Does this sound like a scam?

[Batman]

I put a tanning bed up for sale on Craigslist. The next day, I get a response. Happy day! Then, today, I get this e-mail:

Hello i really appreciate your response to my earlier mail.like i said
i will like to buy this item so pls do withdraw the advert from
Craigslist. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via
check due to the distance to where i located.I will need you
to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing
of the check.
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3.Your phonenumber.
**I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
check**
Have a nice day.
regards


That's it, verbatim. Is it just me, or does this sound fishy? Seems like I've heard about an identity theft scam that runs like this. You cash their check, it bounces, they get your stuff, sock you with the fee for the bounced check and get your bank account number. Or am I imagining this?

 

[Barsuk]

Sounds very fishy to me. I would insist on PayPal.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

If you think it's a scam, then it probably is.

 

[Theoldbenchwarmer]

Hmmm. Well, the way you keep them from getting your stuff is to say that you'll give them the item when the check clears. I would also get a PO box so they can't come to your house until the check is cleared. That way, you'll know if its legit or not.

 

[Batman]

Oh, and the other thing that scares me is the name in the e-mail address is adedeji olayemi. That sounds Nigerian.

 

[Barsuk]

Everyone is ignoring the pink elephant in the room: Why does Batman have a tanning bed? :D

 

[fishwrapper]

Olayemi is a common Nigerian surname.

 

[Batman]

Ummm...to better blend in while I'm on patrol? Yeah, that's the ticket... ;)
It's the wife's. We're selling it to clear space. The thing is freaking huge, and even more freaking heavy.

 

[i look at pictures]

Scam.

 

[deskslave]

Sounds scam-tacular to me.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

lololol

Your response: "I'll take cash. -30-"

 

[ballscribe]

The other pink elephant in the room: why would a Nigerian need a tanning bed.
But we digress. Sounds pretty phishy.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Or even better -- tell him OK and give a fake address, like for a school, tell him to show up on a Saturday, then go stake it out and watch hilarity ensue.

 

[jakewriter82]

I put a tanning bed up for sale on Craigslist. The next day, I get a response. Happy day! Then, today, I get this e-mail:

Hello i really appreciate your response to my earlier mail.like i said
i will like to buy this item so pls do withdraw the advert from
Craigslist. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via
check due to the distance to where i located.I will need you
to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing
of the check.
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3.Your phonenumber.
**I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
check**
Have a nice day.
regards


That's it, verbatim. Is it just me, or does this sound fishy? Seems like I've heard about an identity theft scam that runs like this. You cash their check, it bounces, they get your stuff, sock you with the fee for the bounced check and get your bank account number. Or am I imagining this?

I had a similar email response when I posted on Craig's list for a roommate. They said something like "Hello, I would like to move in to your room so please withdraw the advert, I will make sure you get a check from one of my clients before I move in." I sent an email asking if they'd like to see the room first, and asked straight up if they were scamming me. I never heard back from em after that.

 

[mike311gd]

The lack of spaces alarm me a bit. Usually the junk mail I get from Yahoo! has a ****ed-up font or spacing style, and they're all scams.

 

[Theoldbenchwarmer]

The other pink elephant in the room: why would a Nigerian need a tanning bed.
But we digress. Sounds pretty phishy.

AWESOME. post of the year

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

so i will not be able to buy tanning bed from you.i is greatly sad.i is looking for other tanning bed.you bad man batman.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Tell them you are the daughter of a deposed foreign minister and need to move the tanning bed to an offshore account, and you just need a deposit to prove their trustworthiness in this endeavor.

 

[jlee]

I will also like you to know that i will be paying via
check due to the distance to where i located.

... I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for
shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the
check

Jan de Bont couldn't make a bigger plot hole.

Edit: Capitalization of "de"

 

[Write-brained]

Total scam.

But if somebody offers to make your penis larger - jump all over that ****.