Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

I just got this email and it sounded a little funny so I thought I would research it. The thing that got me a little suspicious is it went to m spam folder, it said she was going to the Bahamas in like 2 weeks and she wanted my full name and address, and didn’t want any pictures of the item I was selling... This is what she wrote.

~~~~~~~~~Thanks so much for the update.The price is not the problem but i think i have to be very careful this time when am transacting on the internet. I had fallen into the hands of some fradulent seller that,collected my money and never ships out my item. I hope i can trust you? Anyway, i intend to make fast payment as soon as i can before i travel to Bahamas in 2 weeks time. I will making my payment through Cashiers Check and i will wait till you receive and cash it before i arrange for the shipping.

Shipping will be solely funded by me without you paying a dime, if you are okay with this, let me have your full name and address plus your reachable telephone number as it will be written on the payment so that,i can forward it to my finance house to prepare your payment immediately for you to receive it on time. Do get back to me~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The name was "Laitan capoyan"

the main thing to note on these emails is poor english
heres one i got
Mary Richard to me
show details 5:40 AM (4 hours ago)

Hi,
Thanks for your sharp response, I have taken a close look at the advert and am
completely okay, I'll want you to remove the advert from web and consider this item is sold
to me,
i'll be paying via Certified check or money order and the check will
deliver to you in next 48 hours.

Am a very busy woman and my husband his on business trip to Scotland , but hopefully he will call you before the end of the transaction.
The item will be pick up at your house by the shipper agent as soon as you have the cash in your hand.
As for the shipment of the item, that will be done after the payment has been cleared from your bank and you have the fund in your account.....

Cleared funds would have to be obtained prior to the sale.
The money would CLEAR into your bank account before any transaction could take place.

I will send you $2500 in your name, which will include the shipping cost of this item,
moreso, i also have some other furniture's and Christmas gifts that i bought which the shipper will take along with your own item, but your place will be his first arrival before moving down to any other location
so when you have the fund cleared in your bank account you will have an extra sum of $80 for your running around and also deduct the money for the item and you will have the rest of the fund sent to the shipper agent via the western union in order for the pick up of the item asap after deducting your own amount plus the extra $80....

I shall send you the shipper agent details for the difference as soon as the check clear i.e you have the cash in you hand..
I will only required your full name , your address your zip code and your cell number.
So i will want you to get back to me with your full details for the payment asap........

1)The full name to be on the check

2)The street address and the state

3)your zipcode, cell number.

In order for the payment to be issued on time i will need these information asap, and you should be expecting the payment as soon as you send your details to me...

Regards.
Mary

The email below came from the email address in the subject line...

Thank for the prompt response to my mail,my secretary will be
processing and mail a draft to cover the cost of my purchase as am
completely satisfied with the advert.I will need the details of whom &
where to mail the draft.It will be delivered by the United Parcel
Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not
deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address
3.Mobile #

Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed to buying from you
to save me cost,my mover will be coming over for the pick up right
only after the payment as been delivered and i want you to understand
that, i love to call but am a deaf and only uses a hearing-in paired
phone the relay so please send me a email you leave a message on my
voice mail 9518927140" it will be delivered as an email to me as
well,thank you.

Regards

This lady Kelly Michelle tried a scam similar to the ones most of you had talked about. She wanted me to Western U. the money etc. Well I thought it would be a good deal so I gave her my address and info. Then, I got a good feeling(especially now after reading these emails) that it was a scam. I told her the deal was off, but she persisted and said she was sending the check. I said no thanks, but she couldnt take a hint. So finally I told her that if she didn't stop harrassing me and listening to me tell her that I wasn't going to take the check that I would call the police and contact my lawyer. My last sentence in that email was in bold face and read DO NOT MAKE THIS DIFFICULT. Her next email to me read: fu** u and thats it. Just classic huh. I called her out as a scammer in my email back and said that if you ever try to contact me again I will alert the authorities and to take her response to me and do that to herself. We'll see what happens next, but I'm tellin you that these people are scum and douche bags and this is how I think most of you should deal with them. Don't mess around and play their games. Confront them and if needed alert the police or authorities. Good luck to all and take care

===Anthony

More craigslist scammers - same old cashers check story

santos sunday (samtos.1@gmail.com)
brad farr (bradffa192@gmail.com)
Steven Varney (stevvarneey@gmail.com)
kenny tee (kenny.tee98@gmail.com)

has anyone cashed the check and kept the money

do the checks clear

Hello,
Thanks for the prompt response to my inquiry. I hope it is in a perfect condition as I'm highly interested in it and I am really okay with the pics i saw at craigslist i will have love to come and take a look my self but i am a very busy man i hope you understand ? due to the distance i will like to make an instant purchase but if there is anything wrong, you can kindly let me know and we can fix things up. I don't mind paying additional $50 for it in order for you to take the ad from craigslist and also to be assured that it is already mine. I will be paying you with a certified check and it is going to be sent to you via courier service which is going to be mail to you overnight. For the payment, I'm going to need your details (Full name, address and phone number) in order to facilitate the payment asap. My mover will be coming for the pick up as soon as you have the check cashed so you don't need to bother about the shipping as everything on that is well arranged. Thanks and I'm waiting to hear from you

I did not sell my item to the scammer after reading blogs showing that this was a scam