<< <i>It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out a scammer from a legit buyer. Their e-mail's are very easy to weed through. It is usually a gmail.com account and they are out of town or they are just soooo busy they can't come and look at it. >>
I figured out it was a scam from the beginning. I'm not an idiot (or a brain surgeon for that matter). The reason for my post was that I wanted to give myself the best chance of catching the guy, which we've established probably isn't worth the time or effort. And if you automatically weed out every gmail account I would be screwed because I have a gmail account as well.
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It probably isn't worth the effort to try to catch him but if you are really set on "catching" him send him an email that kindly and sincerely states that you have recieved the money order and you went to a local wal mart check cashing location (offer to cover the fees) and you have the extra cash. Unfortunately you do not have a bank account (hence the check cashing) but you can mail him the cash back to him. Hopefully the scammer will be so excited that he can actually recieve cold hard cash that he gives you a legit address. Then, this step is most important, mail him your feces. WIN
It was a number of years ago I saw a TV program on the scammers in Nigeria, and in some Nigerian city the program camera showed company signs advertising the printing of money orders, passports, etc, etc - just like a normal printer here advertises say envelopes and business cards, they were advertising documents "illegal" for unauthorized printers to print in the US, right out in the open for sale to the public.
<< <i>It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out a scammer from a legit buyer. Their e-mail's are very easy to weed through. It is usually a gmail.com account and they are out of town or they are just soooo busy they can't come and look at it. >>
I figured out it was a scam from the beginning. I'm not an idiot (or a brain surgeon for that matter). The reason for my post was that I wanted to give myself the best chance of catching the guy, which we've established probably isn't worth the time or effort. And if you automatically weed out every gmail account I would be screwed because I have a gmail account as well. >>
That was my bad, I just replied quickly and did not fully explain. I get at least 8-10 scamming e-mail's a day on craiglist because I post a lot on there for my job. I should have said how many of us would send the card(if that what is being sold) and money back after receiving a check for more than what the card is worth because the buyer "is out of town".
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<< <i>It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out a scammer from a legit buyer. Their e-mail's are very easy to weed through. It is usually a gmail.com account and they are out of town or they are just soooo busy they can't come and look at it. >>
I figured out it was a scam from the beginning. I'm not an idiot (or a brain surgeon for that matter). The reason for my post was that I wanted to give myself the best chance of catching the guy, which we've established probably isn't worth the time or effort. And if you automatically weed out every gmail account I would be screwed because I have a gmail account as well.
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<< <i>It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out a scammer from a legit buyer. Their e-mail's are very easy to weed through. It is usually a gmail.com account and they are out of town or they are just soooo busy they can't come and look at it. >>
I figured out it was a scam from the beginning. I'm not an idiot (or a brain surgeon for that matter). The reason for my post was that I wanted to give myself the best chance of catching the guy, which we've established probably isn't worth the time or effort. And if you automatically weed out every gmail account I would be screwed because I have a gmail account as well. >>
That was my bad, I just replied quickly and did not fully explain. I get at least 8-10 scamming e-mail's a day on craiglist because I post a lot on there for my job. I should have said how many of us would send the card(if that what is being sold) and money back after receiving a check for more than what the card is worth because the buyer "is out of town".