Another scam via Craigslist: offering more than asking price

Don't except anything but CASH. You except anything else you oviously didn't think. CASH ONLY AND LOCAL PEOPLE. NO OUT OF STATE. Think before you make any decisions.

Here's the e mail I got just last week.....

Thanks for the response. I'm cool with your price. I will be paying by 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 and cashed by you. I don't mind adding an extra $40 so you can keep it in my favor and i will so much appreciate it if you can have the advert taken down from C.L and consider it sold to me. Reply with your name, Address where payment will be sent and your phone number. Expecting to hear from you soon.
Warm Regards

Then this one......

Hello,

How are you doing, i hope you are fine and alright. I have been busy myself but doing great. There is something i think i must bring to your notice. After a reconciliation of my account, i discovered that somehow my partner must have over paid you apart from the forty Dollars i added to your asking price.
The Payment will be delivered to you within this week, Its on the way now to you. Please once you receive the payment, i will like you to deduct your money and send the remaining via western union to the manager of the shipping company that will help me with the pickup, Note : You will not be responsible for the Western union fees. You will deduct that from the excess money and wire the rest to the shipper's information i will provide you once the payment as been received. however i want to believe i won't have a problem with the excess. Hoping to read from you ....Thanks once again for your understanding..
Warm regards

No money order as of today.

Yep. Below is the email I received regarding a chair I was selling. The email was moniclin2011@gmail.com.

The initial email:
"Hello! let's do like this, actually now I'm not in town for now, I
came to visit my son so i wont be able to meet with you but am okay
with the price as seen on the advert, I'll proceed in issuing a Check
out to you and when you received the check , I will make arrangement
for pick-up. So get back to me with below details asap.

Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Phone Number:

And as soon as this is provided, the payment will be overnight to you
and i will let you know when its mailed out. I need you to be honest
with the sale as I am a God fearing person.

Thanks

God Bless."

The second email after the 2,750 dollar check was sent:

"Hello... I just want you to know that i just get back to town and my
secretary have mail out the check out via Usps and here is tracking
#9101969010386999135946, I will like you to know that their was a
mistake with the check sent to you by my secretary, she put wrong
amount on the check, the amount suppose to send to my shipper who will
come to your place today for the pick up once you get the check... But
i think i can trust you with the check... So here is all you need to
do once you get the check from Usps today, Deduct your own money with
extra $70 for your running around and send the rest to my shipper via
Western Union money transfer and get back to me with pick up address
and best time for pick up today cos my shipper is waiting for best
time for pick up from you and pick up address.

Here is my shipper information that you need to send the rest funds to
Via western union in

money in minute service.

Rachel Fowler
Memphis TN 38116

Once you have the funds sent i will like you to get back to me with
follow details.

Sender full name
Amount sent after western union charges
MTCN 10 digit control number
Best time for pick up.

I will be happy if you can make this done today for use to complete
the transaction.

Thanks."

The first email sent through craigslist went staight to my spam folder. I replied that I still had the item. Then I got this email. I replied back again and said I was forwarding the emails to the Federal Trade Commission.

Sounds Good,

I am ready to purchase it asap.I anticipate that I'll have a Certified
Check issued out to you from my bank.I'm in no rush with you till
fund's are cleared in your bank which takes only a day. You do not
have to bother yourself about the shipping. I'll instruct a Shipping
Co Agent to come for pick up at your door,when you must have gotten
your cash at hand. Kindly e-mail me back with your physical address
such as :Name,Address (NOT P.o.box) City, State, Zip-code, Phone
Number.I will be sending the payment via Overnight FedEx Express Mail
Delivery .You can delete the advert asap

Thanks

Robert Hook

roberthook126@gmail.com
and another email was
stoneferry@gmail.com

Hello ,

Thanks for your reply concerning my inquiry. I am quite
comfortable with the condition of the item.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 it sold to me.

Best Regards
Henry Thomas.

richardagoodman@hotmail.com is a SCAM on Toronto Craigslist !!!! BEWARE !! He post items at too-good-to-be-true price and try to get people's money !!

richardagoodman@hotmail.com known as Richard Goodman is a SCAM on Toronto Craigslist !!!! BEWARE !! He post items at too-good-to-be-true price and try to get people's money !!