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Well, as long as you didn’t send your bank account number, credit card number, social, that sort of thing. You’ll probably be alright.
» Posted By Rob On April 9, 2011 @ 6:02 am
Well Barry, at least you didn’t send them any money! Your bank should free up your account as soon as they straighten it all out.
» Posted By Rob On March 8, 2011 @ 6:25 pm
umm, scam baiters are the good guys, uggs. Are you not a good guy? Removing your link, just in case. Mwhahahaha!
» Posted By Rob On November 14, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
Wow, everyone, I’m continually amazed at how much attention this blog post of mine gets. It’s both exciting (for me) and sad (for you)!
If you all would like to have another fun read, check out my latest Craigslist scam baiting dialog, and protect yourself in the process:
https://www.electrolund.com/2010/06/craigslist-scam-baiting-part-3» Posted By Rob On July 15, 2010 @ 5:40 am
s, this is an interesting perspective. I guess you could be right. Depending on how entrepreneurial the scammers are, they might indeed better their technique by studying scam baiting. In fact, I personally have noticed that the scam emails have gotten more intelligible in the last couple years.
Still, I just can’t help baiting. It’s so funny!
» Posted By Rob On May 23, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
Don’t mind at all, Monica! Have fun with your scam. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On September 5, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
That’s a little reactionary, Jimmy. I’ve done hundreds of successful sales and buys on both eBay and Craigslist. Don’t let a few rotten apples spoil the whole bushel for you!
» Posted By Rob On September 3, 2009 @ 5:24 am
Heelah, this is an interesting variation of the scam. (I wrote this blog post, fyi). I of course agree that meeting in person is the best approach. However, depending on the obscurity of the item you’re selling, I myself have found items on Craigslist outside my city and requested to buy them using PayPal. PayPal itself is legitimate, being owned by eBay now. That said, what people do with PayPal is another matter.
I can also attest to being contacted by people requesting to buy my Craigslist items and using PayPal as the escrow. Just 3 months ago, I sold some math curriculum this way and all went well.
Good luck!
» Posted By Rob On June 14, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Verv_n_TN »
Great dialog, Verv. Thanks for contributing! 🙂
» Posted By Rob On March 28, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Verv_n_TN »
Great dialog, thanks for sharing with us all! The longer this forum gets, the better help it can be to others like yourself. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On March 6, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Michelle » What do you mean by “file on this guy”? Are you asking who to send his info to to complain? You can always send the emails you have from him to the “abuse@” mailbox of his ISP. That usually will effect the shutdown of his email address. Or you can do what Stacey above did and send his contact info to the Internet Crime Complaint.
Stacey » Thanks for this helpful tip!
» Posted By Rob On February 27, 2008 @ 9:05 am
Dick, this is a great suggestion! In fact, you’ve given me more incentive to start doing this. I’ve been rather sloppy about not in the past.
» Posted By Rob On February 1, 2008 @ 8:39 am
Marlene Miller »
The scam works by gaining your trust with the bogus check. They are counting on you cashing the check and then sending the difference (they always pay too much) back to them. By the time that happens, your bank will contact you with bad news: the check was bogus and you’re out the amount of the check.
» Posted By Rob On December 16, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
glen »
Glad I could help, Glen. It’s nice to see that everyone is pitching in and making this a real public service. Take that, scammers!
» Posted By Rob On December 14, 2007 @ 1:03 pm
Andy »
Well, you can either have “fun” with the scammer by string them along, essentially wasting their time… or you can do what I recommended above and report their emails to the domain, such as “abuse@domain.com”, where “domain.com” is the email service they use. There’s just not much legal resources out there yet for fighting this sort of thing yet.
» Posted By Rob On December 10, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
Greg »
Thanks for the linkage. Too fun!
» Posted By Rob On December 7, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
I have been dealing with charlie withson and “russell stephens”.Same exact scam as noted above with the certified check and shipping deal.All broken english.They are probably both the same guy…Im glad I ggogled his name…Although I knew something was wrong when he wanted me to ship a 350 pound fishtank across the united states.It would have cost less to buy the item new locally….Im sure he gets away with it from some people though…To the person above who cashed the check…Go to your bank and repay the amount cashed.The check will bounce…that I can asure you…
» Posted By Rob On December 1, 2007 @ 9:16 am
Derek »
Thanks for this update. I’m sure all the readers here will be pleased to know this. Thanks for helping!
» Posted By Rob On November 14, 2007 @ 8:51 am
Kelly »
Does it do any good to report them & if so then to who?
You can report suspicious scam/spam activity to the email companies. These scammers are usually using hotmail, gmail, any number of free email providers. In all of their terms of service, scam activity is prohibited. While it may not be as satisfying as landing these dorks behind bars, you can have their email addresses shut down.
Here’s what you do. Send any or all of the offending emails and their headers to “abuse @ domain.com”. So for instance, if your scammer is using hotmail, then send his emails scams to:
Likewise, if from gmail:
» Posted By Rob On November 10, 2007 @ 9:23 am
Tonya »
If you’ve received this same scam, then don’t proceed with the sale! Now if you’re wanting advice for how to keep dialogging with the scammer at his expense, just have fun with him. But don’t divulge any personal information. Make it playful and try to get him to do something that will waste his time. Examples: Try to get him to take a picture of himself and send it to you.
» Posted By Rob On November 9, 2007 @ 9:29 am
CLAY » Sure, buddy, just like the surgeon general is responsible for the rise in lung cancer.
» Posted By Rob On November 6, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Oh, that’s awesome! Thanks for the link, Gumby. 🙂 What a great service they’re providing.
And thanks for staying so active on this blog!
» Posted By Rob On October 25, 2007 @ 9:56 am
Strong words, Gerry, but you're certainly entitled to your opinion.
To play devil's advocate, I can speak from experience that I've been involved in some eBay transactions that felt very much like scams at the time and turned out not to be. There's a lot of oddball sellers out there.
I guess the bottom line is this: it pays to listen intently to your intuition and if you have a "bad feeling" about any transaction, then educate yourself. Ask more questions, request more time, make yourself feel better about it before going through with it. If there's any hesitation or misdirection on the seller's part, there's something wrong with the transaction!
» Posted By Rob On October 2, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Gumby, that’s an awesome bait! Come back and tell us what he says!
My guess is that this is a phishing scam, and that at some point there’s an exchange of personal information, i.e., your SS, bank info, etc.
» Posted By Rob On September 3, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
This looks to be a variant of the fake check scam.
» Posted By Rob On August 27, 2007 @ 5:49 am
Funny how this is making the rounds. Silly scammers. At first, I thought InstiCheck might be some sort of trojan virus to collect your data. But then I did a search for InstiCheck on Craigslist and found this.
Seems to be a consistent story with InstiCheck’s website — not exactly top-notch professional website, but legitimate nonetheless.
But now it seems that these scammers are using a stolen bank account (TTI) to make large purchases on Craigslist.
» Posted By Rob On August 21, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
Trailer Roundup (vol. 1): the hollywood apocalypse
Could “Monstrous” be the title? Check it out…
» Posted By Rob On July 26, 2007 @ 8:28 am
I’m not sure what to think about the movie-list linkage, except to say that that site is mostly user contributed. So just because they claim the links are official doesn’t make it so.
Here’s the best theory I’ve read yet, go check it out! A little mind-blowing.
» Posted By Rob On July 24, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
Yeah, that one’s an interesting viral rabbit trail. But JJ says it ain’t so…
» Posted By Rob On July 24, 2007 @ 10:04 am
«« Back To Stats PageAh, nice tie-in, Nate. I guess there’s really nothing new under the sun.
Just found this info on Wiki… I thought the movie seemed familiar. The novel was adapted before with Charlton Heston in the 70s as Omega Man. That was a campy cool flick.
» Posted By Rob On July 23, 2007 @ 8:26 am