Craigslist Scam: Cheque and Western Union For More Than Amount

SAME thing happening RIGHT NOW! I am selling a speaker for $500...
Here are the emails:
1st:
I really appreciate your response to my email. I want you to consider
it sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craisglist to avoid
disturbance,anyways I don't have time to come over to take a look
because of my Business schedule but you don't need to bother yourself
with the shipment,I'll
take care of that by engaging the services of a mover, hence I'll be
sending a check and it will be delivered to you via United Parcel
Service,so I'll need you to provide me with the following information
to facilitate the mailing of the check....
Full name on the check.
Full Physical address to post the check
City, State and Zip Code
Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY
AIR SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check.Thanks
N.B UPS does not deliver to a P.O box addresses.Regards

2nd:Hello,

how are you doing right now?i just want to let you know that i have
incontact with my client and she inform me that the payment is already
sent out to you and you will have it on Tuesday.so please let me know
as soon as you have it asap.Regards

3rd:Hello,
How are you doing,i just want to let you know that i have in contact
with my secretary concerning the payment and she informing me that you
have receive the payment today and i have the tracking # with me
now,here is the UPS tracking number of the
package..(A375 882 448 0),As soon as you have the check,Just go
straight to your bank and cashed
the check instantly or you can deposit it into your bank account and
withdraw the funds from your account and you will deduct your money
for the (Subwoofer - Renkus Heinz BPS 15-1)also take $100 for your
running around then have the rest funds send to the shipper via
Western Union who will be comin g for the pick up at your location
today,this is the shipper information below for you to send the money
via Western Union.....

NAME...Jacqueline Carland
Address:4625 OLD WINTER GARDEN RD
ORLANDO, FL 32811

She is due to be back in your location anytime from now and his
informed me that the only thing holding her up is the shipping
funds...So you can as well contact her at
...easylinkshipping@hotmail.com to schedule the pick up
time,afterward i will require the following information from
you........

1.MTCN # 10 digit number on Western Union receipt
2.Sender's name and address used in sending the money
3.Actual amount sent.

***Please note that you will be paying whatever the western union
charges to send the money from the excess funds going to the
shipper***and upon the shipper did receive the money he will contact
you immediately to schedule the pick up time with you asap and also
don't forget to email me your map quest for easy way for the shipper
to know your house.i would be glad if you can take care of everything
this morning and do email me the info asap,i will await for your response
soonest.Regards

I recently am trying to sell a guitar on craigslist and it seems very much like the scams you made.
Here are the emails exchanged. Did I do the right thing and does it even seem fishy to you?

please is your posted ad still available for sale ?
Karen.E

It is still for sale yes. I actually only placed my ad this morning so you are the first person to respond. Are you insterested in it?

Thank you very much for the response, Anyways, I'll be mailing a check via my Bank to you due to my job transfer and shortness of time. However, to ease the pick up, I'll be engaging the services of a mover to do that after the check has been cashed. I'll need this details below to mail out the payment to you asap...

• The Full name on the Check
• Mailing address be it residential or office
• Cell phone # and
• Final Price of the item

I'll appreciate it if the item is kept for me. Thank you for the understanding.

Regards,
Karen. E

Hello again,

I appreciate the email but I would like to ask a few questions before we proceed. Obviously, as you may know there are alot of scams on craigslist so I am very apprehensive to do any kind of transaction without meeting face to face. Do you have a paypal account as I would much prefer that payment is done that way? There are too many scams where checks are sent, the check is cashed, the mover comes to pick up the item and then the check bounces several weeks later. I am in no way meaning to offend you, I just am trying to be smart about the sale. If you do not have a paypal account I would like to meet face to face with whoever is picking it up and exchange cash. I will not make the sale with checks, sorry if this causes any trouble,
thanks

-Matt

scam or me just being paranoid? it seems too close to the rest to not be and the email address is a random name then 01 at ymail.com

Had the same thing happen to me only the buyers name was "Daniel Edward" (email: daniel.edward01@yahoo.com). I was selling an xbox360 for $300 but he offered $450 for it. I received the check today and of course didn't cash it because it seemed pretty fishy. I wanted to make sure that it wasn't some scam so I google'd it and this website came up. Thank goodness!

I just received a request to purchase an item I currently have on Craigs List. I hope people read this before they fall for his scam. He is using the Harry Lucas 84 hotmail account right now.
The story was the same. He lives in Seattle. He is on a business trip and would pay extra 50.00 to take the item off of Craigs List. He'll have a mover pick up. It's a surprise birthday gift for his sister. (No woman would want this item by the way) He wants to pay with Cashiers Check. The red flag was raised as soon as he said birthday gift for his sister and then for sure with the Cashiers Check.
Please be careful people!

I had an exchange with someone claiming to be looking for a room. They were to receive funds from a client of theirs and had the 'client' forward me the cheque with the balance being sent Western Union. When I went to cash the cheque Money Mart called the police and reported I was trying to pass a fraudulent cheque. Fortunately I had all the emails saved, could prove I had had an ad, and even had the envelope the cheque came in. The police haven't charged me but it could have been a lot worse.

Same thing almost happened to me..

Daniel Akeem... watch out for him.

Payment for $200, accidentially made for $2000..
Bull.

Be Careful.
If it seems fishy, don't do it.

Internet hoax via Craigslist see email below...

Hello
Blissfulness of the day to you out there, I saw your advert on
craigslist and am really interested. I will like to know if this item
is still available and if so I will be paying you with a certified
check along with the pic up charges,but I will not be chanced to
come and take a look at it, due to the nature of my work and the
shipping will be taking care off by my shipping agent once I make the
payment to you.I 'll wait till the check cleared before I arrange for
my shipper.All I needed from you is to give me your last price and
the
information in which the payment will be forwarded to. Please get
back
to me ASAP. so that the payment can be sent to you in timely manner.
Get back to me with the following details.
Your full name...........
Your full address..........
Your zip code and ........
Phone number ........

Thanks