got this from a craiglist buyer - Page 2

chrisMIA · 01-12-2009, 06:13 PM

haha...that's a different story. i would bring cash if i was local.

but it doesn't sound like he is?

Lino · 01-12-2009, 07:15 PM

Hey Loz... I read what the guy emailed you.. This is for sure a scam.. Same shit they sent me.. actually sent me a check and everything.. for double the $$$.. never heard from them again..

LOZ · 01-12-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lino

Hey Loz... I read what the guy emailed you.. This is for sure a scam.. Same shit they sent me.. actually sent me a check and everything.. for double the $$$.. never heard from them again..

im not giving any information out. if the guy wants to do business, he would have to come get the bike anyway....

so I dont get what is the point of sending a check that they know will not work and just walk away...

skiergirl · 01-12-2009, 09:34 PM

it's a scam, I post stuff on craiglist all the time and about every other post I get at least 1-2 of these messages. They all want to send a money order or certified check and ask you to remove the ad. It's BS.....don't waste your time..

Racerboy · 01-14-2009, 09:34 AM

Loz, thats the same email reply I have received on multiple occasions from different potential buyers. I think its one that is being passed around amongst the scam artists. Some are for the exact amount, most are for additional, ALL tell me to "Consider it sold and remove the ADVERT from C/L"

I keep trying to get these fucktards over to my place so I can take care of them personally but they ALWAYS fail to show up in person.

azoomm · 01-14-2009, 09:46 AM

I mean this in the best of ways... how is it that so many people AREN'T aware of these scams??!? I mean, they have been around for YEARS....

Fuckers.

LOZ · 01-14-2009, 11:37 AM

thanks for the heads up Bill...

they guy never contacted me again so Im sure it was nothing but a scam.

whats interesting also is that a real local guy has been contacting me about the bike as well... and they have very similar email addresses... but the local guy has been emailing 2 or 3 times a day asking specific questions and going back and forth over different things so hopefully the sale will go through.

Lino · 01-14-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LOZ

thanks for the heads up Bill...

they guy never contacted me again so Im sure it was nothing but a scam.

whats interesting also is that a real local guy has been contacting me about the bike as well... and they have very similar email addresses... but the local guy has been emailing 2 or 3 times a day asking specific questions and going back and forth over different things so hopefully the sale will go through.

good luck and get C A S H !! and even then, test the bills with one of those pens..

skiergirl · 01-16-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LOZ

thanks for the heads up Bill...

they guy never contacted me again so Im sure it was nothing but a scam.

whats interesting also is that a real local guy has been contacting me about the bike as well... and they have very similar email addresses... but the local guy has been emailing 2 or 3 times a day asking specific questions and going back and forth over different things so hopefully the sale will go through.

I wouldn't even reply if I were you, the scam ones usually all have basically the same message about paying with a check, needing your info and to remov the ad. If you reply you are actually giving them/confirming your e-mail address. When they e-mail you it goes thru Craiglist and they don't have your address until you respond.

6doublefive321 · 01-16-2009, 05:36 PM

I may be off base here, but this dude was going to send you a check WITHOUT even checking out the bike?!?! I have and never will buy a bike unseen I don't care how much it costs. That fact in itself tells me this is a scam. That and the broken English. These scams would work better if they were written in the King's English, and not some broken dialect.

01-14-2009, 09:34 AM	#15
Racerboy The Other White Meat Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Moto: 1997 Cadillac Seville SLS Posts: 608	Loz, thats the same email reply I have received on multiple occasions from different potential buyers. I think its one that is being passed around amongst the scam artists. Some are for the exact amount, most are for additional, ALL tell me to "Consider it sold and remove the ADVERT from C/L" I keep trying to get these fucktards over to my place so I can take care of them personally but they ALWAYS fail to show up in person. __________________ Have you ever wondered if the earth was a mental asylum for people rejected from a planet more sophisticated than ours... www.CheckeredFlagOils.com 954-975-BIKE (2453) 623-850-1OIL (1645)

01-14-2009, 09:46 AM	#16
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	I mean this in the best of ways... how is it that so many people AREN'T aware of these scams??!? I mean, they have been around for YEARS.... Fuckers. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

01-16-2009, 05:36 PM	#20
6doublefive321 Resident Droog Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern burbs, Atlanta Moto: 625 SMC, '08 Tuono R Posts: 471	I may be off base here, but this dude was going to send you a check WITHOUT even checking out the bike?!?! I have and never will buy a bike unseen I don't care how much it costs. That fact in itself tells me this is a scam. That and the broken English. These scams would work better if they were written in the King's English, and not some broken dialect. __________________ I'm sick and tired of being bored.

01-12-2009, 06:13 PM	#11
chrisMIA weekend warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: s.florida Moto: suzuki GSXR Posts: 26	haha...that's a different story. i would bring cash if i was local. but it doesn't sound like he is?

01-12-2009, 07:15 PM	#12
Lino speed walker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: in da 305 Moto: Sprint ST Posts: 325	Hey Loz... I read what the guy emailed you.. This is for sure a scam.. Same shit they sent me.. actually sent me a check and everything.. for double the $$$.. never heard from them again..

01-12-2009, 09:34 PM	#14
skiergirl Gixxer Girl Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kyle, TX Moto: 05 GSXR 750 & 06 YZ250F Posts: 1,424	it's a scam, I post stuff on craiglist all the time and about every other post I get at least 1-2 of these messages. They all want to send a money order or certified check and ask you to remove the ad. It's BS.....don't waste your time..

01-14-2009, 11:37 AM	#17
LOZ clutch it up bitches! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Santiago, RD Moto: Honda CRF50 Posts: 548	thanks for the heads up Bill... they guy never contacted me again so Im sure it was nothing but a scam. whats interesting also is that a real local guy has been contacting me about the bike as well... and they have very similar email addresses... but the local guy has been emailing 2 or 3 times a day asking specific questions and going back and forth over different things so hopefully the sale will go through.