Is this guy trying to scam me?

[SnoopyBoy]

I listed a truck I'm selling on craigslist and exchanged an email with a guy wanting to buy. He sends me this, and it has me a little skeptical. Is this a scam?...


Thanks for getting back to me,i would have love to come down for a look but i have no chance now. I am very busy at work for an assignment also due to my condition i would have called you cuz i am deaf man, but i am satisfy with the description and the condition of the 2005 Chevy truck. I will like to make payment right away, and i will be sending your payment for 2005 Chevy truck with a cashier check, because i have no chance to come down and i will like you to please bear with me. And as for the pick up of the item i will know how to handle that with my mover, as soon as you cash the payment the mover will come for the pick up as soon as possible. All you have to do is to mail me and give me the description to your place to make it easier for the mover to come and do the pick up as soon as you cash the payment. I will send you your payment as soon as you give me the info to write the payment. I have red through the advert and i am okay with it, so kindly withdraw the advart from the web and please i will need the following informations to post the payment.

Full Name that will be on check
Home and Mobile Phone
Home Address
City
State
Zip Code

Please go and withdrawl the advert on net to avoid disturbance as i have believe its almost mine now.Please mail me as soon as possible to let me know if you are ok with this.

 

[Barsuk]

All signs point to, "Yes."

I've read almost this exact message on another thread with a similar title, so I'm pretty sure it's a scam.

 

[Rosie]

SCAM!

Do not agree to this.

No way, no how.

 

[JR]

Nah, it looks legit. :)

All you have to do is to mail me and give me the description to your place to make it easier for the mover to come and do the pick up

Just tell me where you live so I can come by at 3:00 am and steal your truck.

I thought the "deaf" thing was a nice touch.

 

[Rosie]

Don't forget the part about not being able to call. I'm pretty sure TTY phones are still around.

 

[imjustagirl2]

If you have to ask, the answer's probably yes.

 

[Barsuk]

Ive been looking for truck to buy. If you wish me to buy truck, I can offer full asking price plus more. But I do not have checking account, so if you please to sell truck to me, I should have you give me your checking number and pin and I would transfer funds ASAP. I wish to buy truck, so please remove advert at this time.

Please to forward me checking info soon so we can complete transaction.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

It looks like the kind of message a sports writer might type when there's no editor to be found.

 

[Barsuk]

It looks like the kind of message a sports writer might type when there's no editor to be found.

Speak for yourself (or your staff). My copy's clean, brother.

 

[mike311gd]

If you have to ask, the answer's probably yes.

That's the ticket right there. Maybe it's because I'm a stickler for proper grammar and punctuation, but when I see a consistent lack of the two -- as well as a space problem -- I immediately delete the e-mail. Maybe I'm wrong and it's not a scam. At least stupid people won't be getting my ****.

 

[mike311gd]

It looks like the kind of message a sports writer might type when there's no editor to be found.

Speak for yourself (or your staff). My copy's clean, brother.

You tell him, Hulk.

 

[Ace]

So the scam is the steal the truck or what? Aren't there easier ways to steal a truck?

 

[PCLoadLetter]

So the scam is the steal the truck or what? Aren't there easier ways to steal a truck?

The scam is the cashier's check is no good. It won't clear the bank, but that process will take a few days, and by that time you'll already be out a truck.. and you won't even know what the mysterious deaf buyer looks like.

 

[Flash]

Craigslist is rife with scams, as is kijiji.

When I was searching for an apartment, at least three-quarters of the ads turned into scams. This is the type of email I would get back:

Thanks for the email. I Prof. Moses Morgan and my wife Dr. Debbie Morgan own the 3 bedroom Condo/Apartment and also want you to know that it was due to my transfer that makes me and my wife to leave the house and also want to give it out for rent and looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at the time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own. So for now, We are here in west Africa, our new house and also with the keys of the house, we try to look for an agent that we can give this documents before we left but could not see and we are as well as don't want our house to be used any how in our present that is why we took it along with us. I and my wife came over to West Africa for a missionary work, so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the house. So get back to me on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting home. Hope you are okay with the price of US$700 with hydro,heat laundry facilities, air condition and so on. I am looking forward to hear from you soon, please call us on how to get the house for rent, 7015 - 32nd Ave NE Calgary, AB. T1Y 6T9

RENT APPLICATION FORM
1)Your Full Name :
2)Your Full Address & Phone Number :
3)How old are you?
4)Are you married?
5)How many people will be living in the house?
6)Do you have a pet?
7)Do you have a car?
8)Occupation?
9)What is your religion?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file incase of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you.Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you, we do not see yet and only putting everything into Gods hand,so please do not let us down in this our property and God bless you more as you do this.Please i want you to check the apartment at the address and let me know if you would like it, the apartment is locked and i have the keys.

Thanks and you are welcome
Moses C. Morgan & Dr. Debbie Morgan
our cell phone #: 0112347031523342

 

[playthrough]

When they call it "2005 Chevy truck" twice, bingo. That's the part of the form letter that gets switched out to others.

 

[JR]

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[Rosie]

Note: Not valid in Canada, Puerto Rico or Alaska.

What. No scamming protecting your fellow Canuckistanians? ;)

 

[Barsuk]

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Well done. 8)

 

[Oggiedoggie]

So the scam is the steal the truck or what? Aren't there easier ways to steal a truck?

The scam is the cashier's check is no good. It won't clear the bank, but that process will take a few days, and by that time you'll already be out a truck.. and you won't even know what the mysterious deaf buyer looks like.

Usually the story ends up with the scam buyer having to send a cashier's check for far more than the price of the truck with the agreement that the seller will send a refund of the difference. The cashier's check is bogus and the seller gets a reminder of what a fool he was every time he looks at his truck.

 

[Ace]

So the scam is the steal the truck or what? Aren't there easier ways to steal a truck?

The scam is the cashier's check is no good. It won't clear the bank, but that process will take a few days, and by that time you'll already be out a truck.. and you won't even know what the mysterious deaf buyer looks like.

Usually the story ends up with the scam buyer having to send a cashier's check for far more than the price of the truck with the agreement that the seller will send a refund of the difference. The cashier's check is bogus and the seller get a reminder of what a fool he was every time he looks at his truck.

See, that sounds more like it. Stealing a truck is too easy.