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    From Electric Comet@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 5 09:06:52 2018
    many ways that scams go on on craigslist

    they send a check that is over the amount of the item
    they go after high dollar items so they can make a bigger haul

    you list your lathe for 4000 and they purposely send you a check for
    5000

    they say ooops i sent too much can you send me the 1000 back
    or maybe even say send me 950 since i caused this problem

    of course their check is no good

    best way to handle this is only take cash
    or if the check is written on a bank nearby take the check to that
    bank

    the bank will tell you right away if it is real

    some sellers will actually accept a check and give the buyer the
    lathe and pay them the over amount


    losing a lathe and cash


    if i am offered a check in person i say sure
    i will drive us both to that bank right now and we can cash it together

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  • From graham@21:1/5 to Electric Comet on Sat May 5 12:20:53 2018
    On 2018-05-05 10:06 AM, Electric Comet wrote:
    many ways that scams go on on craigslist

    they send a check that is over the amount of the item
    they go after high dollar items so they can make a bigger haul

    you list your lathe for 4000 and they purposely send you a check for
    5000

    they say ooops i sent too much can you send me the 1000 back
    or maybe even say send me 950 since i caused this problem

    of course their check is no good

    best way to handle this is only take cash
    or if the check is written on a bank nearby take the check to that
    bank

    the bank will tell you right away if it is real

    some sellers will actually accept a check and give the buyer the
    lathe and pay them the over amount


    losing a lathe and cash


    if i am offered a check in person i say sure
    i will drive us both to that bank right now and we can cash it together



    My son saw an ad for some hi-tech equipment that was worth a 4000km
    round trip to collect in person. The "seller" told him he would ship it
    - just send me the money by Western Union. Yeah, right!

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  • From Electric Comet@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon May 7 11:00:13 2018
    On Sat, 5 May 2018 12:20:53 -0600 [email protected] wrote:

    - just send me the money by Western Union. Yeah, right!


    yes scammers on both sides

    sellers scamming buyers and vice versa

    most are not sophisticated at all and the online sites do little to nothing
    to stop them

    in case of craigslist local sheriff or police might get involved if a local transaction


    scams on ebay and amazon and paypal are taken to next level

    all three are publicly traded so if it helps their bottom line it is ok
    to look the other way

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