While we’re talking about security …
I’m selling my race boat so I can concentrate on my crusier and get ready for an extended cruise. This isn’t a very good time to try to sell a boat so I put an ad on Craigslist. Two weeks later I had 7 offers to buy the boat, at full price! Wow, too bad they were all scams.
One “buyer” wanted to send me a check with extra money that I would send on the his shipper. We’ve heard about this. I cash the check, draw a check on my account to forward and weeks later the check turns out to be bad and I lose what I sent on to the shipper. I’m not falling for that trap. I have to ask though, “why isn’t the bank responsible?” It is their note … isn’t it?
The next one was “worried about the Craigslist killer” and wanted me to visit a website and fill out a form for identification before we met. I checked whois and the domain was created that morning. Sorry “Babe”, that won’t happen.
Another “buyer” just wanted my name, address and phone number so he could send a check. And, I think, try to steal my idenity.
Then there was the email that said, “ur cl ad”. I can’t wait to see where that goes.
I really liked the one that said they saw my boat for less and provided a link. A link that went to somewhere in Russia and wanted my craigslist login and password.
So if you’re advertising on craigslist I suggest you should be very very careful. There are more bandits on craigslist than real customers … at least for boats.
By the way, wanna buy a boat? http://usyc.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4
January 21, 2010 – UPDATE!
And then I got this email:
Santana 30/30 GP – $20000 (Annapolis)
“If you work hard on your job, you can make a living… But, if you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune.”
Create you own rescue plan – make $10k in the next 60 days.
See The Vid
Now that one is funny!
(note: I removed all the blank lines)
February 13, 2010 – UDATE!
So far I’ve had 13 replies to my craigslist ad. All of them were SCAMS! And all of the scams are from non-English speaking people. You can tell by the way they butcher the language. Perhaps craigslist should limit access to only US and Canadian IP’s.