Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

Watch out for Mel OR Ash

This was the conversation:
Hello,
Thanks for your response to my inquiry. Am interested
in buying. I would have loved to come check it out
myself but i am
presently on vacation with my husband. I would love
some surprise
changes and replacements in my husband's studio,
ready on our return,
that is actually why i am buying it. Please withdraw the
advert from
craigslist as I wouldn't mind adding $20 for you to take
it down, so
that I can be assured that the item is held for me. I believe it is in
good condition as you stated. I will be making payment
via Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you, once
i have your full name and physical address. I'll be picking the item
from you with
the aid of a mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it
from you when it is most suitable for you and when you have the
Certified Check.
Best wishes.

I've been in contact with a Pastor, whom lived in north Vancouver, bc, canada, who is renting out a 2bedroom condo, at 800 a month. nontheless, i think this is a scam. dont know for sure. They say they're doing missionary work (in Lagos, Nigeria) so i am being extremely wary about this. plus they say i'd have to pay rent through the western union money transfer thing...
and to think she, and he her husband, are both pastors.
even says that her husband would be coming home in 6 months time to check up on the place.
so is this person trying to scam me, or are they genuine???

Better yet people...when you get one of these bogus pieces of crap email..save yourself a boat load of wasted time and just kick them to the SPAM folder,,,and move on...don't think about it again till you get the next one from Craigs List..

To analyze and pull an autopsy on these emailers is ludicrous...think of them as "chain letters"...everyone has got one in their life at one time...and what happened...you deleted the damn thing and never looked back...

and for those dumb enough to actually fall into this circus act of spamville..then I fear greatly for your future and your ability to have common sense...and possibly may need supervision from here on out...

I posted an X Box 360 on craigslist with several games and a hard drive for $300. Titled "X Box 360 Arcade with games" I knew it was comin, sure enough the first 2 e-mails
were scams. This one from mishaylagordon@sify.com, Greetings,Am Mishayla Gordon thank you for your quick response to my e-mail for the X Box 360 Arcade with games as I am interested in this item and would like to do business with you right away, so I would like for you to remove the ad immediatly. (idiot) I know your asking price is $300 but I would like to pay $500, (idiot) I know it may sound strange but it is to cover the insurance for my delivery service that will be on there way to pick up the item as soon as I get a transaction to you. I can not do it myself as I am located in Hamilton, Canada. This person then asked for my name, phone number, a physical address and then displayed their pay pal account address. Here was the rest of the msg... I will give you the address of where to send the X Box 360 Arcade with games, it is located in South Africa I am buying this for my honorable daughter who is on resort, I know she will be happy to recieve this X Box 360 Arcade with games. So please get back with me asap. thank you, regards. I replied with this, Well I appreciate your intrest but regret to inform you that I didnt believe a sigle bit of that, but great effort moron. you have managed to waste several minutes of my life that I will never get back. And for $500 your daughter better be hot. Then I blocked them. I sent that msg because exactly 3 minutes before that e-mail I recieved one from hamptondecker@gmail.com and IT WAS THE EXACT SAME MSG.

A friend of mine just got a suspicious looking email and it was reminiscent of one I received last spring. We found this website and I wanted to post it, in case anyone was contacted by this individual.

m janetcook01
to
date Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
subject ============$549 / 1br - One Bedroom on Campus - Available Now!!! (map) Reply to:hous-afbbh-1184797577@craigslist.org
mailed-by gmail.com

Thanks a lot for your response .I have already seen the description
and I would like to inform you that I have an interest in the room and
would like to take up the room immediately on behalf of my daughter
and I will be making an advance payment for a month plus deposits and
the subsequence rents later as she would be staying there for about 6
months or more for her Vacation,I hope this is ok with you?

As regards my Daughter,Her name is Lucinda ,She is a Lady of 22 years
old and she is a very nice,obedient and caring person to stay with,an
only child of mine whom I cherish so much as she never got to know her
Father as he died two months after she was born. Growing up for her
was fun and adventurous but in all things we give thanks to God for
what we are and where we are today.

I am a qualified international lawyer who due to the nature of My job
I'm always out of town as I am presently in France on a workshop and
which is why I am mainly able to getting to you via mail.

I will like you to know that I am very delighted in taking the place,I
would like to secure the room instantly pending her arrival.

Pls note that due to my absence, I would have instruct my client to
have a check mailed out to you but i need you to understand that you
would be getting an overpayment from the check in which you would
deduct the rent,and the remainder of the funds will be for her
traveling expenses/Air tickets down to USA.
I will therefore inquire you to send the following details such as your
Full Name
Contact address
Contact phone no

I hope this is well understood and you can secure the room for my
daughter. I will be expecting your reply as soon as possible so the
check can be mail to you fast.
Thanks once again.
Regards,

We decided to sell some items on CL for the first time and got almost the same email. Right of, I thought it was a scam, my husband caught on later...

Here's the two email we received:

Hello,I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to
>> consider the item sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to
>> avoid disturbance and to be rest assured on my side that i have bought
>> it.I want you to know that i will be paying via check .I will need you
>> to provide me the following information to facilitate the mailing of
>> the check...
>>
>> 1.Full name to write on the check
>> 2.Full Physical address to post the check
>> 3.Home & Cell Phone to contact you
>>
>> **I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
>> shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
>> check**
>>
>> Regards.

THIS IS WHERE RED FLAGS WENT UP!!

Hi ,how was your day ?I want you to understand that the deal is on and
my secretary as posted the payment promptly, but there was a little
problem which i guess we can handle with care while i contacted her to
confirm if the payment as been mail out she said my boss issued a
single check of $3600 for your item and other items bought.The payment
was already posted before i was inform about this but i wouldn't want
this to delay the sale. All you do once you have the payment is to
take it to you Bank and have it cashed and you will then deduct the
money for your item plus $100 for your running around. The excess fund
on the payment will then be wired to my mover via western union that same
days so that he can come for pick up as i already plan on using the
excess on the payment to offset the cost of the various shipments he
as undertaken on my behalf.Do let me know if i can trust you to have
the excess sent to my mover thank you,best Regards.

My husband give the required information and today I received a check for the amount of $3,600.00, it came via UPS Express with nothing in the envelope but the check drawn on a Wells Fargo Bank from Intergraph Corporation. The return address on the UPS envelope is:

Katherine Crawford
9819 No Road (I kid you, not)
Jacksonville, FL 32210

So...beware ~~NICOLEISWILSON6XX@GMAIL.COM~~