Craigslist Scammers
06-18-2013, 05:21 PM
#11
Senior Member
Damn, you mean that low- mileage Platinum for $5499 delivered wasn't a real deal?
06-18-2013, 08:13 PM
#13
Yeah man, total scam... what I go by on craigslist is if the person cant meet up face to face then their a scam. Bunch of F****** scum bags with no life trying to screw people over. It really gets old trying to sell something on there because half of the responses I get are people offering to send me a cashiers check and they will have their "assistant" come pick up the item LOL... so ridiculous.
06-18-2013, 08:15 PM
#14
So the $1990 price tag wasn't enough indication that it was a scam, you had to google his name? 
"Do not associate with Frank" - lol, This quote would lead you to believe that the internet is a small, intimate gathering.
The rules for craigslist are very simple, everything is done in person. No emailing, no money orders, no paypal even.
You talk to the human on the telephone, you meet them in person, and you buy/sell the item.
When people want to email, I respond with my phone number, and if they call me great, if not, I end communication. Aside from scammers, there's just so many weirdos that want to email back and fourth that have no real interest in buying what you're selling.
I've used craigslist tons of times and never had a problem. Used to advertise business on there and made tons of money from real, normal people on craigslist. After a while the scammers/fakes are too obvious to even waste your time.
When I list something for sale, I respond to real emails, from real people with my phone number, tell them to call me, the ones that don't weren't interested anyway.
"Do not associate with Frank" - lol, This quote would lead you to believe that the internet is a small, intimate gathering.
The rules for craigslist are very simple, everything is done in person. No emailing, no money orders, no paypal even.
You talk to the human on the telephone, you meet them in person, and you buy/sell the item.
When people want to email, I respond with my phone number, and if they call me great, if not, I end communication. Aside from scammers, there's just so many weirdos that want to email back and fourth that have no real interest in buying what you're selling.
I've used craigslist tons of times and never had a problem. Used to advertise business on there and made tons of money from real, normal people on craigslist. After a while the scammers/fakes are too obvious to even waste your time.
When I list something for sale, I respond to real emails, from real people with my phone number, tell them to call me, the ones that don't weren't interested anyway.
06-18-2013, 09:45 PM
#15
Don't throw your phone number out there, ask them to send you theirs... You can be tracked easily from your phone number if these scammers are smart. I never throw my phone number down until the second email, and even then I ask for theirs.. I even openly tell them that I'm just screening for scammers...
In the future I'll just ask for theirs, if they don't give it, that's probably a pretty good indicator they are collecting emails and/or phone numbers to spam.
One that I fell for a few times years ago when I was new to craigslist was the one where they respond to your ad with an email to the random email through craigslist that asks "Is the item still for sale?"
Then once you respond, they have your real email and get flooded with spam mail about ***** pills and money from a great uncle in some African country that wants to make you rich. I learned the hard way on that one.