Scammed on Craigslist! - Comments Page 1
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You see an amazing amount of people admitting to being scammed on Craigslist, how many are being silent about it, embarassed to admit they were scammed, probably 4 times the amount. I do a lot of selling, and a bit of buying on Craigslist, but only people face to face, and cash money. |
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Good advice given here about scams on Craig's List. It is a great place to buy & sell. I've had many good experiences. But I would recommend that people read all the scam warnings posted on Craig's List. |
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I experienced a very similar response as Bob did with a craigs list ad. Same misspellings, poor english, and an offer to pay more than asked. My antennae went up and I ignored the offer. |
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I was scammed for $3100.00 for a RV that was not delivered as promised through Craig's List. I am a senior lady on a small pension and to save that much money takes a long time. Beware of g-mail address. I now realize it is a different world and trust is not as it was in the good old days.It has been a hard lesson. I feel so gullible and since then I have seen those same people put ads in many states for RV's and are pros stealing legitimate business ads. BEWARE. My only consolation those rich and more savy then I were victims too. I think of the poor people of Enron, corporate greed and others who have lost so much more than I because of all the evil of greed, lies, theft, betrayal, deceit and all those things God disdains perpetuated on them. Unfortunately, no conscience and no soul have these people who cannot live a honest life and must steal from others. |
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My husband and I were looking for a truck to buy for him. We responded to an add that sounded ok, but the reply to the email that I received did not. The worst part about this particular scam was that the scammer was claiming to be one of our country's military members and needed to sell the truck before he was deployed. It made me angry to think that someone would try to use our honest military people in such a way. In searching the VIN number (which was sent in the email) I found several other flagged scams from Craigslist. Flagged this one and when I saw a similar ad, I flagged it as well. |
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I always get a kick out of all the scams. I even put ads in the personals just to see all the crazy scams. I've never had a legitimate response and the respondents are clearly in foreign countries with their broken english like the letter bob illustrated. It's funny to play with these women. They respond to your ad and after you respond they pull the stunt where they won't talk through email, you must join a "free" dating site. Then there are the ones who want you to go to a background check site to prove you're not some underage kid or sex offender. If you are ever bored, place an ad in the CL personals and let the fun begin. You won't find a real person but it's entertaining playing with these fake people trying to sell dating sites and adult verification/background check sites. |
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LESSEZ UNFAIRE The owner(s) of CraigsList raised their tent and make a considerable amount of money by an unregulated "buyer-beware" market that is frowned upon in regular business channels. A regular business channel puts the customer first, and offers a reasonable level of protection to those who venture in. In stark contrast, Craigslist seems only a garage sale-gone-internet, and the buyer recourse is little more than sheer luck. Wall Street taught us (once again) a lessez faire market policy is not a policy, but a free-for-all in which the little guys usually lose big. (Which was the idea, all along.) |
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I've never even visited Craig's List nor would I ever buy anything from it or anyone associated with it. I can't imagine why anyone would, it is simply begging to be cheated from everything I've ever heard about it... |
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If you haven't tried CL don't criticize it. It is a wonderful and mostly free service. You are not forced to use it. People get screwed all the time by big name companies with brick and mortar stores. You need to use common sense. CL is a great way to match buyers and sellers locally who can meet face to face. |
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I agree with Joey. I've used CL twice and had a good experience each time. Of course you have to be careful. In my case, both sales were for concert tickets that I had purchased and were unable to use. Cash-only transactions of course. CL provides a free service that help many to get rid of unwanted items rather than sitting in their driveway for a weekend haggling with people over 50 cents and making very little money. And to Bob Grene - let me ask you - have you ever purchased a used car from a dealer??? I'll stick to CL - thanks. |
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I have also used CL to sell a few things. I have found out that no one wants to pay you what you are asking. I now list items for more than I really want. |
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I have bought and sold alot of different items on Craigslist, evening selling out of state. As long as you are careful and attentive, you don't have any problems. Only crap I get is people responding to you with links to Crest teeth whitening items. |
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I am a C/L regular and see it more like an Internet Flea Market. I have been using it for over 7 years. To date I have gotten 3-4 pets,3 houses for rent, 2 jobs, several dates, have used the rideshare to make a major move across country and bought and sold too many items to list...if I need to replace something I go to C/L first...If I have a clean out and have stuff to get rid..I try to sell it C/L first..and sometimes instead of donating I just put it on the curb and post a free ad. These are my rules... all the regular ones about grammer and money orders and wire transfers...but 1. I do not respond to an ad unless it has a LOCAL phone number and |
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I have used CL to purchase a number of items from something as small as a smart cell phone to as large as a nice Mercedes-Benz. I have also sold two autos using the service. It is important to be aware of possible scams, of course. Only meet people who respond to you in public places. Starbucks is a great meeting place since there is one everywhere. Always meet people half-way or less as far as distance you travel to make a sell or a buy. Be willing to negotiate but be sure to give and get at a fair price. |
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This can also happen on E-Bay. I sold a laptop o E-Bay and before the end of the auction I received several offers to buy it. Most of them could be traced to African IPs and all were written in "Africanized" English. Most offered more than what I even paid for the computer new 4 years before. I responded to a few of these with profanity laced emails. Bottom line: don't bypass Ebay's auction process for a quick buck or you'll end up losing some bucks quick. |
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Bob, you wrote: "...Beware of any seller who requests personal financial information such as a bank account number, credit card number, or PayPal E-Mail address..." I beg your pardon? PayPal E-Mail address? PayPal is one of the safest ways of paying for things on the Internet; if I'm not allowed to specify PayPal for payment for something on Craigslist, precisely what method of payment DO you suggest? Or are you so anti-CL that you suggest avoidng Craigslist altogether? If that is your true agenda, you should be upfront and say so! EDITOR'S NOTE: If I had an anti-CL agenda, I would say so. But since I mentioned in the article that I recently used CL myself, I think it should be clear that I don't. My suggestion? Do as CL recommends: "DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON" and "NEVER GIVE OUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION (bank account number, social security number, eBay/PayPal info, etc.)" See http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams |
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I have sold and bought on Craigslist and was satisfied with the end result. I have received all the above scams when I was selling and I just deleted them. |
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I've been buying and selling on Craigslist for about 5 years, and while I've had a few scammers try and nick me, non has ever been successful. If I want to purchase something from far away, I ask a local friend to act as a go between, and if I don't have a friend in the area, I ask if the seller is willing to drop off the item at a (fake) friends home (I only give the town name). If they are willing then I consider the seller safe and send him a check. I never give out credit card nor personal info. Not even to legitimate businesses on the Internet. I just don't trust the Internet system. And I certainly don't trust Paypal. Had all sorts of problems getting my money from them. |
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If I have securty software installed (and up to date), why would clikcing on a link result in "some nasty virus that will wreak havoc on your computer."? EDITOR'S NOTE: Even an "up to date" anti-virus program might not know about ALL viruses, especially new variants. |
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Mantra: if it sounds too godd to be true, it is! Spouse looking for tractor found a $14K unit going for $3K. Called seller, who was in CA, selling his deceased father's tractor, in NY. Would send "papers" and have tractor shipped. Yea, right. Why was he posting on a York, PA CL? STGTBT!! |
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