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Craigslist buyer wants to pay me via money order: scam?I'm selling a lightly used home theater system on Craigslist and after a week of no activity and no interest I sudden got an email from someone who says they'll pay full price plus a few dollars if I'll accept a money order. Now obviously that's suspicious, but I dunno, maybe it's legit. Should I accept a money order as payment for stuff I am selling on Craigslist? No you should not. Let me explain the why's and wherefore's, though, so you understand why this is a tricky way to separate you from your stereo system or other expensive electronics. I'll start by saying that I have also experienced this sort of thing, and the email I got from the buyer looked like this: From: suzandavis003@gmail.com Subject: Re: Philips HTS8100 compact home theater system (North Boulder, Colorado) I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay by money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment.I will make arrangement for the pick-up after payment have been received by you. I dont mind adding an extra twenty dollars so you can keep it in my favor.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me. Regards Susan Davis Now, in addition to the whole payment thing and the strange not minding paying an extra $20 for no reason (what legitimate buyer offers to pay more than the asking price?) I also noticed that her email address indicated she was "Suzan", but she signed it "Susan". Quite unlikely to be her (or his) real name. More importantly, the words money order have become a flashing red warning sign in the world of ecommerce and auctions, and, heck, the very top of the email from the potential seller said: ![]() To test out whether it was a scam or not, I responded with: "I'm afraid that's not going to work for me. I only accept cash, as I indicated in the advert." and, of course, never heard back. But I was curious: how does this Craigslist (or, presumably, eBay or any other transaction) scam work? So I dug around a bit and here's what I found from the US Postal Service, in a document ominously titled Top Six Counterfeit Check or Money Order Schemes [PDF]: "You place goods for sale online. The perpetrator poses as a buyer, sends you a check or money order for more than the purchase price, and asks you to wire the excess money to a third party (often someone in a foreign country who allegedly handles shipping logistics). This scheme may be used for large items sales, such as automobiles, motorcycles, or boats." Gosh, that sure sounds like what the buyer had suggested! The Postal Inspectors document goes on to explain what happens in these cases: "You deposit the check into your account and wire the money to the contact (the employer, shipper, cyber-soulmate, businessman, etc.) when the funds are posted to your bank account. Few consumers realize that, while banks are required to post checks within a matter of days, it generally takes weeks for a check to clear. Weeks later the bank notifies you that the check was counterfeit or stolen, and you are responsible for the full value of the deposited check." Phew! The short answer is what I gave at the beginning: Just say no! Good luck and be careful out there, whether you're on eBay, Craigslist or just selling something through your local newspaper.
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Hi Dave (and thanks for all you do!) Just wanted to add that this scam goes the other way too. I saw a MacBook on Craig's List for a pretty unbelievable price and listed by a "lady" who was moving to England. Of course it turned out that the money had to be shipped to a clearing house (in Nigeria it seems), and the MacBook would also be sent there, and then that very "reputable" company would forward each to buyer and seller. I did not do it of course. Beware what's too good to be true. It's a sure clue to these scams. jessica Posted by: Jessica at September 25, 2008 10:42 AMI wanted to say thank you for posting this. I had exactly this happen and I just ended the transaction. Something seemed a little off when they asked me to take all of the money then send the payment to the shipping company. So I googled the name of the buyer and it brought me to a Criaglist scam website and then to yours. So thank you for your website and your information. No matter what, everyone should do some research on their buyers before striking up a deal and if something seems sketchy it probably is, so don't do it. Posted by: Keri at November 20, 2008 1:29 PMTHANKS ! for posting this info. I'm usually pretty in-tune with the typical scams, and even though we were suspcicious on this one, until we rec'd the last email suggesting we will get a money order for 2x the cost, and we have to use a particular shipping company, we were going to move forward. Then I googled his name, and the exact scheme was identified as a scam. I am embarrased I was falling for it - until the last email when it became quite clear it was a scam. Thanks, Wow my friend was looking for a roomate and this lady from mexico replied on craigslist. He was only asking for 460.00 and she was going to give him 2300.00 to pay for the rent and have him send the rest to a travel agency so she could fly up here. This popped up some red flags for us so we did a little bit of research and came across your site. It sounds like this is the same type of scam and we have severed all contact with this person and asre going to turn the money order over to the police. Posted by: Josh at March 17, 2009 12:07 PMDo not accept money orders online!! Check out the e-mail that I received after posting something on Craigslist and you'll find that it is worded almost exactly like the one that you received but is coming from a different e-mail address. When I e-mailed them back they told me to send them my info asap or they wouldn't do it. Obviously a scam - I'm so glad I found this site and saw the e-mail that you got as well! Hi, Carlos. Posted by: Mel at April 19, 2009 9:32 AMHey, I came across your site and a lot of scams out there. michaelmcbride00@gmail.com Hello kenley, -------------------------------- I just got this scam as soon as i posted my bass guitar up and within 10 mins I got someone asking me if it was in good condition, i responded and he sent me this. With no name or any mention of my item at all or any talk of a bass. I am okay with the price of this item and the condition of items and 'll like to make an These craigslist scams really annoy me. A couple of years ago I was looking to sell my truck and got four responses from people that wanted to send me a check for more than the truck was worth. They wanted me to ship it them and keep the extra amount. This turned out to be an overpayment scam, which I didn't fall for. Only do locally with Craigslist, no paypal just pick it up in person or no deal. Posted by: Garen at August 30, 2009 12:40 AMI got a similar email for a dress I had put up for sale which isn't even that expensive. "Hi, James." Not even knowing it's a scam I just didn't feel like giving my address and wait for a money order, so I told him I can keep it and he can pay me cash when he comes to pick it up. Later I just got a little suspicious and googled his email and found out it's a scam. I am very tempted to write back to him and tell him Karma will hunt him :)
I posted an item on Craigslist and got 2 responses back both of which were creepy. Most people on Craigslist say "I'll take it-where are you located?" and that's about it. These e-mails were way to formal.. "Hello, "Thanks for getting back to me really quick. I will so much appreciate it if you can have the advert taken down from C.L I don't mind adding an extra $50 for you to do that so that I can be rest assured that the item is in hand. I wouldn't be able to come over for the check up due to my tight schedule but my mover will be coming over for the pick up once payment issued has been clarified.I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check and it will be over night payment due to the distance,once again You don't need to bother yourself with the shipment ok, i will do take care of that. So, i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check. It's amazing to see how they use the same wording again and again. I am glad I checked this out, although I was never going to reply to them...too creepy. Posted by: K at September 15, 2009 2:39 AMOhh, let me add another to the list. A lovely email sent by rosemarywashingtonbase1@gmail.com "Hi, Thanks for getting back to me, I am interested in purchasing the above item mentioned and I am paying by money order which will take few days to get to you. Please provide your full Name, Address and your phone number for payment. As per-shipping, I will make arrangement for the pick-up after payment has been received by you. I don't mind adding $50 dollars so you can keep it in my favor. Hope to hear back from you. Thanks. Rose" Same thought as Dessee, how to report something like this? All the fraud complaint sites are if you've been defrauded or such. i need a payapl payment information Posted by: Anonymous at October 7, 2009 4:09 AMHey, I just got an email a few days ago that looked almost exactly the same as a lot of y'all's. It read:Hi, I replied by saying I only accept cash and will not accept money orders, etc. What do you wanna bet I'll never hear from this guy again? I looked on Bing Maps for the guy's name around my hometown...nothing. Honestly, these scammers are pretty stupid. Posted by: caleb at November 7, 2009 10:22 PMI just received one of these scams and stupidly sent them my name, business address and phone number. After sending it I felt duped so I Googled 'money order + craigs list' and found you. I have already responded to the scammer that I've changed my mind and can only take cash but my question is: will these scammers do anything with my info other than try to scam me again? Thanks in advance for a response or comment. Posted by: Diane at December 16, 2009 8:49 AMThe same guys that Dessee mentioned above are still using the same form mail. Here's one that I received this morning. I don't expect a response from them since I've asked for cash only on pickup. -- Thanks for the response.In a few days you will get your payment.I will be paying by money order so give me your full name,address in full and phone number to make them payable to as i do not want to lose this sale to someone else. If you will keep it in my favor, i don't mind adding twenty dollars for the delay. Pick-up wont be a problem as i already have an arrangement for that.Would have loved to come take a look myself,but it's unfortunate that i am out of town.Would not mind you sending me some pictures to look,that will do.Thank you for your anticipated co-operation. Posted by: fulloholes at March 18, 2010 8:26 AMthe scams continue. here's my latest: From: mark jones
-- So do they just come take the product then? Or what is the point to this.. Take it and by the time we find out it is too late to do anything? Or just to put us in the hole financially? Posted by: Crys at April 8, 2010 8:48 AMI just got a scam e-mail for an item that I'm selilng on craigslist. Hi, Yea, just got one on item selling on Craigslist.. From: Martin Wood (rbraybusher@gmail.com) "Hi, lol Posted by: Bryce at April 15, 2010 7:21 PMHello To Everyone Reading This - Please Do The Following: When you receive an offer from a perspective buyer to purchase your items you listed on-line ie: Craigslist, Ebay, Backpages, etc. If they are not local or don't leave you a local call back number do the following Don't Waste anytime do what is listed below this statement: Report the email as a spam (google, hotmail etc. they all have the button at the top) and it will be forwarded to the spam department and forever deleted for you and no future receiving of any emails from that address plus they will track the ip and port number address and shut them down. (I know I patch holes in network security)
Try these statement when posting your AD'S: 1) Ad Will Be Deleted Once Item Is Sold - Don't Ask If Avail
4) 5) Alternate Pay - United States Postal Money Order (it can be cashed for the full amount at U.S. post office no fee's and you only show any kind of ID to say you are you) * * * Remember if you are going to ship an item charge the buyer the fee's on top of your asking price *Delivery Confirmation $0.95 *Signature Acceptance $1.95 *Insurance $10 for every $100 of it's value DO NOT SHIP ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE US (no tracking nor delivery confirmation avail. for international mail) Will kill 99% of spammers If the offer is much better then what you are offering then IT'S A SCAM LAST BUT NO LEAST SINCE MANY ARE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY SELLING OFF STUFF GO TO YOUR LOCAL OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE AND BUY A BILL MARKER - It's a brown felt-tip marker that if a bill is fake the ink will show - There are many would be money makers out there and they know that small bills work the best for scamming and if you deposit those bills (the bank marks them) you just lost all the money and your stuff and a call from the fed's (the 1 or 2 bill rule is out the door the banks now report any bill)
I placed an ad this wednesday and immediately was hit by the same scam. Thank you to all that posted w/ details so that I could recognize this scam. See below: Wendy Colman [wendystoress@gmail.com] Hi, Hi David, Hi David, From: Mark Morgan Hi, Thanks from alex smith alexsco2008@gmail.com Hi, Ok, so I just started posting things on craigslist also, and this was from one of my potential buyers. Everything started to sound fishy so I started doing some research and asking around.. From what I have learned is to always go locally and always take cash..
Thanks for the prompt response am quite satisfied with the condition .Am very much interested and i am really okay with the item and i will love to make an instant purchase,so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist and considered it SOLD to me,I will add $30 to the purchase price, for you to hold it for me.I would have loved to come take a look myself but i am a very busy but i'm okay with the item. I will be paying you by money order.It will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you, it will be sent via courier service due to the distance.You don't need to bother your self with the shipment okay,i will take careof that,so i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the Money Order, so that I can have my assistant get the money order ready. 1. Full Name to write on the Money Order Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have cashed the Money Order. Calvin Hello , I have forwarded your information to my assistant to proceed with the payment to the address you gave me.You should receive payment within the week.Once payment is received we can proceed with the pickup.Thanks for your understanding and patience.I would like you to take the posting off CL today and get back to me. Thanks!Have a great day, waitting to hear back from you soon. Calvin Hello , I have forwarded your information to my assistant to proceed with the payment to the address you gave me.You should receive payment within the week.Once payment is received we can proceed with the pickup.Thanks for your understanding and patience.I would like you to take the posting off CL today and get back to me. Thanks!Have a great day, waitting to hear back from you soon. Calvin Thanks for your honest and understanding, my assistance mistaking sent you 850 dollars, As soon as you receive it kindly take it to your bank and cash the money order immediately then deduct your item cost plus the money i offered you and send the remaining money to the mover's via Western Union Money Transfer. I will look forward to your email as soon as you've received the payment, the payment will arrive soon. Have a fantastic day! 1st mail from lisaborder_01@hotmail.com : 2nd mail: I didn't reply anymore... Posted by: Elvis at June 20, 2010 3:22 PMOMG, I just saw a Teens Mom episode about this last week. We just listed our item on Craiglist and got 2 responses from people that want to send money. My husband thought it sounded funny, myself I wanted to trust people. I told my husband to go ahead and we just wont send or do anything until the money order clears. That was until the last email... RED LIGHTS went off as soon was we read it.
Hello, I'm completely interested in buying it. I anticipate that I'll have a Check issued out to you.I'm in no rush with you till funds are cleared in your bank.I'll instruct my mover to come for pick up when payment has been cleared. Kindly e-mail me back with your Name, Address, City, State, Code and Phone Number for the Bank Cheque.The Check should get to you within 2-3 business days via USPS postal service. Please remove the Ad if you are interested in selling it to me to avoid interruption by others. Expecting your response with details requested. Thanks Good Morning: How are you doing together with your family, Hope great. I just wanted to know if this Bike is still up for sale, what is the price Thanks Dr. Steven Best Regards.
Sorry I haven't contact you until now,I was away because I was called that my wife was seriously sick and she was being rushed to the hospital: After several test that was performed on her we got to know that she is suffering from breast cancer and she has to go through surgical operation I am sorry for not getting back to you until now am sorry for the delay the payment has been mail out and you are expected to receive this in 2 business days. Here is the address below where the payment was sent to. xxxxxx Thanks I just got one of these, exact same format. Annoying. But what I don't understand about the explanation is the following: Why on earth would I be responsible for someone ELSE depositing a phony check into my bank account? That is their problem (the check issuer for writing a bounced check, or the bank's for accepting the bad check, especially when they tell me that it's accepted up front, and I can see the funds in my account!) Furthermore, aren't cashier's checks and money orders pre-paid and guaranteed by the issuing bank to be valid? Even assuming that they are phony, can't a competent bank be able to see this immediately? Especially in the age of lightning-fast electronic transactions and information communication? Guess I just don't get it. But thanks -- I'll tell this "buyer" to go fly a kite. Curry Thanks dav, I've just got the email below, and answered "Come with cash and pick it up": Hi, I have posted a car for sell ad in Craiglist , and received this email in response the next day: "Thank you very much for the response. I will be happy to buy it. Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me. Do get back to me as soon as possible. Mary H" Pretty sure it's a scam. I'm selling a WORTHLESS BROKEN freezer on craigslist. I received this exact e-mail only from 'Wendy Hills' Another one for the files. Thanks a ton for making creating this site so I confirm that it was a scam. Hello I just spoke with you on your cell but the line was breaking.Meanwhile thanks for the consideration as am very okay with your final price 165$.Anyway I have concluded with my tutor on buying the item. The link of your ads had been sent to him and he really likes the item. I'm interested in buying this item for my new music class starting in a couple of weeks and we are in a top gear of preparations. he is very okay with the details on the item. Sending more picture will be awesome though,i just hope the item will be as good as speculated. This name and email address seems to also be connected to this type of scam: I nearly fell for this scam too and then decided to google.. here's the email I received about a bed frame that I posted for sale. The first email asked if the item was available - totally normal.. I replied yes and then got this email. "Hi When I saw *money order* the little red flag started waiving in my head and that's how I found this site. Glad I avoided the scam! Posted by: Katie at November 20, 2010 8:40 AMI wouldn't sell my precious Zune HD to someone with grammar that bad anyway. Posted by: Cokehead at November 23, 2010 9:04 AMhere is an email from my scamer.
Here's another - hope it helps all future Craigslist patrons. From "Alex Garry" I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying From: Michael Rains Hi, This is the video I Email scammers when I figure out they're trying to scam me! I sugest you all watch and do the same. Justice is definitely served! Maybe they'll all finally realize how truly pathetic they are for doing what they do, after seeing this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHSte37BrOs What happens if they send the money order and you take it to the bank and ask them to check if its fake? Posted by: Mike at June 6, 2011 5:18 PMI got an email from Shawn Nancy in answer to a posting I did looking for a job and Shawn Nancy offered me a job it consisted in getting money from her clients by mail and sending it to her because she was in Dubai (yeah right) and asked me for my personal information and at that point I Cristian, you're not in trouble. If you get a money order, just destroy it: it's going to be a fake anyway. Posted by: Dave Taylor at June 13, 2011 8:34 AMThank you Dave for your answer I feel way better now thanks :) Posted by: Cristian Ronald at June 13, 2011 5:10 PMDave, I'm posting again because I am so angry that honest people like us can't sell something without people attempting to scam us. I'm not sure if this information had been posted before and if it has, I apologize. I found several websites that will track an IP address for free. With an IP address you can find the geographic location that an email was sent from. I'm sure not all out of town buyers are scammers but I bet 95% are! Some scammers are getting smart and blocking them but not all! The worst part is one of the people who contacted me that I thought was honest and really interested...well he lives on the other side of the country. It's so frustrating! Here is the website I used and it worked great! Got another one: Taking vacation to London,hmmm! Just got that one on item was selling, Thanks very much for the info. Sounded fishy from start to finish. Do appreciate your site Thanks Mike Posted by: Mike J Farley at June 21, 2011 4:47 AMI also have just happened to get one of these emails while trying to sell a couch on Craigslist here is the info. from Myer Kim myerkim10@gmail.com Thanks for the prompt response..I fully understand the condition of what i am buying. I'm ready to buy it now for my personal use but am not local and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for the pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me. And concerning the payment, i will prefer PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking but i can pay from my PayPal account because i have my bank account attached to it. I will also need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments immediately and if you don't have an account with PayPal yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to deposit the fund. So get back to me with the following details: Your Full Name: Thanks and in anticipation of your response. Best Regards. Being in the IT field I have come across many things like this. The sad thing is tons of people fall for them and later on get screwed. Please be cautious when dealing with stuff like this. I always say if it sounds to good to be true it usually is. Posted by: Adam at July 5, 2011 4:49 PMThank you so much. You're response was very helpful! Posted by: mo at July 7, 2011 2:56 PMI've been contacted TWICE in the past week with these kinds of requests, check out the latest request by a "Dave Edwards"... "How are you doing? I really appreciate your response to my earlier mail,I'm willing to buy it now and I want to be sure if its still in good condition, preferably if I can get more close up pictures, cause I will not be able to come for inspection. All I really need from you is the exact details. As for the payment, I will be paying Via Interact Email Payment for the cost of the item, I will be needing Name, Address, Your interact Email, Cell phone number you can be reached and your final price. Due to the nature of my work I am a very busy hard working man. Please do withdraw the advert as am definitely buying it from you and it would be sad for me to have the payment only to be informed its been sold. As soon as you received the fund let me know so I can make arrangements for the pick up. The Pick up of the item would be arrange by me after payment made and confirmed by you. Also am deaf and will like to be contacted via email. Thank you for the understanding I played along with the whole scheme and received the UPS package with the cashier's check today. I was selling a whole kitchen of 4 appliances, so him hiring a shipper was totally believable. Anyway, I sold the appliances to a nice young man with cash yesterday. When I told the schemer that I sold the stuff after waiting two weeks for his check, he sweetened the deal by telling me to keep $100 and wiring the rest to his shipper (because he was having many things picked up and shipped by them). I told him I would, but I was thinking of just sending her a nasty note along with his fake check. The "shipper" is a woman in Allentown, PA. Should I give all of the stuff to a postal inspector? Or can they do anything? Posted by: Kyle Miller at July 26, 2011 9:55 AMKyle, dunno, maybe you can call the sheriff and they have someone who deals with fraud? Otherwise, glad you didn't get ripped off! Posted by: Dave Taylor at July 26, 2011 10:03 AM
From rbraybusher0 Stacey, OMG .. I just had the exact same offer.. the fact that buyer wanted to give me extra $20 to hold the item for him and take it down from craiglist,made me suspicious.. why will someone want to pay more than what I ask for??? Thank you for your posting.... Deep down I knew it was a scam. Re: KIDS Traveler TWO seat Wagon - $75 (East Windsor,NJ) 3:27 PM
Please i want to rename my site name to another name, so if i do it can i let you know about it. Please Posted by: Abiodun Temitope at September 6, 2011 9:45 PMWow. Thank you so much for this site!!! Just got one of these "offers" for a couch I'm selling. Seemed weird. Did a little research and found your site. Thank you, thank you, thank you for saving me the time and sheer annoyance!!! Posted by: Heather at September 17, 2011 2:24 PMOn Oct 15, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Myer Kim wrote: myerkim10@gmail.com Thanks for the prompt response..I fully understand the condition of what i am buying. I'm ready to buy it now for my personal use but am not local and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for the pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me. And concerning the payment, i will prefer PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking but i can pay from my PayPal account because i have my bank account attached to it. I will also need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments immediately and if you don't have an account with PayPal yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to deposit the fund. So get back to me with the following details: Your Full Name: Thanks and in anticipation of your response. Best Regards. Posted by: Sally at October 15, 2011 9:53 PMHere is my scam from today from victor r michala
Thanks for posting this! I received a response today for an ad I placed with the identical text from your example: "Hello, Thanks for the response.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay by money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment.I will make arrangement for the pick-up immediately after payment have been received by you. I don't mind adding an extra thirty dollars so you can keep it in my favor.Please reply with your full names,cell phone number,and address where payment should be sent.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me. Expecting to hear from you soon. Regards, A.Long (along@ymail.com)" Too fishy to accept, I'll follow your lead and decline for cash only. Thanks for the warning! Posted by: Matt at December 6, 2011 10:36 AMI received the same exact email scam while trying to sell something on craigslist. The first email was sent asking if the item was still available and when I responded yes I received the following response. "Hi Thanks for the response.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will Just as most other people thought this just did not sound right. I searched the net and found your web site here. I sold many other things on craigslist and never experienced such a scam. Thanks for all the other postings and info. Posted by: bv at January 2, 2012 5:52 PMThank you for your site and all those who have posted. Here is the one we received today. the first email came from andyjanson21@gmail.com and the one posted below came from jansoandy@Yahoo.com. Sounds Good,I am ready to purchase it asap.I anticipate that I'll have a Certified Check issued out to you from my bank.I'm in no rush with you till fund's are cleared in your bank which takes only a day. You do not have to bother yourself about the pick up. I'll instruct a Shipping Co Agent to come for pick up at your door,when you must have gotten your cash at hand. Kindly e-mail me back with your physical address such as Name,Address (NOT P.o.box) City,State, Zip-code, Phone Number.I will be sending the payment via Overnight FedEx Express Mail Delivery .You can proceed to take off the ad on craigslist because I don't want any other interruption by another buyer, so get back to me with your full name and address with your phone number to mail out the check to you.Thanks Sent from my BlackBerry® Wireless. Got this today from jsboutiqueinc16@gmail.com Hi, Thanks for having this site, education is power, this was my first craigslist posting and received this message after a few hours. I responded back to the person to send me their telephone number so we could discuss and havent heard anything back. Posted by: Marc at February 1, 2012 4:55 PMWhat is my risk, as a seller, to accept payment via western union, and only after getting cash in hand sending the sold item? The out-of-town buyer has agreed to forward the money and has given me the MTCN#. Am I at any risk by doing it this way? If there is a fraudulent transaction with the buyer and WU it wouldn't come back on me in any way as I wouldn't be presenting a fake document like the money oorder scam. Am I correct in my thinking? Posted by: shannon at February 9, 2012 8:39 PMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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