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Is this a scam? (Craiglist)
Kyougu
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I'm trying to sell a couple of pieces of furniture (5 piece living room set) over craiglist, and I had someone emailing me asking about the dimensions, asking for more pics, and info. And now I get this:
Thanks for the prompt response i will instruct my Bank Officer to
mail(Tuesday Overnight) a certified Bank check,while you hold on my
behalf. Once you receive this, my mover's will come pick up at your
place.I will be needing the following information to issue outthe
payment . . .
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address(Physical)....Not P.O.box
3.Your phone number
** Please note that the payment will be overnight to your address and
it will be delivered within 2 days.I have taken a close look at the AD
and am satisfied.I appreciate you saving this for me.Kindly delete the
posting as am definitely buying it from you and it would be sad for me
to have the payment in the mail only to be informed of the its sale.I
will also wait for the check to clear before i have my mover come for
the pick up
I never really sold furniture through craiglist, so is this common practice?
Thanks for the prompt response i will instruct my Bank Officer to
mail(Tuesday Overnight) a certified Bank check,while you hold on my
behalf. Once you receive this, my mover's will come pick up at your
place.I will be needing the following information to issue outthe
payment . . .
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address(Physical)....Not P.O.box
3.Your phone number
** Please note that the payment will be overnight to your address and
it will be delivered within 2 days.I have taken a close look at the AD
and am satisfied.I appreciate you saving this for me.Kindly delete the
posting as am definitely buying it from you and it would be sad for me
to have the payment in the mail only to be informed of the its sale.I
will also wait for the check to clear before i have my mover come for
the pick up
I never really sold furniture through craiglist, so is this common practice?
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It's a scam.
I would fuck with them, give them random name, address, everything, just to try to teach them a lesson
Seriously, who buys furniture, even used one without inspecting it first?
What do you do for payment if you don't take a check. Straight up cash? Is craigslist mainly a local thing?
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And get a counterfeit testing pen to use on the bills before you accept them!
If you want to sell something on Craigslist, take clear pictures of it (don't just use stock photos from the internet), describe its condition accurately and with reasonable detail, be explicitly clear about any flaws or defects, and state your desired price up-front. When you get an email from somebody expressing interest in buying the item in-person for cash, email them back with more details. If you get any emails asking if you can ship the item somewhere else, or if they can send you a cheque for more than the required amount, or anything other than in-person with cash, ignore the email completely. If your item is priced fairly, you will get people wanting to buy it normally. If all you're getting are scammy offers, lower your price.
Their cheque won't go through with your bank, and you'll have already sent them a cheque with the difference.
It's a common scam in used car selling.
this should be stickied and made as the go to for all " is this a scam " posts
if you even have to ask, you shouldn't do the deal.
But, another thing to remember is you should be wary of bringing strange people into your house. Put stuff like laptops/mp3 players/Blu-Ray players/game consoles in your room or something in case the person who is stopping by to take a look at your furniture is just casing the place.
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Yeah if I was having people come over to look at furniture, I'd try put it in a garage or something if I could to keep people out of my house.
Because thieves do use things like that to scope out possible targets.
Potentially you would get scammed with NSF/NCL type shit from cashing bad cheques right? Not if you make sure money clears with the bank before transferring any other funds or property.
And the whole shit with Bank Officials or whatever... well generally if you are getting a certified cheque you gotta get the bank to issue it isn't this true? You would just have to be careful of him giving you a counterfeit cheque.
Please, if I am talking pure bullshit someone correct me because I am not an expert. But it seems like this is how it would be to me.
But yeah cash would be easier.
Because Fedex/UPS can't deliver to P.O. boxes and using USPS would make his scam a federal offense which means he would go down hard.
SCAM
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
scam.
scaa-aam.
The next message will be "oh shits by bank officer accidentally made your check out for $5000 instead of $500, you need to send the rest back to me via western union or else I will contact the authorities"
Seriously, "transfer the money back to me immediately or I will contact the authorities!"
"Yeah no problem buddy as soon as they money clears with the bank I'll transfer the money back to you. I will not expose myself to any level of risk by sending funds before the bank clears the money. The authorities will not have a problem with that."
This does not work. The problem is that banks will typically clear the funds within a day or two, which is when Idiot Seller thinks it's okay to transfer the excess money back. Then two weeks later, the bank finally figures out that the check was fraudulent and they go after you to get all the money back. So no, you're not suddenly smart if you wait for the funds to clear. You don't accept checks of any kind, whether they be personal, cashier's, certified, or even money orders, period.
That is how this scam works.
Not only is it a scam, but it's a particularly cheesy scam.
I believe it is the official title for the Prince of Nigeria.
It really takes the bank that long to determine if its fraudulent? How long does a bank usually wait before they try to acquire the funds from the cheque issuer?
If you really need to get paid via a cheque and are concerned about making sure it goes through properly aren't there ways of guaranteeing its legit? Like for example you go with the guy to the bank and certify it there or something?
Of course at this point with respect to the OP its clear you should not make the deal with the guy for anything less than cash.
I'm not sure how you think the banking industry works, but you're way off. Banks releasing money are most often based on their relationship with the person cashing the check, not on the person issuing it.
Which is why it takes longer for your checks to process with a new bank account then one you've had established for months or years. Typically, it takes at least two weeks for a bank of verify funds not drawn from its own institution.
I "lost" a 80GB Zune that was on my Parents kitchen table when my dad sold my brothers car he "traded" for. He went into his office for a few minute to write up a receipt. You never know even if they aren't intending to "case" the joint, people can have sticky fingers when there is little recourse and little proof.
It's amazing how many times we repeat that in H/A, and I completely agree it should be a sticky. To the OP, always treat craigslist like you're having a garage sale. Offers are only as good as the cash that's in your hand.