Scams

[Rsmith38]

I get these scams from Craigs List adds for used cars, also for Vacation Rentals (I have a log cabin in Maine) - You can tell immediatly after you receive a few bogus replys- My best one was people coming on vacation to Maine; from the Ukraine in Russia?
Just type delete and send them away. You also get replys from Women wanting to meet you! Never with a phone number, either with e-mail or text from smartphone.

[Ronnie Smith Jr]

It's definitely a scam. Not only by the "I'll pay you your price" but the style of writing that goes into these replies to your for sale items. If he is SO busy, as he claims, how does he have time to banter with you about his interest in the bike? How does he have time to look at Craig's list? How does he have time to converse back and forth on what he needs from you? There will always be a conversation back and forth until the hook is set and he gets the property and you're left hanging with no money plus an overdraft or counterfeit check or disputes. The scammers have moved from the counterfeit checks to fraudulent Western Union wires to eBay fraud to Paypal fraud claiming various allegations and disputes. Once the property is released to a carrier, most likely an agent of the fraudster, you are likely to have lost your property - forever. Scammers used to offer above asking price knowing the greed would overrule common sense. Now that the "word" is out about that, they are using various methods to scam honest hardworking people, such as the above listed and other posts.

Good luck with the sale.

[larrylomascolo]

Whatch for the fake pay-pal site,it happened to my daughter ,it looked all legit,i called pay-pal to verify transaction for my kid,they had no record of purchase ,Dont give out p-pal e-mail,,,,,,it,s a scam

[HandOverFist]

Here is what I was talking about earlier when I referred to having an extra layer of security for my Paypal account...



The size of a credit card, it has an embedded chip which generates a random six digit code and displays it in the window. I must enter this code for any transaction no matter how simple. I have to use this to even log-on to Paypal's site and have it tied to Ebay's site as well. You guys need to get one of these.

[Future Super Stocker]

Do you go through PayPal for it? Is there extra cost associated with it?

[HandOverFist]

Originally Posted by Future Super Stocker

Do you go through PayPal for it? Is there extra cost associated with it?

Yes, it came thru Paypal. I had some trouble about a year ago with Ebay in that someone (apparently overseas) had made a purchase using my Ebay account. During phone conversations with Ebay and Paypal reps the PP operator brought up the opportunity of using one of these security cards... I had no idea they even existed at that point. What made it so appealing was the feature of tying it to my Ebay account so I needed to enter the security code to even log-on to Ebay. Tbh, I don't recall there being any charge for the card nor have I noticed any related fees from it's use. Even it there were a fee I would never go back to the old ways. Paypal has always been a terrific benefit for me and I use it exclusively for online purchases unless it is not offered...which is more and more seldom these days.

[Future Super Stocker]

I agree. I always use PP for eBay and other purchases. This was the first sale item I posted on racing junk, and bam, a scammer. Thanks for all the good info. I will call PP again.

[tim worner]

I have sold a lot on racing junk with no problems. I always ask for money order or bank check and wait for it to clear.

[Ronnie Smith Jr]

For some good laughs and potential future replies with your "scammer" look at www.419eater.com

[HandOverFist]

With no further contact from the party I can only assume he declined my offer to throw in a small child.