Seller beware!

Hi Chevee. He wrote back with what I thought he'd write back with. He wanted to send me a "cashier's check" for $4,500.00. I'm selling the ATV for $2,500.00. He wanted me to keep $20.00 for my "troubles" and send the balance (after depositing that check in my bank) to his shipper. Imagine having a "shipper" who would charge almost $2,000.00! If he had been honest, he would have been paying $4,500.00 for something that only cost $3,700.00 brand new!!! At least these types of scammers are too stupid to see that most people can see right through them. It's not worth the jail time, to me, to "hope" that someone will fall for this scam! I sent all the information he sent to me, including his REAL telephone number, to the proper authorities, hopefully to catch this incredibly stupid thief and throw him in prison! The only information he wanted from me was my name (for the check) and address (to send the check). The scam was the fake cashier's check for $4,500.00. You'd think that these guys would be smart enough to at least pull these types of scams using realistic amounts, wouldn't you? I mean, $2,000.00 to ship something no more than 1,000 miles, and paying a grand total of $4,500.00 for something that originally only cost $3,700.00 is just plain stupid and blatantly obvious as fraud! Well, good thing they AREN'T smart enough and most people are onto them! Sometimes, I'd LOVE to be employed with the FBI or whomever it is that tracks these guys down! I'd get great enjoyment out of slamming the iron doors shut behind them! I despise people who try to take advantage of others! They're worse than any animal on the face of the Earth!

Wow! Here you were, an honest 'buyer' of an ATV and here I am, an honest 'seller' of an ATV, but our timing was off! DANG! LOL My son just told me that Craigslist is notorious for scammers and spammers. It's such a shame that a few people can make life miserable for so many! I hope there's a new disease that comes along and targets only those people who try to steal money from others... "Scammer's Disease" or something like that, where they go blind, their tongue rots and their fingers fall off! Until that happens, though, we need to keep our eyes wide open! I'm glad to hear that your money was safe and that this guy got caught! I just wish he had been arrested and thrown in prison!

Hopefully he will be one day.

I thoroughly beleive that 'what comes around goes around'. So, he should get back what he has done to wrong others. Just let Karma take care of it.

Did you also send his info to the website you were selling on? I would have. Paypal says sites like EBay and Amazon and such have a way of dealing with these people if they get reported to them. I haven't a clue how they do it, but I was advised to report to the website as well as the authorities..........just a thought.

That's very true, sparks! So far, I've only used PayPal myself to send or receive payment. I never even got to discuss payment with this guy before he hit me with his scam. He wrote back with what I thought he'd write back with. He wanted to send me a "cashier's check" for $4,500.00. I'm selling the ATV for $2,500.00. He wanted me to keep $20.00 for my "troubles" and send the balance (after depositing that check in my bank) to his shipper. Imagine having a "shipper" who would charge almost $2,000.00! If he had been honest, he would have been paying $4,500.00 for something that only cost $3,700.00 brand new!!! At least these types of scammers are too stupid to see that most people can see right through them. It's not worth the jail time, to me, to "hope" that someone will fall for this scam! I sent all the information he sent to me, including his REAL telephone number, to the proper authorities, hopefully to catch this incredibly stupid thief and throw him in prison! You'd think that these guys would be smart enough to at least pull these types of scams using realistic amounts, wouldn't you? I mean, $2,000.00 to ship something no more than 1,000 miles, and paying a grand total of $4,500.00 for something that originally only cost $3,700.00 is just plain stupid and blatantly obvious as fraud! Well, good thing they AREN'T smart enough and most people are onto them! Sometimes, I'd LOVE to be employed with the FBI or whomever it is that tracks these guys down! I'd get great enjoyment out of slamming the iron doors shut behind them!

That's exactly what I do, Barb... the money is in my hand before I ship anything! This guy wanted to send me a "cashier's check" for $4,500.00. I'm selling the ATV for $2,500.00. He wanted me to keep $20.00 for my 'troubles' and send the balance (after depositing that check in my bank) to his shipper. Imagine having a "shipper" who would charge almost $2,000.00! If he had been honest, he would have been paying $4,500.00 for something that only cost $3,700.00 brand new! At least these types of scammers are too stupid to see that most people can see right through them. It's not worth the jail time, to me, to "hope" that someone will fall for this scam! I sent all the information he sent to me, including his REAL telephone number, to the proper authorities, hopefully to catch this incredibly stupid thief and throw him in prison! You'd think that these guys would be smart enough to at least pull these types of scams using realistic amounts, wouldn't you? I mean, $2,000.00 to ship something no more than 1,000 miles, and paying a grand total of $4,500.00 for something that originally only cost $3,700.00 is just plain stupid and blatantly obvious as fraud! Well, good thing they AREN'T smart enough and most people are onto them! Sometimes, I'd LOVE to be employed with the FBI or whomever it is that tracks these guys down! I'd get great enjoyment out of slamming the iron doors shut behind them!

He thought he found a way to make $2,000! Well, he may find himself behind bars for extortion! He has to be a little nuts to think most people could see right through that ploy.

That's the truth, Opal! That myLot friend wouldn't be tattylashes, would it? Your friend's story sounds exactly like hers! I was very skeptical of this guy from the start! He sent me an email in which he told ME how he would be paying for the ATV. Nuh uh! I set the rules, not him! It was the standard scam: He wanted to send me a "cashier's check" for $4,500.00. I'm selling the ATV for $2,500.00. He wanted me to keep $20.00 for my "troubles" and send the balance (after depositing that check in my bank) to his shipper. Imagine having a "shipper" who would charge almost $2,000.00! If he had been honest, he would have been paying $4,500.00 for something that only cost $3,700.00 brand new!!! At least these types of scammers are too stupid to see that most people can see right through them. It's not worth the jail time, to me, to "hope" that someone will fall for this scam! I sent all the information he sent to me, including his REAL telephone number, to the proper authorities, hopefully to catch this incredibly stupid thief and throw him in prison! You'd think that these guys would be smart enough to at least pull these types of scams using realistic amounts, wouldn't you? I mean, $2,000.00 to ship something no more than 1,000 miles, and paying a grand total of $4,500.00 for something that originally only cost $3,700.00 is just plain stupid and blatantly obvious as fraud! Well, good thing they AREN'T smart enough and most people are onto them! Sometimes, I'd LOVE to be employed with the FBI or whomever it is that tracks these guys down! I'd get great enjoyment out of slamming the iron doors shut behind them! I despise people who try to take advantage of others! They're worse than any animal on the face of the Earth! I won't sell anyone anything without receiving payment FIRST, and making sure that it is honest money!

Hey Private Eye Mentalward! Yes, It was Tattylashes! Good going! You got that one too! I didn't realize that he wanted you to cash the check and then send him money too! That really was nerve and a definite red light to a bonified scam! What a moron! Good for you for contacting the "proper authorities"! Can you imagine being that blatently stupid? He set himself up for that one!

Wow! You must have done some searching to come up with that discussion of mine! It was so long ago! However, I'm honored that you chose my discussion as your very first one to respond to. You'll learn your way around in no time. I'll email you everything I know about those solar sheets. No, I haven't been able to buy them yet. They're supposed to become available sometime this year, though. I've just bought solar panels, one at a time. They ARE expensive now, so I just bought one here and one there, until I had enough to power my office with. The batteries needed I purchased at WalMart and all the other little things needed I got from Radio Shack. We're also right this minute (well, not this minute since it's dark outside) charging up the ATV I'm trying to sell with a solar charger! I'll look into it, though, to see if there's an expected date for these printable solar sheets to go on the market and let you know. By the way, welcome to myLot! I hope you enjoy it here as much as most of us do! Watch out, though... it's addictive!!!

good for you hon

If someone asked me to hold it for them, I'd tell them that I couldn't. If they want it, they'll have to buy it quickly because I'll sell it to the first person who has the cash. If they're too late, too bad.

That's definitely something I think about, suruchi. I wouldn't want anyone coming over to look at it if I was home by myself, either. I'm very cautious, especially these days when most people are looking for extra money and some of them have no scruples and would rob me blind if they got the chance. I had one person tell me that he would transfer the money directly into my bank account and wanted my account number and routing number. NO WAY! Either they are very stupid or they're hoping we are. Anyone who wants to buy anything from me must be local AND bring cash. That's the only way I would trust them completely. Also, I would have my husband AND my two grown sons with me so they would not think I was an easy target.

Yes, that's the smart thing to do. Sometimes it looks like that the internet has become a lawless jungle, where everybody is behaving like wild, unruly animals. They are ready to devour every unsuspecting individual.

I believe it is not really everyone you can not trust, but the stranger, my friend. There are still many honest people around except few unscrupulous manage to distort our views and trust toward one another. By the way, most of these high grade counterfeit scam normally run by syndicate and consider as organized crime, which mean is not just one man running the show by himself. In some cases, financial institution also is part of the organization, so you need to be careful with payment get from an unknown person.