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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wandering Connecticut
Posts: 9,294
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Craigslist posting - Is this a scam?
I am currently trying to sell my old Volvo. I have an ad up on craigslist, and got this email yesterday:
"Kindly get back to me if the item is still available for sale..."
I replied to the party,
"The item is still for sale. Would you like to come take a look at it?"
His reply to this was,
"Thanks for the quick response... Am satisfied with the price and condition of the item. I will like to make an outright purchase of the item. I am out of town on a business trip, so i will like to proceedin issuing out a Cashier check to you and upon the confirmation and clearance of payment my shipper will come for the pick-up at your location. So get back to me with your full name, address, zip code and phone number so that payment can be mail out asap. hope to read from you soon. I will be waiting to read from you soon."
I'm not really seeing how someone COULD scam me with the information he is asking for, but there are a few warning flags here: the repeated reference to my Volvo as "the item," (making me think that this is a template/automated/mass message), his wanting to buy "the item" sight unseen, his being away on a business trip, the weird mis-spellings, etc.
How should I proceed, O Pelican Brain Trust?
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