Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

Here's one that I just got: I was told by my assistant that your item is still for sale ,i would have love to come and see it,but my scheduled is very tight.I will mail out your payment once you provide your full name.phone number and address.I can only pay by CHECK as am on a business trip now,pls let me know where to send your payment to because i wouldn't want to lose it to some else.I don't mind adding ($80) dollars so you can keep it in my favor,you should get your payment in 4-5 working days i will appreciate if you can get the ad off craigslist so i can be sure you are keeping it in my favor.Please let me know as soon as you receive it so i can start making arrangement for the pick-up.
Thanks

Here is an excerpt from interview with a scammer in Nigeria: "...Another time I got into big trouble because of a victim who kept saying he had sent money when he hadn’t. He sent me 4 fake wire transfer codes and each time the boss went to pick up the money they told him that the number was wrong. The last time the office staff called the police and the boss had to run away. I got beat really bad for that one. I think the guy was just playing with me for fun and never had any real money."

There it is. Just pretend to send them money, and they get the sh**t kicked out of em!

I am trying to sell my phone and I get this message, I almost gave in..ughh hate this!
This person's name is Appiah Tialo

Hello thanks for getting back to me i want to get the item for my nephew who
is currently with his grandmother outside the state i would have loved to
come over to take a look at the item but i am a busy man working 24/7 that
is the reason so i would have also love to pay you cash but i cant
come i would offer you $300 so i would be paying you through my
verified paypal email so kindly get back to
me with your paypal email address so that i can make the payment asap
because i need the item sent to him today Asap.
so kindly get back to me i await your response...

Re: ????????? Date: 2010-12-10, 12:47AM EST Reply to:Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:34 AMFrom: This sender is DomainKeys verified"kelvin" Add sender to com>

Hello,
I really appreciate your response to my mail.I want you to consider
that its sold, please do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via Money Order.
I will need you to provide me the following information to facilitate
the mailing on the Money Order

1.....Full name to write on the Money Order
2.....Full Physical address, City,State and Zipcode to post the Money Order
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you

** Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via Courier
Service and I will like you to know that you will not be responsible
for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed
the Money Order,**.
Thanks

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It's still available for sale??

WOW! good thing i googled his email.

Thank you!

I am so glad that I felt leery about the email I received to the point that I researched the email address.
I posted a sale for a coach handbag and wallet for $250 and almost immediately I received an email from
a person just asking if it was still for sale. I responded yes and didn't hear back from the person until a
week later or so. What caught my attention (thank goodness for good photographic memory) was that the
email address seemed different. I wasn't quite sure yet was almost positive that this person had emailed me
the first time from a different address. So I went into my email archive and pulled up the original email and sure
enough it was a different email address. Now, I know perhaps that isn't too odd because I personally have
different email addresses for work, personal, junk mail...etc but if you are trying to buy something I would think
that you would use the same email address through the whole transaction just to make the other person feel
safe and so that they won't feel that they are being scammed. Luckily I pay attention to great detail. The person
who sent me the email is named Shannon Popp. I wanted to believe that maybe she was different, not a scammer
but after reading the posts on here I believe she too is a scammer. The following is what she sent me:

Hi,
Sorry for the long reply.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay you with money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment due to the fact that i am away for a family emergency.I will make arrangement for the pick-up after payment have been received by you. I dont mind adding an extra $20 just for you to keep it in my favor.Reply with your full name and address where payment should be sent,and a phone number where i can reach you.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me.
Expecting to hear from you soon.
Thanks.

So not only did the email grab my attention but the whole sending me and extra $20 sounded too good to be true. I know there are generous people out there but for some reason I didn't feel the generosity in this email, I felt awkwardness. So thank you for all those who posted their stories! I hope all of your stories and my own can help many more people out there.

-NR

He send this message twice. He doesn't answer any of my questions.

What's his porposed getting my address and phone#???

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Thanks for the response.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay by a money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment.I will make arrangement for the pickup after payment have been received by you.I don't mind adding an extra $30 so you can keep it in my favor.I would have loved to come take a look at it but i am presently out of town,send me some pictures.Reply with your name,phone # and mailing address where payment will be sent.I will let you know how i intend to pick it up.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me.
Expecting to hear from you soon.
Regards.
Michael Grey
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Daniel Russell daniella202047@divinestores.org

SCAMMER! In London on a business trip and his assistant 'accidentally sent more than original asking amount'. RED FLAG! Called MoneyGram to confirm the fraudulent check.

Happy Holidays. Scammers will rot in hell....

I am selling a truck on craigslist got this message after his first one to ask for photos of "the item" never uses truck

Ok just wanted to make sure nothing is been left out.
I will be buying this for the price you have listed it for.Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime,can you send me more pictures (if available)?
Regards

I have many who want to buy that live in town, but I was curious as to the paypal idea. Scam written all over it, a quick google search and my suspicions are confirmed. Glad I had other offers though or may have been more tempted :>)
This guy was Sean McGlynn