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Craigslist scam 2000 Excursion for 5800?

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#1 ·
BEWARE! Advertised on Craigslist was this
2000 Ford Excursion Limited - $5800
From: Cristine Swanson (cristineswanson@yahoo.com)

Here is the reply received, looks real fishy to me.

Hi again,First of all I want to thank you for your interest formy car. I sell at this price($5800) because i justfinished the divorce with my husband. When the divorce has finished i own this car. Now as awomen i don't need. This car is in excellent workingconditions, no scratches, flaws or any kind of damage, slightly used in 100%working and looking conditions and comes with a cleartitle. From the begining you have to know that for the payment I request only secure pay, I preferthe payment to be done using eBay services. We will use a safe payment method because I amaffiliated at eBay and I have a purchase protectionaccount for $20.000. The final price that I want for this car is $5800 Usd including shipping and handling.If you are interested in buying it please provide meyour full name and address so I can initiate the dealthrough eBay.I will wait your answer(if you are interested to buy)very soonThank you
 
#2 ·
bullcrap! you cant buy threw ebay with an itiem on craigslist!
 
#3 ·
I really wish something could be done about these :tard:'s. I mean, it's been all over the news, dateline, they got signs in the bank warning us but it seems like nothing is getting done about it. You never hear about them actually catching the scumbags that are doing this:ranton:!
 
#4 ·
You can tell by the broken azz backwards english that its a phony.
 
#5 ·
eBay offers no buying services!!
 
#6 ·
right, they have paypal. which is really the only safe way to buy online...
 
#8 ·
the other day when i was on the list, i found a 04 F250 CC with 125K on it for 4K and i sent the guy a e-mail to see what he said and he said he would take 3K but the way he saw it was that i should have it shipped and he would pay for all the shipping with in a few days it would be on my door, i was like you you are on some hard core weed if you think im gonna had over 3K for a truck that is worth 20K at a dealer. and then have you ship it to me, (he was listed as a half an hour away from me)
 
#10 ·
I was selling a 2001 PSD 250 once that i put on ebay, had a guy buy it said he was from France. He sent a 22,000 dollar check with the instructions I take it to check cashing place and cash it all. Then he would send a freight company buy and I could give them 3,000 of the cash and the truck. I played along I took the check to my banker and Guess what it was as phony as 3 dollar bill, no surprise. That guy cold not speak english either in his emails and he would never call me on the phone. Ran into another one a few months later, guy was selling a kubota tractor 45 horse with Backhoe attachment and front end loader 200 hours for 9,000.00. Same thing could not type well in english and demanded the money through a payment process other than paypal ebay shut that one down because the sellers acct was pirated. Gotta be careful I guess.
 
#11 ·
I love to play with those j@#%offs tho. Keep sending them emails messing with them...guess I need to get a second job or something huh?........
 
#13 ·
It just shows that we all have to be even more suspect of everyone these days. It seems like every day we hear of some new scam via the internet, yet some people still fall for them. If we are all just a bit more suspect whenever we do business via the net these scams can be avoided. The legit guys will be discovered and just do business with them.
 
#15 ·
AMEN BROTHER! I work two jobs most of the year so i can have the stuff i want. The short answer is that criminals are lazy. If they worked as hard at a real job as they did at trying to rip people off they would make a decent living. Oh well.....I hate'em too......
 
#16 ·
YOU

Scammers KIZZ MY AZZ!!:mad:
I recently replied to a Bull Dog add out of the newspaper. Seem this valsox Ebos at bos1@yahoo.com has GREAT Deals!! Wants payment sent and he will ship Bully by Air Mail for
$400.00 Health Guarantee. I told him to send collect. I PAY ON DELIVERY!!
If the deal sound too good to be true IT USUALLY IS!!
I HATE SCAMMERS!!!:mad:
 
#17 ·
I'm trying to sell a lift kit for a chevy HD on craigslist and i've been hit by 5 different scammers, they always want to use their "shipper". I've been talking back in forth to them and acting really retarded, I went up on the price on them and said I did it just because I liked them. :hehe:
 
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