Classified ads on craigslist attract scammers from Nigeria and elsewhere.Here is a recent example when I was trying to sell something.Not that I asked for $375, and was offered more for it.Here is the first message I got:
pls can you tell me if this item is still for sale ?and the price
When I replied it was available, this was the reply:
I will have to inform you that i am okay with the price of the [item name] ($375)condition terms are also okay with me,For the Shippment from your location,i have my SHIPPER as soon as we seal this Transaction from your end. I have a CLIENT of my that is owning me some Fund in United Kingdom that will issue you the cheque of ($2000) soon as you receive the cheque and when cleared you will deduct the cost of the [item name] and the remaining balance will be send to the Shipper through western union money transfer for the pick up from your location. If this is okay by you, do e-mail me the following detail FULL NAME ON CHEQUE:CONTACTED ADDRESS:MOBILE&LANDLINE PHONE NUMBER:AND ZIP CODEI will compensate you $50 to remove the advert from the site and will wait until the cheque clear before the pick up commence.hope to read from you today.
This is a classic scam that involves you wiring them money via Western Union, and they sending you a fake cashier cheque.
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Anonymous (not verified)
is this scam or not?
Wed, 2009/12/09 - 05:24Hey
I recently want to rent out a room in UK
here is what I got for my first email...
Good Day,I am pastor Katherinelow...........i will like you to know that i am interested in renting your room for 6Months because i am coming for a business conference in set and i will like you to tell me how much it it will cost me to rent the room and all the bill i have to pay when i get there ..Get back to me asap.Thanks And God Bless You
this is what I got after I received a check for £4000
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me with the confirmation of the cheque and i really appreciate your effort towards this transaction i will want you to know that my arrival before on the 10-Dec-2009 i will be in London by now i made you understand that the rest of the money from the cheque will be for the agent from the document.
My ticket agent which is going to use to take care of my travels ticket and visa,I want you to make everything possible to make sure you get the room for me before my arrival date is 10-Dec-2009 and make it clean and neat.Also,My ticket agent then request for the information by which my flight fare ticket's funds will be send to via western union money transfer so that He can make a well and fast arrangement of the booking.
You are going to deduct £1,200 out of the money and send the £2,800 to my agent you will send the remaining of the money by western union to my agent.
I contacted my agent about this issue and he made me understand that we dont have time anylonger and the rest of the money should be sent to him fast so that he can be able to arrange the document as it will take him some days to arrange the document .
I will want you to go ahead and have the money sent to my agent as soon as possible as i have no time left and i would not want the money to delay
I will want you to make sure that the money is sent as soon as possible as i dont want anything to delay .
My ticket agent advice that the rest of the money should be sent to his full name and address as below.
NAME: BAYODE FEMI
ADDRESS: 22B HENRY CARR STREET.
IKEJA LAGOS STATE.
NIGERIA 23401
You can go to any westerunion money transfer outlet below to have the rest of the money sent as soon as possible.
As soon as you have the money sent as soon as possible,i will want you to get back to me with the full information on the westernunion money transfer reciept such as:
SENDER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
RECIEVER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
TOTAL AMOUNT SENT (AFTER DEDUCTING WESTERUNION CHARGES)..
MTCN NUMBER(10 DIGIT)..
TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER (PREFARABLY LET THE TEST QUESTION BE...... WHAT IS MY FAVORITE COLOUR AND THE ANSWER SHOULD BE.... YELLOW).
Note:the westernunion charges should be deducted from the rest of the money you are sending and do go to the above westerunion money transfer outlet given to you above with your form of identity (international passport or driver liences)
Email me back today that you got my mail...
Thanks and waiting to read from you..
God bless......
Katherinelow......
Anonymous (not verified)
nicholas desmond (email: frontiemake@gmail.com
Wed, 2009/12/09 - 16:03this person put an ad in on craig's list about the same type of scam you all have been talking about. same thing about a check being provided and being able to take out "your pay" and sending the rest to whatever location. the name he gave was nicholas desmond located in england doing business in the us and needing a personal assistant to do "tasks" for him. he gave the phone # of 447.563.8321.175 international. i sent him an email with this web site attached stating "gotcha"
Anonymous (not verified)
Sherdrack Bent
Tue, 2010/06/01 - 11:17Yeah I just got a note from him today about an item I have for sale on Craig's List. He wanted to send me $4000, have me deduct my sale price then send him the remainder.
Don't these people ever learn? It's a riot watching the scams they come up with.
Anonymous (not verified)
Thankfully I found this
Thu, 2009/12/10 - 10:57I just received what I felt as a suspicious looking email about my post. And what would you know. It was from sherdrack_bent2000@yahoo.com
Hi (spelt my name wrong), I am okay with the condition.Let me have your info i requested for so payment can be mailed to you and as soon as payment is received and cashed same day my pick up agent will now come for the pick up.I await your info today please.Letme agin have your final selling price.
"conquer every obstical, make impossible possible, even when winnings illogical losing still far from optional" - Clifford Harris Jr.
--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Myself (My email) wrote:
From: Myself (My email)
Subject: Re: BUYER FROM CRAIGSLIST
To: sherdrack_bent2000@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 3:55 PM
This depends on what your using it for. I made the statement that if you want it to be road legal you will need a lot of free time and money. The truck is far from road legal and will need a lot of money. I estimated it around $800-1000 if you replaced it the parts it needs with mostly new parts. I would strongly suggest taking a look at it before purchasing it.
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Sherdrack Bent wrote:
Hello,
I would love to buy your item, I am okay with the price,all i want to
know if it's still in good condition for use, and if you're willing to
accept a cashier check as a form of payment because that is the
only way i can make payment available for the item. I want this
transaction to be fast, if you're okay with my form of payment kindly
get back to me with the following information for me to issue the
payment to you immediately:
Full name... Full address..... City.... State.... Zip code.. Phone
number....Final Price of the item
as soon as i receive the requires details from you I will immediately
proceed with the payment to your name and mailed to your address. And
also, don't worry about the pick up, I will take care of it and it
would be done after you've got your check cashed, I will be waiting for
your response as i want the item as soon as possible. Please I am
really interested. If this is okay with get back with the information
today, God bless.
Anonymous (not verified)
Got scammed on our business
Thu, 2009/12/31 - 00:16My husband posted our business on craigslist, we received a email in November from Mark Anthony needing service in Charlotte, we spoke with him several times then we didn't hear back from him for awhile, he also said he was out of the country with family. Finally around the end of December we heard back from him again, he still wanted our service,so we were willing to do it. The only thing he said was he would send payment to us UPS and send tacking number, then we would pay his home security system to get his keys because it had expired because he had been out the country. He sounded so honest by saying I am trusting my home to you and he also sent pictures so we could price it. When we received it through UPS it was money grams so we deposited it, it showed it cleared then when I tried to send the money to the home security system they said my card was declined, so I went to the bank to take the money out and they said in the same day it cleared they put a red flag on it as fraud and put it back on hold. I am glad my bank caught this or we would had owed back alot of money and thank God I did not have enough money in there to cover the wired money beacuse then someone would had got my money. Then when we came home we contacted him back and he tried to say he did not understand then I explained it AGAIN and all he said was sorry for the inconvenience. We felt stupid we have a legit business with big time businesses and someone actually scammed us, but GOD was watching over us and let that situation be solved. We may had needed that money but hey GOD knew what was best, these people will pay when it comes time for judgement!!!! WATCHOUT FOR MARK ANTHONY
MRKANTHNY1@GMAIL.COM
MRKANTHNY2@YAHOO.COM
MRKANTHNY2@GMAIL.COM
Alisha (not verified)
more evidence
Sat, 2010/09/25 - 01:50-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Anthony
Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 11:34 pm
Subject: I Need your service here in Indianapolis....
Hi there,
GOOD DAY..........
I'm going to need your service in cleaning my house .I've been out of the
country since since monday and i wont be back till End of November and i don't
want everything to look like a dusty and rough place upon my return so I've
decided to contact you to see if you would be interested in taking care of the
house.
I will like a GENERAL CLEANING..
Do let me know the service you are willing to offer and let me know the charges.
You will be doing this for 2 months and there will definitely be no problem with
your salary.My place is located in Indianapolis....Where are you located? and
let me
know the cities available to your service.
please respond via my personal email mrkanthny1@gmail.com
NB:I won't give you the address of my place yet not until we've concluded on the
cleaning arrangements and the time your work will commence.This is my own
security reasons and please bear with me.I can only tell you the area location
and send you some pics.
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Mark..
Anonymous (not verified)
Mark Anthony
Fri, 2010/01/08 - 14:40If you are thinking it must be fishy just google it and you save your self alot of problems.I recevied this email
Hi there,
GOOD DAY..........
I'm going to need your service in cleaning my house .I've been out of the country since December last year for te holidays and i wont be back till End of FEBUARY and i don't want everything to look like a dusty and rough place upon my return so I've decided to contact you to see if you would be interested in taking care of the house.
I will like the following things to be executed;
1. GENERAL Cleaning
2. Changing of floor tiles
3. Painting.
4. Kitchen cabinet
5. Repairs of some electrical appliances and plumbing work as well.
Do let me know the service you are willing to offer and let me know the charges.
You will be doing this for 2 months and there will definitely be no problem with
your salary.My place is located in boise..........Where are you located? and let me
know the cities available to your service.
Thanks and do get back to me letting me know your charges and if you would be able to work continuous for 2 months.I would need some work reference from you and also where are you located.Its important you let me know where you are located so that i can figure out the distance.
please respond via my personal email mrkanthny2@gmail.com
NB:I won't give you the address of my place yet not until we've concluded on the
cleaning arrangements and the time your work will commence.This is my own security reasons and please bear with me.I can only tell you the area location and send you some pics.
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Mark..
BIG OLD SCAM !!!!!!!!! Do Not Fall For It !!!
Anonymous (not verified)
Pay Attention to Mark...
Fri, 2010/01/08 - 19:44I just receive an email like this
Hi there,
GOOD DAY..........
I'm going to need your service in cleaning my house .I've been out of the country since December last year for te holidays and i wont be back till End of FEBUARY and i don't want everything to look like a dusty and rough place upon my return so I've decided to contact you to see if you would be interested in taking care of the house.
I will like the following things to be executed;
1. GENERAL Cleaning
2. Changing of floor tiles
3. Painting.
4. Kitchen cabinet
5. Repairs of some electrical appliances and plumbing work as well.
Do let me know the service you are willing to offer and let me know the charges.
You will be doing this for 2 months and there will definitely be no problem with
your salary.My place is located in orlando............Where are you located? and let me
know the cities available to your service.
Thanks and do get back to me letting me know your charges and if you would be able to work continuous for 2 months.I would need some work reference from you and also where are you located.Its important you let me know where you are located so that i can figure out the distance.
please respond via my personal email mrkanthny2@gmail.com
NB:I won't give you the address of my place yet not until we've concluded on the
cleaning arrangements and the time your work will commence.This is my own security reasons and please bear with me.I can only tell you the area location and send you some pics.
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Mark..
**************
I give thanks to the people who post it about this guy and the scam. Thanks...
Anonymous (not verified)
Mark Anthony Scammer
Fri, 2010/01/08 - 20:26Just like the house cleaning and repairs in "boise...." except he has an IDENTICAL list of things to do at his other house in "raleigh...."
1. GENERAL Cleaning
2. Changing of floor tiles
3. Painting.
4. Kitchen cabinet
5. Repairs of some electrical appliances and plumbing work as well.
Do let me know the service you are willing to offer and let me know the charges.
You will be doing this for 2 months and there will definitely be no problem with
your salary.My place is located in raleigh.........Where are you located?
X SNIP X
Anonymous (not verified)
mark anthony cleaning scam
Sun, 2010/03/14 - 22:15same exact email as above for cleaning and general repair needs. i emailed him back before i looked hIm up damn it! i diD not send private info but did some reference names and numbers..i hope he ignores it. craigslist is either really good or full of bad seeds!
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