Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

Just a further precaution to help warn unsuspecting people NOT to deposit or cash them. I love love love the poster who checked with the company whose name was on the check they received - that's great!! :D To the people who've received threats that the sender/buyer/SCAMMER will report them to the FBI, ROFL, tell them you've already reported them and provided the FBI, police, etc. with copies of all correspondence, names, addresses, etc. OF THE SCAMMER. Turn the tables.

Beware- I actually was skeptical so i figured i would go to bank and deposit check but made sure to explain that i was not sureif this was legit or not and wanted to make sure it cleared. needless to say the check cleared and I still asked the teller if that this ment it was available and other bank had already confirmed-he said yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I actually ended up loosing $3000. I have gone to police department as well as put in a internet scam report to http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

See below what he wrote me:

Hello ,

Thanks for your reply concerning my inquiry. I am quite comfortable with the condition of the item.Since I won't be making any repairs on it, I will add $30 to the purchase price... for you to hold it for me,Please provide your full name, Address and your Phone number so that I can send your
payment.I will be paying you by a Money Order /Bank Check. It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you,As for delivery, I will make arrangements for the pick-up after you have received payment,If this meets your approval, kindly get back to me,as soon as possible, with your name, phone # and mailing address where payment will be sent,so that I can have my assistant get the Money Order /Bank Check ready.

Note: As soon as you have your money in hand,we can talk about the picking up of the item. I would like you to take the posting off craigslist.org today and consider is sold to me.

Best Regard
Ben Foster

Hi Kate, Thanks for the update, i will be waiting to hear from you on monday and i will keep the hauler updated that the funds will get across to them by monday because there are other items they are picking up for me as well i so much appreciate your understanding and your time. Thanks
Mitchell

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:21 AM, KSL wrote:

Well, that is a big difference! We will be happy to do that for you. I received a check for $1970.00. I will deduct the agreed amount of $250 and make a money order for you to give to the person who picks up the lamp. The difference should be approximately $1720., give or take a few dollars for the cost of the money order if you dont mind. I am also sorry to hear about your wife. I am a cancer nurse at the local hospital here, and to receive a diagnosis like that, I know is very hard. My family will be praying for you and your wife. Please be patient with me. I am about to start a very difficult night shift weekend at the hospital and I may not be able to get to the bank and make the money order until Monday. If you are concerned at all, please don't hesitate to call me at . Your money is in honest and trustworthy hands and will get back to you soon. Sincerely, Kate

From: Mitchell Graye
To: KSL>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: Very unique Lamp from Taiwan - $200 (High Springs) Payment Delivery Update.

Sorry i haven't contact you until now, I was away because i was
called that my wife was seriously sick and she was being rushed to the
hospital after several test that was performed on her we got to know
that she is suffering from breast cancer and she has to go through
surgical operation i am sorry for not getting back to you until now.
I want to inform you that my assistant have send out the payment to
your contact address you gave me.but there is something i think
i must bring to your notice,i discovered that some how my assistant
have over paid you.The payment that was meant for another transaction
was sent to you and the one meant for you was sent to another but the
payment is on your name, however i want to believe i won't have any
problem with this and if i can trust you with my money.Please once you
receive the payment, i will like you to take it to your bank and cash
it,deduct your money for the item and send the remaining via western
union or money gram to the manager's of the shipping company that will
come and pick-up at your place I hope this arrangement would
work out because i have my own hauler who handle my pickup so they
will come for the pickup at your location after you received fund.

Here is the tracking number :EO 900 154 094 US for the payment
coming to you track it via www.usps.com as soon as you receive it take
it to your bank and deposit the check and withdraw the difference and
send to my hauler info below

Name: Lillian Clemente
CIty: Plantation
State: Fl
ZipCode: 33324

As soon as you have it sent, Get back to me with the western union
details the mtcn and exact amount sent after transfer charges has been
deducted from the money you are sending and let me know what day
should the hauler come for pickup.
I will be waiting to hear from you.
Thanks
Mitchell

conkyle55@googlemail.com

You received an email from PayPal company.There is a fund pending to be credited to your account.The funds have been confirmed by PayPal and has been deducted from Kimberly Garette's account.Your account will be credited as soon as we receive the shipping reference / tracking number / custom forms number of the shipped merchandise via email.

You are to ship ONLY to the VERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS below:

Name: Peter Sunday

Address: St Peter's Catholic Church, Rukuba Barracks rd,

City:Jos

State:Plateau

Zipcode: 234073

Country: Nigeria.

The above address has been investigated and verified by PayPal and the BUYER
Kimberly Garette is a verified PayPal user.

INSTRUCTIONS IN REGARDS TO SHIPPING

1. You have to mail the merchandise out first before you can obtain the Tracking number / Custom Forms number at the post office.

2.You are to send the tracking number to us via email to my email address agent.sharawhite@gmail.com so that we can verify the numbers with USPS OFFICE.

Please note that you are not to give the tracking numbers to the BUYER until we have credited your account with the funds.

Thank You for using PayPal for your online transactions.

Received the "Glad you still have it. I am leaving for vacation to London, etc., will have my assistant send you a money order or cashier's check. Asked me to send name, address, phone number and will pay $20 more due to the delay. What a bunch of . . . Will forward to Craig's List now.

First email from john williams

Hi, I am trying to sell a bed and am continuously emailed by fake buyers (Craigslist has become a little bit of pain in this regard as a few years ago it didn't happen this much).

So far the following email addresses have turned out to be scams. Saying they are trying to buy the item for a relative and sending the money by paypal.

Of course the emails you receive through "Paypal" are fake email addresses, even with emails stating that "you don't need to worry" :-) actually quite professionally done etc. etc.

jamesscottd17@googlemail.com
brwnsmit6@gmail.com
nicklo200@gmail.com

So never give your exact address, and an email address that you cannot find using google nowadays is definitely just created by a young boy sitting in an internet cafe somewhere in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia or elsewhere ;-) - etc. etc.

Good luck!

promise.jessica@gmail.com
is a scammer as well

I received the following email after someone (Stacy - jide.oloye@gmail.com and Kimberly Hartzell -honytrkjdk@gmail.com) emailed me asking if the furniture I had posted was still available. I told them it was and asked if they would like to come look at it...this is the response I received from the second email address:

Thanks for getting back to me and am sorry for my late response...so I
am okay with the condition and the price and am ready for its
purchase.So I'll be paying you with a certified Bank Check and the
payment will be issue out to you Via Ups Courier service and I'll be
responsible for the pick-up and the moving while you hold on my
behalf.So,I will be needing more pictures of different types to be
sure of what am buying and the following information to issue out the
payment to you..

Full name to be on the check.
Full Physical address to post the check(not P.O box)
City, State and Zip Code
Home & Cell Phone to contact you.

Please note that the payment will be overnight to your address and it
will be delivered within 2 days and I will like you to know that will
not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over to
your location as soon as you have received and cashed the check so get
back to me with above information so i can mail out the payment on
time..Thanks and hope to hear from you as soon as possible.Regards.

Take Care.

I knew it looked very fishy and googled it. If something doesn't seem right, it probably isn't! Hope this helps others know what to look for so they can protect themselves.