I was sent two checks.
One for 2,550 and one for $1,950.
I was totally screwed on both. The 2550 bounced due to “closed account” and the 1950 was a fake check. So my Bank account was in major trouble. It took all my WEDDING savings ($1100), my mother giving me $700 and all my cash savings ($1710) to bring me up positive.

This was very recent and I am still recovering, but THANK GOD I will still be able to have my wedding.
IF ANYONE ASKS YOU TO TRANSFER MONEY TO SOMEONE ELSE THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM DO NOT DO IT!

Just the other day I received another check in the mail for $1950. It was a cashiers check, like a previous one I cashed and got burned on. I took it to AMSCOT to see if it could be cashed (Maybe get some of my money back) but they informed it was a fake. I was not surprised.

I am very angry at my bank.
Just because your bank lets you cash a check, doesn’t mean it is any good.
I don’t understand why the bank couldn’t tell right away that the check was a fake and yet AMSCOT could.

I should have stopped once the person became so urgent that I send money to someone else. They even threatened to call the FBI…..

I no long post on Craigslist for ANYTHING. If I have to sell I use Ebay.

I have been so stupid, and all that has happened to me is my fault. I just bankrupted my Fiance’ and I. I don’t really plan on telling him what happened, he never looks at the bank statements.

This whole experience nearly gave me a heart attack (No exaggeration at all)

Thank You,
Mark

She started getting emails from friends asking why she was out in Nigeria. Then I got an email from ‘her’. From her old Hotmail account. In it it said she had gone out to Africa to do some work with the needy folk out there. She’d had a problem, can’t quite remember if it was because she’d been robbed now, but anyway, she’d lost all her money, had none to get her back here (to Denmark, though they didn’t specify where) and would we send some money over to her asap. I think they specified an amount, can’t remember how much now. Details to follow.

She was of course sat next to me while reading this email. As far as we can tell, they had managed to get into her old, not used now we’re on Macs, Hotmail email account and sent these emails to people in her address book. They’d changed the password so she couldn’t get into it or use it in any way.

Luckily, it would seem no one got caught out by this, as loads of people sent emails to confirm, and we sent emails out to all and sundry warning them.

Scammer: Hello,
I was fortunate to spot your advert on the net and I like to know if
it is still available for sale.If Available,please get back to me with
the following enquirers:
Are you the first owner?
Any accident……..
Last price?….
Present condition?……………
Pics?………
Best Regards,
Owen………

Me:yes its still available
2nd owner
last price? i lowered from 725
no accident, condition is good
the pics on craigslist are the ones that I currently have

Scammer: Thanks for the response.I have been searching for this for a while now
and I am looking to Buy ASAP.. I am okay with what i have seen in the
Ad and i would be willing to buy it from you..Am a set administrator
for a movie. We move from one location to another.My superiors have
given me the go-ahead and i will need the following info to get the
payment sent to you:
1)Full Name
2)Your address
3)Your phone contacts (home/office/mobile) .
Also,I will forward your mail to my Associate to send you the payment
and also instruct him to include the shipping fee to your
payment,because he has to arrange for the shipping..
PLEASE NOTE: That the payment will be cleared first before Pick-up.
Best Regards,
Owen………

Me: Sorry, the bike is sold and I don’t get fooled by scammers like yourself. Karma will get the best of you crook. Get a real job…

It is also a great business model: Buy nice old bikes at flea markets for cheap, invest some sweat and parts to make them mechanically sound, and re-sell them for $100-$200. Usually they come with a mechanical guarantee from the shop.

I’m sure Portland has such a shop. Most big cities do.

Happy cycling!

Presumably, he would then have asked them for the cash back right after he sent it, having changed his mind or whatever, but they googled his name and someone had posted on craigslist in montreal a scam experience.

Can’t believe people fall for this stuff still after all the stories out there in the media and online.

http://www.419eater.com/html/booked.htm

The entire site is devoted to these experiences.

“Good day,
I’m interested in the item you placed on craiglist and I’ll like to know if its still available for sale so that i can come and look and pick it up if I’m pleased with it.”

Bad grammar and no actual mention of the item I was selling – I didn’t even respond.

My boss said yesterday, after having seen my financial statement at odesk, that he is not anymore happy with the odesk. So he cut my connection to odesk and promised to pay directly started yesterday_thru paypal or thru somewhere else.

to start with, He (my boss) gave me an assignment. I need to understand the video instructions and get myself familiarized well how the task would be done. I worked overtime trying to fix things, hoping by this day (today) I could be able to carry things out and get it done.

To my surprise, I could not open the url that he assigned to me anymore, and he urgently asked me to get the things done, but there is a problem of opening the site he assigned to me. I hate to accuse him of a scammer. But he said, we are not going any further together. He needs a highly technical assistant ( may be a supersoman/a magician or anything else), that would not cause the operation to be impaired.

I understand or I respect what he needs, though it is hurting but i tried to understand the situation. If ever possible, I don’t think worse against anyone.

But what about my payment for my two-week work with odesk? He said the odesk would pay me, because he paid odesk for me.

What do you think guys? It hurts to be victim of scam. Though, I learned much of the virtual world, but I should be paid for my burden, however, I have served them. Thus, I am applying for another one, and this comment

(testivar.com)

Well, besides my in-laws, as Christmas presents..and part of that was stolen out of the envelope, although I can’t prove it because I didn’t tell them the envelope arrived open already when I thanked them. So I don’t know how much was in it to start with.

But again, who would put cash in the mail, to a stranger????

Anyway, escrow accounts can be useful – particularly for large ticket items you want to be sure of receiving.

There have been scams surrounding internet escrow accounts – mainly those were ones which the seller suggested. They were not escrow accounts at all, but a front for their own accounts. So be sure to do an independent search and choose your own escrow provider.