Forum Discussion
- SCAM!
- In this case it is scam or teenager playing with parents computer, but I have seen legitimate adds of this kind.
Usually small print was "bring your own hazmat suit" - Nice looking RV in the drivers side picture! What does the other side look like?
DrewE wrote:
It looks like it was simultaneously available in Amarillo, Omaha, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Palm Springs, and several other places: Google search clicky. Either they've developed teleportation and the best use they can find for it is to sell things at silly prices, or else it's a scam.
Edit: Mangled URL sufficiently to get the forum to not try to put a smiley in the middle of it.
Darn ,just went on the link and the post has been removed.. I was ready to wire $50k and call it a day.. they could send me whatever they don't want back in small bills....- SCAM
- It looks like it was simultaneously available in Amarillo, Omaha, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Palm Springs, and several other places: Google search clicky. Either they've developed teleportation and the best use they can find for it is to sell things at silly prices, or else it's a scam.
Edit: Mangled URL sufficiently to get the forum to not try to put a smiley in the middle of it. - It looks like it was simultaneously available in Amarillo, Omaha, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Palm Springs, and several other places: Google search clicky. Either they've developed teleportation and the best use they can find for it is to sell things at silly prices, or else it's a scam.
- It seems there are at least a dozen of such ads on craigslist daily...I wonder why folks spend so much time doing this just to capture an email address or whatever. Surely phishing can't be that lucrative at this level.
Oh, in addition to email responses, I notice the new "thing" is to ask for a text!
Gary - Even being 10 miles away, at least based on the listing location, I'm not wasting my time. See about two a week on the local site with prices that are too good to even consider. Pretty easy to pick a bogus listing out. Just wonder how many people actually fall for it.
I could have a bit of fun if only I had a burner phone. Call and ask "Can I live in it for a few weeks with my wife, two kids, four dogs, a cat and a Vietnamese Pigmy Pig named Ham. Just want to check it out and see if it will fit out life style. I can't pay you anything right now. First of next month when the wife's disability check comes in I can give you some of want you're asking. I'm in between jobs at the moment so money is a little tight. We don't have much since the last motel we stayed kept most of our stuff. I've got a lawyer helping me to sue them for everything they own so I can pay you extra once our case is settled. Does it come with a full tank of gas? Promise I won't mess anything up." - Either a scam or a very large error from a Craigslist newbie.
No direct contact info, so I'm voting for scam.
