Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

I received a similar offer through craigslist for an old wringer washer that belonged to my motherinlaw. We were asking $700 for it. After being contacted by
monicawil02@gmail.com and told they would send us the money plus $100 running around fee, they sent us a check for $3,000!! They asked us to wire the remainder ($2,200) to their shipper in MN, a Debra Anderson. This was after we told them not to contact us again, as we smelled a scam right away. We told them we were going to sell the item locally for cash only. We stopped emailing them. They sent the check anyway. We are planning on turning this over to the atty. general of our state. Good thing we trusted our instincts. These people must be stopped. I agree, the English they use is broken and not very good. they have several different people involved and the checks come from different places; one was from $ReEnergize project in MN. the other from a place called Interactive Television Network in Irvine CA. This last address showed up as a Tha Restaurant in CA.

so close to sending the money !!!! i literally almost couldnt believe it.
he goes by nick stewart or nickkistar2006@yahoo.com, i still have d money and i know sooner or later the bank will call me and say the check i deposited of 1000 dollatrs is fake.
and i was selling some soccer shoes at 180 dollars and got the check of 1000 dollars! i kept talking to him to keep him in d conversation and he sent me many emails until i mentioned that the bank would chek if the check is false and he never talked to me again.

wooooww hope these guys burn in hell! heres what he wrote and

Hello,

I am highly interested in buying your item listed on CL from you, I will like you to give me the Price. As for the shipping, I have a reliable shipper that takes goods care of all my shipping and he will be picking it up after you get the payment and cashed it. Check is my payment method. So please email me back so that we can conclude about it. and also i will like you to feed me out with all of this information so i can send payment down...
Name on check...
Address...
City...
State...
Zip code.......
Phone#......(both cell and home number)
I will await your information so that i can fax it down to my client that will send you the payment....so i will like you to keep off all other buyer as i will be buying it from you.do email me back a.s.a.p....

Regards

this is another one after i responded ....................

Thanks for your mail,i got your information and i will instructed my Client to issue the Check on your Name.. mean while i also instructed him to include your money on the payment so you should expect a Check of $2000.the excess is for my shipper that will be coming for pick up.the funds will be used for the shipping of the { Adidas predator x DB } along side other goods i placed order for in care of my shipper.i employ you to locate any local cashing outlet nearest to you,cash and and deduct your money($180)and wire the balance via Western Union Money Transfer to my shipper as soon as you RECEIVE the Check and also have deduct an extra $100 for your stress of cashing and the cost of wiring the remaining funds to my shipper that same day you receive payment.My SHIPPER will come for pick up on a specified date that will be convenient for you. i hope i can count on you for my balance. I ALSO WANT THIS TO BASE ON TRUST CAN I TRUST YOU?...hope this is understandable and ok by you,i will like you to also take the advert off and also keep off all other buyer i will expect a quick email from you soonest.

Regard

everyone be carefulll! always meet up with the person and take cash only if the buyer offers a check or mney order sent to you, do not take it. and leav.

hopefully this helps..!!!!!!

So I listed 2 sets of high end china on craigslist a few days ago. Last night I received an email on each set asking if it was still available, both emails from different email addresses, but it looked strange as the question was in the exact same manner. This morning I wake up to 2 more emails and the text in both was the exact same. These people must think we are all fools! Here is the text and the 2 email addresses they came from.

Hi,
Thanks for your response. I'm going on a vacation to London but
I will instruct my assistant to prepare and mail your payment
which I'm sure you will get in about 4 - 6 business days. I'll add
$20 extra for the delay. I'll pay by M O or cashier check so send
me your info (i.e full name, mailing address and your phone
number) so payment can be mailed out immediately. I will also
make arrangement for pick-up which will be after you must have
received and cashed the payment.
Awaiting your info.
Thanks

alicehappyday2@gmail.com
mbbr1@mills-st.com

I might have fallen for this scam if they had not contacted me in the same exact manner on 2 different items! Glad I caught on!

I would have requested a postal money order, which I would have taken to the post office to cash, instead of depositing into a bank account. I would like to think the post office would catch a fraudulent money order, and if they did cash it, then I would think it was legit.

Debbie