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[WVduckchick]

I swear, I got an identical email

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Write back and ask which item they are talking about, and that you only take cash.

Never mentions chicken coop, does it? Screams scam to me. (We got one of those when selling a kayak.)

So someone with the same name (but different email address) emailed me first and asked if I still had the coop. Then I get this generic email from a second address. When I scroll over the gmail address on the second one, it shows a second name. I guess I don't see how it is a very good strategy for a scam. I mean, the coop easily weighs at least 300 pounds, so even if they gave me fake bank check and picked it up before the check cleared, its not like they would be able to turn around and sell it anywhere but on local classifieds. Ha ha.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

I swear, I got an identical email

Prove it!

After reading it, I was pretty sure it was a scam. It just baffles me why anyone would like to pull something like this on a chicken coop. Electronics and things like that make sense, but this one seems pretty stupid and blatantly obvious. And the resale of it wouldn't be near as easy.

 

[scflock]

So I just got this email regarding the coop I'm selling:

Hello ,

Sorry for the late response and thanks for your reply concerning
my inquiry. I am quite comfortable with the condition of the item.I
will add $40 to the purchase price... for you to hold it for me,Please
provide your full name, Address and your Phone number so i can send
your payment.I will be paying you by a Money Order /Bank Check. It
will take 2 -3 days for the payment to get to you,As for delivery, I
will make arrangements for the pick-up after you have received
payment,If this meets your approval, kindly get back to me,as soon as
possible, with your name, phone # and mailing address where payment
will be sent,so i can have my assistant get the Money Order /Bank
Check ready.

Note: As soon as you have your money in hand,we can talk about the
picking up of the item. I would like you to take the posting off
today and consider it sold to me.

Just seems off. Thoughts?

NO NO NO!!!!!
Key words:1. Item. I never answer an email that doesn't say exactly what the "item" is
2. Add money to purchase price. No one is going to do that. If it sounds too good to be true, it is
3. Money order. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but somehow they are able to track information through the deposit of the money order.
4. Hold it for me. I don't even do that for real people
5.Meets your approval, kindly, my assistant. All BS. No one speaks like that.

I have gotten several variations of this email over the years, and never answer any of them. Never, ever answer an email or text that says "the item". It may not be a money scheme, you may just get a shizload of emails from hot scandanavian women, but that's not something you want to have to explain every time your wife logs on to her email. Don't even reply to it. Once you do, they have your real email address, not the CL relay

 

[scflock]

So someone with the same name (but different email address) emailed me first and asked if I still had the coop. Then I get this generic email from a second address. When I scroll over the gmail address on the second one, it shows a second name. I guess I don't see how it is a very good strategy for a scam. I mean, the coop easily weighs at least 300 pounds, so even if they gave me fake bank check and picked it up before the check cleared, its not like they would be able to turn around and sell it anywhere but on local classifieds. Ha ha.

Don't reply any more, and block both email addresses from your email. Quickly

 

[FridayYet]

I would not give out my full name, address and phone number to anyone over the internet. Identity thieves do things like that all the time.

If they want to meet you to take a look at it, they can hand you a check in person and fill it out in front of you. Better yet, their "assistant" can go to the bank and get you cash.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

NO NO NO!!!!!
Key words:1. Item. I never answer an email that doesn't say exactly what the "item" is
2. Add money to purchase price. No one is going to do that. If it sounds too good to be true, it is
3. Money order. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but somehow they are able to track information through the deposit of the money order.
4. Hold it for me. I don't even do that for real people
5.Meets your approval, kindly, my assistant. All BS. No one speaks like that.

I have gotten several variations of this email over the years, and never answer any of them. Never, ever answer an email or text that says "the item". It may not be a money scheme, you may just get a shizload of emails from hot scandanavian women, but that's not something you want to have to explain every time your wife logs on to her email. Don't even reply to it. Once you do, they have your real email address, not the CL relay

Haha. You almost sold me here.

People just baffle me. Ha ha. I knew it was a scam. I just find it bewildering the strategy. But I guess it works for some people...

 

[WVduckchick]

Prove it!  

After reading it, I was pretty sure it was a scam. It just baffles me why anyone would like to pull something like this on a chicken coop. Electronics and things like that make sense, but this one seems pretty stupid and blatantly obvious. And the resale of it wouldn't be near as easy.

They want your name and address.

I will look for the email tomorrow, I promise!

But do whatever you want....

 

[scflock]

I would not give out my full name, address and phone number to anyone over the internet. Identity thieves do things like that all the time.

If they want to meet you to take a look at it, they can hand you a check in person and fill it out in front of you. Better yet, their "assistant" can go to the bank and get you cash.

Are you telling me that Nigerian prince isn't really sending me $8 million?
That one's going around again

 

[scflock]

Haha. You almost sold me here.

People just baffle me. Ha ha. I knew it was a scam. I just find it bewildering the strategy. But I guess it works for some people...

It's something about tracking the money order after you cash it or deposit it.
I'm serious about the filthy emails, too. I never answer any questionable requests any more. Real people sound real