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This is some funny shit, I am selling some stuff on craigslist and I get these emails.

email 1 just asked if I still had the item for sale.


email 2

Hello

Thanks for your mail am okay with the price and the description
note i will be paying with a certified check in US dollars and as
for the shipment my shipper will come for the pick up at your
location upon your confirmation of receiving the payment and i
dont want you to look for any other buyer.Because i do not have
chance to come and see it but am okay with your
description of the item i will like you to give me
your contact info for me to send your
payment.....................
1....your full name to be on the check
2..your full contact address to send the payment to (NOT P.O BOX)
3..your zip code

email 3

Hello,
Due to shipping and insurance that a mover company is coming to pickup
from you and the shipper still have some cars to pickup for me in
another location the certified check you will be receiving will be in
the amount of $1,300 the shippers fund will be added to it..So this
is what you are going to do.After you receive the cheque and cash it
you will deduct your own money $150 plus a commission of $100 for
keeping the item for me then you will assist me in forwarding the
rest money to my moving company via Western Union to the mover who
will be coming to pick up the item, and this must be done in good
faith.I believe that i can trust you with the rest money. I will like
to read from you back today so that i can contact my shipping company
to get ready for the pick up.Thanks and more blessing.
Awaiting your response today.

My Response

that's a lot of money to entrust in someone you don't know, are you sure that's such a good idea?

Email 4

its cos am out of state that is why i want you to handle it for me
kindly bear with me

My Response

That's not a problem at all.

THAT NIGERIAN PRINCE SURE IS GETTING DESPERATE

LOL! I thought you had a legitimate person contact you, not those dodgy mails.

I knew better than to take your advice Tyson!

Once I receive the check I am going to tell the guy I don't have a bank account and I need $50.00 to open one in order to cash the check, see if I can scam a scammer.

Gonna frame the fake check and hang it in the living room, awesome conversation piece.

added new emails and responses.

Has it ever occured to you that they're actually more likely scamming you for something else? Name, street address, etc. Identity theft bitch. You ain't getting no cheque.

But my advice before I read those dodgy emails was "Don't send/hand over the item until the cheque has cleared and you have the cash." Having read them my advice would be "Ignore and do not reply."

I'm happy to give my name and addy out to anyone who asks for it besides 5-0, the phone number is a google voice throw away as well as the email addy.

Trust me I don't worry over identity theft and know the pertinent info needed to take over an identity.

Pretty sure there's not a scam or very many on the net I haven't thought of or easily figured out.

Btw in Oklahoma if you cash or attempt to cash a fake check you are the one committing fraud, not the scammer who sent it to you.