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10-21-2008, 09:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Baltimore | | | Question about Craigslist....
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I have a GK Bass Amp on Craigslist and I received a response from a person who is interested. I replied that the item is still available and then he replied with this:
"I really appreciate your response to my email. I want you to consider
it sold, pls do withdraw the advert from CL to avoid disturbance,
anyways I don't have time to come over to take a look because of my
Business but you don't need to bother yourself with the shipment, I'll
take care of that by engaging the services of a mover, hence I'll be
sending a check and it will be delivered to you via United Parcel
Service, so I'll need you to provide me with the following information
to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1.full name on the check.
2.Full Physical address to post the check
3.City, State and Zip Code
4.Home & Cell Phone to contact you.
Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via UPS NEXT DAY
HAIR SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check
N.B UPS does not deliver to a P.O box addresses.Thanks"
Does this seem fishy to you guys?? Also his e-mail address keeps changing by 1 number...seems very fishy
If this is in the wrong forum please forgive me and move...
Last edited by kmk42019 : 10-21-2008 at 09:47 PM.
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10-21-2008, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Des Moines, Iowa | | | 100% scam |
10-21-2008, 09:46 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | It's a scam! Ignore it! |
10-21-2008, 09:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Baltimore | | | Thanks guys! should I report it? |
10-21-2008, 09:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Saratoga, CA | | | UPS NEXT DAY HAIR SERVICE
Wow, you have a to ship a rabbit pretty fast to get it there the next day.
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10-21-2008, 09:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA | | | The CL response is crap and this is in the wrong forum.
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10-21-2008, 09:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Astoria, NY | | | I like to have a little fun with it. Without giving out your information (NEVER DO IT!), start asking tons of questions, say you want the GK to someone who will treat it well, ask how long has he been playing, what are his biggest influences, start saying that you feel alone and you don't have friends, invent a sad story, ask if he understands you.
Never let him know that you are actually making fun of him. You don't know who the other person is, he might start spamming you or worst things. Just pretend to be really someone with no clue! |
10-21-2008, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kmk42019  Thanks guys! should I report it? |
Ask him for a phone number. If he replies then you'll see the number is whack. Wiggity wiggity whack.
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10-21-2008, 10:07 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Schroeder Cabinets | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Yes report it and yes it is a scam. I received a similar email by a guy named Heller Gradenko. It was a complete scam and when i googled his name, i found other people had had the same experience with this person or group. |
10-21-2008, 10:16 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | Thats definatly a scam.
My very first craigslist scam was hilariously obvious...
i was trying to sell a $70 guitar case for $40.
this guy emails me and says something about how he wanted the item to sell in his store somewhere in the UK.
he was going to pay me an additional $50 for my $40 item...
he could have bought a new one for $20 cheaper than that.
I really cant believe that somebody could attempt to pull such an extremely obvious scam. |
10-21-2008, 10:18 PM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by matt_m Yes report it and yes it is a scam. I received a similar email by a guy named Heller Gradenko. It was a complete scam and when i googled his name, i found other people had had the same experience with this person or group. | Related to Mrs. Gradenko? 
Yes, this is a scam. Anytime you get a response that sounds automated, it's a scam, guaranteed.
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10-21-2008, 11:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Springfield, MA | | | before this is moved to off topic...
I had a Hartke stack on CL for awhile, got an email just like this. knew it was a fake, so I started messing with them.
Asked for a phone number, didn't hear anything.
gave them my phone number (verizon lets you change it for free!) and told him I would not process anything until I got a call about it.
I get a response back, saying that he is deaf and cannot use the phone. So I give him my IP relay information (again, all deletable and untraceable). he comes back angry saying I need address for shipping the payments of the items and for the picking up by my shipper.
I couldn't help myself, I kept going. I asked him what he wanted and what price he was paying. thats the last I heard from him.
too bad too, he was going to pay me $1000 for it!
Also, what happens is, they take your item, pay with fake cashiers checks, you cash them, they bounce and you have to pay like $200 fine.
good scam.
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10-21-2008, 11:35 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | What I don't get, seriously, is how anyone doesn't know about this scam? It's posted at the top of every for-sale page on CL and is mentioned more than once in the pages and emails you go through when posting a listing. You have to be willfully trying not to read the "avoid being scammed" notices, not to know that it's a scam. |
10-21-2008, 11:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles / West Hollywood | | This scam is actually on the CL scam warnings page. (forgot what they call it  )
I have a bass up on CL right now. I got a weird response that simply said. "Is the car still available?" CAR!? hah
I got that email twice from the same person too!
Is this just a scam to get my email add?
I didn't respond back, but was curious if this is a common thing or just another weirdo.  |
10-21-2008, 11:55 PM
| | | | the best is when you hit Ctrl-w while viewing those emails, that'll show em! |
10-22-2008, 12:03 AM
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Beta Tester: Source Audio. Hacker: Heavy Drone FX | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Spokane, WA. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by WarofAges the best is when you hit Ctrl-w while viewing those emails, that'll show em! | Call me ignorant but what does that do? I tried it and it just closed the tab this was in. |
10-22-2008, 12:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by warwick.hoy Call me ignorant but what does that do? I tried it and it just closed the tab this was in. | ................  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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