Does This Look Fishy????

[guitarman23]

Well I Put My Black Morse Up On Craigslits and I Want Your Opinions!


"Hi,
Sorry for getting back to you late Concerning the item you listed for sale, I'd have really loved to come see it but I'm not chanced to do that now because i got a call from my secretary that i will be going for a charity program in Hawaii to help raise fund for the less privilege and the orphanage homes in the states and all over Africa,because i belong to a charity organization in the state.I want to believe this item is still in a good condition. I'll be making your payment by Certified Check which will be sent across to you. I'll be sending the money for the Item and the moving funds. My Mover will be coming for the pick up once you get your payment and it clears from your bank, that will take 2-3 business days. You are to send the Moving funds to the mover once you get the check cashed, so he can arrange the time for the pick up cos he will be picking other Items for me around the city. Pls I'll need your name and Physical Address along with your phone number to issue the payment. Thanks for your Anticipated support. Reply ASAP. "



Most Of The People That Contacted Me Have The Same Problem "There Not In The States/Over Seas......

 

[Larry]

I wouldn't do it.

 

[robelinda2]

Dodgy!!!!!!!!!

 

[PugNinjas]

Sounds like the scam where the person offers to pay for the item plus adds more to the total for you to withdraw an give to them.

Avoid this at all costs

 

[guitarman23]

yea, my rules are (Only Meet!) its annoying these puts try to do.... well im gona still wait until i can make the deal in person!

 

[Ricman]

A typical "Nigerian" scam. The "moving funds" will be a cheque for afew thousand more than the guitar costs. It will seemingly clear in your bank..you then give the him the axe, as well as a refund of a few thousand dollars...then in about 5 weeks your bank writes to you to tell you that the monies did not clear after all. Oops....
It's huge scam on a global scale. The thing I find most annoying is the precious little that the banks do to stop it happening.
Run, don't walk, away from this guy.

 

[Spudmurphy]

DO NOT DO THIS DEAL!!!
- no way - you will get scammed.

 

[TimSz]

I sent a few messages to people regarding apartments for rent in my area, and got these responses. It's not just on guitars... it's on everything. If a person is dumb enough to fall for it, then it sucks to be them. These types of scams have been around for years. It's safe to say that one should never ever reply to these.

I actually replied, avoiding giving any personal information, however asking for some more detail behind the move and their family and the such. No response! Hahahaha.

 

[Pittman75]

I like how he emphasises how he does all that "orphanage" stuff for "children. What does that have to do with anything?

DO NOT do it.

 

[Jodizzle]

DON"T DO IT!!!!!

I got the same thing when trying to sell my Bronco. I actually got a check in the mail!!! They said that they wrote the amount for too much, so they wanted me to deposit the check .. and refund the difference to their "shipper" when they came to get my beast. I smartened up and replyed something to the effect of ...
You guys are lame, I'm not falling for this, my bank confiscated your check and you are now under investigation!

The check is actually on my desk in a frame, but the bunk buyer never contacted me again ...

 

[RobW]

The general rule to remember is: If you at all think that it might be a scam, then it probably is.

It's crazy how to this day the scams coming out of Nigeria and elsewhere are still so active - and perhaps crazier how so many people still haven't heard of these scams...I remember hearing of these scams like 10 - 11 years ago. Evidently the scammers flock to internet cafes and basically run their business out of them.

There's been some hilarious scam-baiter websites around where they scam the scammers and document their dealings with these guys. Like this one:

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Met a new friend/penpal on a friendship/dating site who's asking you for money?
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IT'S A SCAM!

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[guitarman23]

what do you think?

"hello seller,
Complement of season to you , your items request by my cleint and the mode of payment is cashier check i want to know if you accept the payment if so send me your info i e your name address zip code phone number your items price and the picture to show my cleint thanks reply me back asap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Multiversal]

what do you think?

"hello seller,
Complement of season to you , your items request by my cleint and the mode of payment is cashier check i want to know if you accept the payment if so send me your info i e your name address zip code phone number your items price and the picture to show my cleint thanks reply me back asap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Scam.

Dude, the assholes just don't stop.

I remember all the Nigerian emails I used to get.

"I'm the PRINCE and my father died, and now we want you to have millions of dollars because we're that nice!" scams were a dime a dozen back in the day in your AOL email boxes. Woo. Good stuff.

Instead of ignoring them like most people, I used to toy with their heads and make them think I was falling for it. Boy did they get pissed off! I used to get threats from "the nigerian mafia." I always LOL'd

 

[guitarman23]

lol yea...... my gosh......

 

[the24thfret]

haha this stuff is hilarious, people have zero shame

 

[koogie2k]

Guitarman....would you please PM me the e-mail addy. I know how to take care of this......it is a scam and I know it very well. I love making life hard on these idiots...just send me the e-mail addy please. Thanks.

 

[SteveB]

The giveaway in the first sentence.. "the item you have listed"..
this is a generic block of text that they can cram into any transaction. You don't walk into a store inquiring about something in the display window and not call it by its name, right? "Uh, I'd like a price on the item you have so prominently displayed in your window."

You'd more likely say "How much is that Dargie in the window?"

*duck and run*

 

[MikeVt]

Guitarman....would you please PM me the e-mail addy. I know how to take care of this......it is a scam and I know it very well. I love making life hard on these idiots...just send me the e-mail addy please. Thanks.

Every day I wake up and wonder what Koogie actually does for a living. He sounds like Uncle Vito that 'makes problems go away'....

Mike

 

[Slingy]

Give him the address and telephone of your local FBI office.

 

[Danserrano]

yup all scams, i recently put up my line 6 amp on CL and u get about 15 of these a day.....just avoid em. You know the good ones from the wrong. Especially when selling gear. I mean lets take a second if i were buying ur guitar id start off by saying man that morse is sick sorry u have to let it go, how much? maybe we can work something out. Definately not, Hey kind sir i'm from Europe and want the itm. Will pay by cashiers check and will have someone to pick up the item cuz i don't want to inconvinence u......

Just go with ur gut, it's 99.9% of the time right =D and when ur still not sure u have us for that other .1% lol