, do nothing, stuff it in a drawer and of course don't even send them a reply or anything... when they inquire, then tell them it was never received, and ask them to send another one... and so on....
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From: Wichita Falls (Lake Arrowhead) Texas
I had posted an ad on CL wanting to find local folks with the bigger "motor scooters", like the Honda Silver Wing, Yamah Majesty, Suzuki Burgman, all 400cc to 650cc "scooters" to form a ride group in the immediate area. I received a couple replies wanting to know basically the same details and term of the "sale" as you did. I WASN'T trying to sell anything!!!! Needless to say, I forwarded the reply to CL. I don't know if it did any good or not, but you really got to watch out for these scammers. Stay sharp and don't get duped by someone in South Africa who doesn't have the cahonas to be a pirate on the high seas!! LOL!!! If there is a lot of mispelling and improper use of the English language, it's probably a scammer. Thanks for the thread.
Team Owner
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From: Columbia Missouri
I had posted an ad on CL wanting to find local folks with the bigger "motor scooters", like the Honda Silver Wing, Yamah Majesty, Suzuki Burgman, all 400cc to 650cc "scooters" to form a ride group in the immediate area. I received a couple replies wanting to know basically the same details and term of the "sale" as you did. I WASN'T trying to sell anything!!!! Needless to say, I forwarded the reply to CL. I don't know if it did any good or not, but you really got to watch out for these scammers. Stay sharp and don't get duped by someone in South Africa who doesn't have the cahonas to be a pirate on the high seas!! LOL!!! If there is a lot of mispelling and improper use of the English language, it's probably a scammer. Thanks for the thread.
All you have to have is an email address and you can post on CL. Since it's so easy to make free email addresses there is no way even CL can stop them.
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
Good Morning,
I am happy it's still available for sale and price you placed is okay with me.I am prepared to offer you an compensation to secure the sale to me.I am actually buying this motorcycles someone special to me and i have already arranged with my shipper for a pick-up at your location,ill handle the cost however..Pick-up will only be done when you have money in hands ok?
Please let me have the required details neeed below so i can have my banker issue the payment and the form of payment will be a Certified Cashier Cheque OR Via Money Order to be sent to you as quickly as possible.
Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Ph one Number:
Last offering price $:
Hope i can trust you on this sale Cause i am buying here online for the first time and i hope it goes well for us...And also i will be sending more than funds of what am buying due to the shipment cause i will want my private shipping agent to come for the pickup at you residence,Remember You will be sending the remaining funds to my shipping agent through via Western Union or Money Gram so he can come for pick up immediately Okay.
I await your mail later today with your Full Contact Details needed for Payment to be Issued..!!!!!!!
Best Regards
Vikky,
TOOOO funny!
I am happy it's still available for sale and price you placed is okay with me.I am prepared to offer you an compensation to secure the sale to me.I am actually buying this motorcycles someone special to me and i have already arranged with my shipper for a pick-up at your location,ill handle the cost however..Pick-up will only be done when you have money in hands ok?
Please let me have the required details neeed below so i can have my banker issue the payment and the form of payment will be a Certified Cashier Cheque OR Via Money Order to be sent to you as quickly as possible.
Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Ph one Number:
Last offering price $:
Hope i can trust you on this sale Cause i am buying here online for the first time and i hope it goes well for us...And also i will be sending more than funds of what am buying due to the shipment cause i will want my private shipping agent to come for the pickup at you residence,Remember You will be sending the remaining funds to my shipping agent through via Western Union or Money Gram so he can come for pick up immediately Okay.
I await your mail later today with your Full Contact Details needed for Payment to be Issued..!!!!!!!
Best Regards
Vikky,
TOOOO funny!
Hey I've got a Certified check for $10000 more than what you are asking for the bike. I'll just drive over & you give me the bike & $10k cash. We'll call it 'even'.
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12
...this happened to me also a few times when I was trying to sell my Yellow '80 here on the Forum in the Spring of '03. Said they would deposit funds into "my account" and pick up the car the same day for what I was asking.
...I replied to several of them they get the car and clear title two weeks after they make their "deposit". Never heard from them again.
...I replied to several of them they get the car and clear title two weeks after they make their "deposit". Never heard from them again.
