[DeTomaso] NPC Craigslist scammer

[audionut at hushmail.com]

Also, watch out for guys who pay you a 50% deposit up front through
Paypal to hold the item and then make a refund complaint when you
don't let the item go when they try to pay the balance with a check. 
Paypal will not listen when you say the transaction isn't yet complete
and the item is not paid for.  The guy just claims he paid and you
didn't deliver. 
Paypal then pays him back the deposit and charges you $30 to send the
money back to him.  The whole thing took 30 days so, not knowing any
better, I jerked him around and caused him to spend money as well.

Scammers, thieves, fraudsters, etc. etc....   wtf?  How does someone
ever decide to screw people over for a living?
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On May 8, 2017 at 3:43 PM, "Christopher Kimball"  wrote:That exact
same thing happened to me when I advertised an $80 bookshelf. I got a
check for 1300 or 1400 dollars for shipping. It was pretty hilarious,
and of course, it was all fake.
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Nolan
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 3:39 PM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC Craigslist scammer fix
Hello Friends,

My partner was selling a piano on CL. It was amazing how many dirt
bags
called or emailed to buy it. These were from all over the world. The
scam
was always the same. They wanted it right away, Troy was to organize
the
freight company for fast shipping. They would send a check that was a
couple
grand extra just because they KNEW Troy was an honest guy they could
trust.
He was just to send back the extra as he shipped out the piano.
There were so many contacts from the ad it became a hassle just
telling
people to go away. Finally Troy got a better idea. He told each one
they
could have the piano as soon as the money got here. The overnight
shipment
checks started rolling in! They all looked real but none were. He
figures he
is costing each scammer $20-30 plus their time. Perhaps if more people
would
recognize these scams and follow the same idea we could take a bite
out of
their cash flow.
All my best,
Nolan
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   Also, watch out for guys who pay you a 50% deposit up front through
   Paypal to hold the item and then make a refund complaint when you don't
   let the item go when they try to pay the balance with a check.  Paypal
   will not listen when you say the transaction isn't yet complete and the
   item is not paid for.  The guy just claims he paid and you didn't
   deliver.

   Paypal then pays him back the deposit and charges you $30 to send the
   money back to him.  The whole thing took 30 days so, not knowing any
   better, I jerked him around and caused him to spend money as well.
   Scammers, thieves, fraudsters, etc. etc....   wtf?  How does someone
   ever decide to screw people over for a living?
   Sent using Hushmail
   On May 8, 2017 at 3:43 PM, "Christopher Kimball" <chrisv



   kimball at msn.com> wrote:

     That exact same thing happened to me when I advertised an $80
     bookshelf. I got a check for 1300 or 1400 dollars for shipping. It
     was pretty hilarious, and of course, it was all fake.
     Sent from my Windows 10 phone
     From: Nolan<mailto:nolan at mortarsprayer.com>
     Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 3:39 PM
     To:
     detomaso at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist
     .com>
     Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC Craigslist scammer fix
     Hello Friends,
     My partner was selling a piano on CL. It was amazing how many dirt
     bags
     called or emailed to buy it. These were from all over the world. The
     scam
     was always the same. They wanted it right away, Troy was to organize
     the
     freight company for fast shipping. They would send a check that was
     a couple
     grand extra just because they KNEW Troy was an honest guy they could
     trust.
     He was just to send back the extra as he shipped out the piano.
     There were so many contacts from the ad it became a hassle just
     telling
     people to go away. Finally Troy got a better idea. He told each one
     they
     could have the piano as soon as the money got here. The overnight
     shipment
     checks started rolling in! They all looked real but none were. He
     figures he
     is costing each scammer $20-30 plus their time. Perhaps if more
     people would
     recognize these scams and follow the same idea we could take a bite
     out of
     their cash flow.
     All my best,
     Nolan