My first Craigslist Scam Reply

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OK tell me what you think.... scam or not?

I have my couches listed on CL - I hate them and they're so uncomfortable. They look nice but they were a waste of $1600.

Anyway, I listed them last night and I had an email from a Krista Osborn today.

"Do you still have it 4 sale?"

I reply Yes, I just listed them late last night.

So a few minutes ago I get this:

From John Sean -

My assistant told me that you still have the item 4 sale,I will pay your asking price. I will likely make payment by check or money order as its the only way I can pay you at the moment (I am actually out of the States on a business trip). I will make arrangement for pick-up after payment have been received by you. I dont mind adding a little extra thirty ($30) dollars so you can keep it in my favor.you should get your payment in 4-6 working days, Please keep it in my favor. Kindly reply with your full name,cell phone number,and address where payment should be sent,i will appreciate if you can get the ad off craigslist so i can be sure you are keeping it in my favor .Awaiting your reply.
Best Regards

I checked the headers on the email and both her and him come from gmail which will give me an IP of California. So not able to check there to see where he emailed from.

But don't you think it's funny how he needs my full address and cell phone?

So I sent him this reply:

Since you are able to work online, you can deposit money with a debit card directly into my PayPal account if you want. There is no need to have your own PayPal account for this and you can be assured the money goes directly in without delay.
I will take the ad off once money is received and cleared.
You don't need my cell number or my house number right now.
You can give me your cell number instead?
I will give you my address when I receive money to be sure this is not just some scam to get my address and phone number.
Are you sure you want to buy these sight unseen?

These are the couches. I mean if he looks at the ad, there are two pit bulls in the photo, he'd have to be stupid to try to rob me, even with one dead that he would never know about.


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