Offers to ship *anything* on Craigslist are presumptively fraudulent. In the Cars and Trucks section, Craigs puts a banner headline that states "OFFERS TO SHIP CARS ARE 100% FRAUDULENT."
I started down that path. There was a truck that was priced well, together with a story about how the economy and business losses forced a sale. So I followed up. Then I got an e-mail that said the truck was in Miami (hah!), and that the seller would post a listing on eBay, I could pay the eBay Motors escrow payment department, the truck would be shipped to me, and only then would payment be released. I thought I smelled a rat, so I did a little checking. This Craigslist-eBay scam has been operating around the country. First off, eBay has no escrow payments department. The scammers have put up spoofed eBay pages that look completly real, with working links and everything. So you send your payment off to the "escrow department," and it's gone. The number-one rule with Craigslist? Goods and money change hands simultaneously. Period. That being said, I've once or twice sent payment for something on Craigslist, where it was an item under $50 and the seller lived 80 miles away (I bought a spare pressure water pump and a spare holding tank pump this way). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
