Showing posts with label CRAIGSLIST SCAMMERS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CRAIGSLIST SCAMMERS. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2012

CRAIGSLIST SCAMMERS

Since I've posted some items for sale within the last few days, I have received a few scam emails I thought I would let others know about. Luckily, my instincts kicked in and I googled the email and did not respond to the first one, but the second one did not come up when I searched it. Although, he did manage to use the same message body, so it was easy to throw his email into the scam pile.
The first email address was: johnpilek@gmail.com and he used the name Matthew Ribery. This guy is all over the place- if you search him, you will find many posts about his attempts to scam people on Craigslist.
The second person was John Harry, using the email chriswalter603@gmail.com and jerrtge234@gmail.com
Both of them emailed me asking if I still had the item for sale. When I responded yes, this is the message I received:
Hi,
 Am glad it's available. I'm going on a vacation to London but I will
 instruct my assistant to prepare and mail your payment which I'm sure
 you will get in about 4 - 6 business days. I'll add $20 extra for the
 delay. I'll pay by M O or cashier check so send me your info (i.e full
 name, mailing address and your phone number) so payment can be mailed
 out immediately. I will also make arrangement for pick-up which will
 be after you must have received and cashed the payment.
 Awaiting your info.
 Thanks
Same exact message for both! Needless to say, I stopped responding and flagged as scams. 
Good Luck everyone!