Monday, October 28, 2013

Real offer on Craigslist?

Real offer on Craigslist?
I am selling my laptop on Craiglists and I have gotten some reply back. There is this one women who replied back to me. I am not sure what to think. I still feel like its a scam though, but thought i ask anyhows. So at first she asked me if it was on sale still and if she could paypal. I said no because I wanted to ensure I got the money so I wouldn't get scammed. Now she writes this. Im not going to do it since it seems to be aiming for my personal information. Re: *Mint* HP Pavilion DV5T Notebook $1100 - $1100 (santa rosa) Hello, How are you and the family doing today? I'm glad you wrote back, I am Lucy Jones, I live in 4191 Convair Road , El Paso. TX { Not too far from International Airport}. I'm very much interested in this, but before we totally proceed i want you to know my method of payment first, because I would not like any confusion here, am getting this for my grand son. I would be making payment using United States Postal Service money order beacuse of all the errors made by other online payment methods..I'm willing to pay $1200 for this. I will handle the shipping effectively through DHL. I am pleased with the price, mean while I'm adding a little more to the price so as to keep other buyers away from them and also get off the Ad on craigslist site where it is placed. I would be glad if I can get this for my grandson as I have promised him this and I would love to fufill my promise..I would also appreciate it if I could get the pictures in your next mail....Please get back to me with you full name, address, phone number and you email address so as to go ahead and make the payment..I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible Lucy If I really wanted to make this work. think putting it on Amazon or Ebay would be better. Ive never sold stuff online so I am unsure what to do
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1 :
Pretty poorly worded for a native English speaker. "Lucy" is probably a guy in West Africa. Looks like a SCAM to me.
2 :
This is a common scam on craigslist. You should be firm that the only way you will sell your laptop (or anything else on craigslist) is that someone hands you cash (dollar bills, not a check or a money order or something) and you hand them the laptop, all in person. Nothing goes through the mail, and the only payment you accept is cold hard cash. If you have trouble selling it locally, then you could post it on ebay if you are already a registered user and you understand how ebay works.
3 :
Don't do it. Most likely the "money order" will be fake and you will be out $1,200. If you read the warnings given on craigslist, you will see that anyone offering to pay MORE than you are asking is 99.999999% likely to be a scammer. Deal locally; deal in cash. Good luck.
4 :
It's a fake! I have read about these scams and more at http://www.howtobeatcraigslist.uni.cc seems like most people on Craigslist are scammers. I wouldn't mess with that place.



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