Thread Number: 35322
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Warning - Craig's list Scam!!! |
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Post# 380042   10/20/2017 at 14:50 (2,372 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Hi all, I was Scammed on Craig's List so this is a warning. I'm not sure if this scam is common or not but I have never heard of it before and they got me good.
I will be moving soon so I decided to sell two of my Kirby's and a few other items on Craig's List. I got an email from a gentleman in CA who said he wanted to buy all of my items. He said he would send a cashier's check via FedEx. He told me the check would be in excess of my selling price. The excess amount was to be sent to his moving Co. who would arrive at my home within 2 days after the check clears and to notify him as soon as the check cleared my bank.
Two days later the check cleared and the money was in my checking account. I notified him via text that the check cleared. He told me to deduct my selling price from the money and send the rest to his shipping company. I wired the money via Western Union to the account he specified and was waiting for the shipping company to arrive and pick up the 2 Kirby's and other items at my home.
The next morning I logged into my online banking account and noticed in horror that my account was overdrawn by well over $700. It turns out that the Cashier's check was being drawn on a fictitious bank that didn't even exist so of course the checked bounced. The check looked 100% authentic but the bank still removed all of the money from my account leaving me quite far in the hole.
So hopefully this will serve as a warning that not all cashier's checks are good! And only accept cash in hand for any items being sold on Craig's List.
~Stan
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Post# 380044 , Reply# 1   10/20/2017 at 15:47 (2,372 days old) by larryeddy (Sandusky, OH)   |   | |
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This is a well know craig's list scam. they even mention it on their website. Sorry for your loss. |
Post# 380087 , Reply# 2   10/21/2017 at 20:14 (2,371 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Yeah, this scam has been around for over a decade now. Usually the first people that respond to your ad are robots/scammers. Never accept Cashiers Checks or anything else on craigslist other than cold hard cash.
It's because of these scams that most people hardly use craigslist anymore. Newspaper classified or "OfferUp" website are better options. Craigslist has been pretty well dead for buying and selling for the past 2 or 3 years. Nobody bothers with it. |
Post# 380088 , Reply# 3   10/21/2017 at 20:23 (2,371 days old) by rvarley (illinois)   |   | |
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If it sounds to good to be true, it is. Caveat emptor. |