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11-19-2007, 11:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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|  Sounds like some kind of scam to me, what do yall think?
A girl here at work has her cousing visiting her. She bought a laptop and got a free printer with it and put it up on Craigs List because she didn't need it and could use a few extra bucks, she was asking $50. This is in VA now, so a guy contacts her saying he's in England and will give her $85 and send a MO. So she gets it today and there are 2 MO's in the envelope but instead of being for $85, they are for $850. He also aranged that a "friend" would come pick up the printer to send to him. I don't think they are scamming her per se as much as using her to launder or something with the money. Maybe even fund a terorist cell, I'm thinking he will say, oops, I sent the wrong envelope and can you cash them and my friend will pick up the cash. I'm more worried that she has Lord knows who coming by to pick up the "printer".
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11-19-2007, 11:20 AM
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| I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL
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yep sounds like it. or scoping out her place.or her. be careful over something like this. |
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11-19-2007, 11:26 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North GA
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Or the MO won't go through and she'll be out a printer...
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11-19-2007, 11:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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She found something on CL about it. These international "buyers" send bogus MO's, seller cashes them, friend picks up the money and by the time she realizes the MO's were bogus, the money is long gone. Yeah, thats what worries me, she's small, cute and alone in her house and they have her address. I tolder her to send the guy a link to the CL scam thing, tell the guy she's ripping up the MO's and if he contacts her again she's reporting this to the local authorities and the FBI. Probably can't do anything but sounds serious.  |
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11-19-2007, 11:34 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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This type of stuff has come up before, its a scam, DO NOT CASH THE MO. Have her talk with the local authorities.
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11-19-2007, 11:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Torrance, CA.
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If you look on CraigsList they have many examples of these in their "Avoid Scams" section. This type of scam is older than dirt but I guess a sucker is born every day. |
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11-19-2007, 11:38 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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Yeah thats what I figure, these scammers are playing the numbers. They target enough people they'll get a bite, but they can't go and follow up in person with everybody. I hope.
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11-19-2007, 01:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: northern utah
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Tell her to send them the printer but to fill it with the red dye like on money bags or maybe even a lil bit of something explosive!  fawkin a-holes.
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11-19-2007, 02:14 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: trying to find out what a TVuPer is.....
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 craigs list= scam city. dont even waste your time reporting it; it will cause you more headache and nothing will ever get resolved. | |
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11-19-2007, 04:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento
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if at all possible, I'd ALWAYS meet at a neutral point like a sfaeway parking lot or something, and during the daytime, but this sounds like a scam anyway. Besides, CASH ONLY!!!!! but even that can be faked... Craigslist isn't really about international orders, it's more of an "electronic yard sale". Why would someone from England, or even the next state over be looking on Craigslist for a $50 printer?! |
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