WARNING - attempted SCAM

[Follower]

Heads up - I had a buyer contact me about some items I had listed on another bowhunting site's classifieds.  The man indicated he wanted to buy the items.  Then he sent an email indicating he had sent payment for a lot more than I was asking with a request to "help him out".  The instructions were to deposit all the payment into my bank account and then wire the balance of the money to his daughter who was in urgent need of the funds.  He gives you a little extra for your trouble to make it attractive to you.

This is likely a scam.  You deposit and then wire the money.  In the meantime, the bank determines the money order, check, etc is fraudulent and they debit your account for the entire amount and BAM - you're screwed.

Don't fall for this one!

[frassettor]

E-Mail the Moderators. Thanks for the heads up! Theres no room for people like that on Tradgang!

[Soilarch]

Don't care who it is, and I'm sure the mods will take of it.  Until then, lets keep this at the top for just a little while.

[Gaff]

that scam happens all the time. i put a boat for sale on craigslist and i got that same e-mail 10 times a week. its sad, but some people do actually fall for it!!

ttt

[Dave Bowers]

My wife just got a simular scam on ****; people will try anything.

[caleb7mm]

ive gotten the same emails, I dont use clist anymore because of it.

[chris arrington]

It's a scam. Good for you on not falling for it.

[pronghorn23]

Anything with overpayment and a wire transfer is definetely a scam.

[jcar315]

Thanks for the heads ups!

[30coupe]

I got them before I had ever heard of craigslist. It's not about where you are doing business. These guys will either find you somewhere or at random. They operate on that basic human emotion: greed.

BTW: read the original post guys. It was not on Tradgang, but another bow site. Not that it couldn't happen here, but so far as I know, it hasn't.

[TomMcDonald]

Damn I fell for it

[JRY309]

Definitely a scam that has been around for a long time.

If it sounds too good to be true, it is. That's the rule.

[BradLantz]

it baffles me these people aren't caught

[Deadbolt]

I had the same thing done to me last year...same scenario.  Guys sent me a check for like $1000 and said mail the rest of the money and the bow to his father b/c it was a birthday gift.  I gave the check o the bank and they determined it was a fraud...still cost me $30 but I'll take it.

I wish i had all the info but i lost it when I moved  :(

[Zog]

Here is the one I just got for my bow listed here on TG:


Hello,

I came across your Border Black Douglas. 55lb @ 28 on the internet {www.tradgang.com), and would want to let you know that, I am very much interested in buying the item. So please, I will need you to kindly get back to me with present condition of the item and also pics of the item, and that my mode of payment is via cashier check. So, If still interested in selling the item to me, kindly get back to me, as soon as possible.

I can be reached via my email {[email protected]}

I await your response.

Best Regards
SEUN GEORGE
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Posts: 0 | From: Tampa, Florida | Registered: Oct 2010  
 


Zog

Trad Bowhunter
Member # 16033   posted October 11, 2010 06:06 AM        
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Condition is perfect. I already posted pictures in my ad. Please send $950 to:

Doug Jones
1363 Grandview Way
Kettle Falls, WA 99141

Thank you for answering.
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Posts: 222 | From: Montana | Registered: Apr 2008  
 


seun
New Member
Member # 25469   posted October 11, 2010 01:41 PM          
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Hello,

Thanks for your mail, and also I am in receipt of your details, and will make sure the payment is mailed out to you immediately. But first, I will need to inform you that the payment will be in extra fees, which is meant for shipping and insurance, and that the fees will wired to the shipper, after you might have deducted your asking price of $900.

Furthermore, immediately the money is wired to the shipper, you will be contacted immediately on how and when the item will be picked at your location.

So, If OK with the arrangement, do kindly get back to me immediately, so that the payment can be mailed out to you.

Thanks  

 I wonder how long I can play him.

[Gray Buffalo]

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