Sound fishy to you?

[TheBeef]

Im selling a bass guitar on craigslist and out of the blue, I get this email:


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I want you to consider it sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to
avoid disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via
certified check .I will need you to provide me the following
information to facilitate the mailing of the check

1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you

**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** Thanks

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Does this seem like a scammer? The overall tone of the instructions seem fishy to me

 

[Celtic Fan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 18 2008, 05:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Im selling a bass guitar on craigslist and out of the blue, I get this email:


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I want you to consider it sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to
avoid disturbance.I want you to know that i will be paying via
certified check .I will need you to provide me the following
information to facilitate the mailing of the check

1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you

**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** Thanks

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Does this seem like a scammer? The overall tone of the instructions seem fishy to me</div>
indeed.

google search the message, see if it's a common type of scam.

it could also be dude's a bit of a noob at buying stuff.

 

[Celtic Fan]

check your PM's it's a scam

http://www.dmsjr.com/blog/

 

[TheBeef]

thank you, it sounded funny to me....I did have a countermeasure in mind that I still may do....I will have him send the check to my sister at work....shes a detective with the local PD btw....

 

[bbwMax]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 18 2008, 05:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>thank you, it sounded funny to me....I did have a countermeasure in mind that I still may do....I will have him send the check to my sister at work....<u>shes a detective with the local PD btw....</u></div>

lol cool. never tempted to ask her to search your Friends for Secrets lol

 

[agoo]

Right around the time I read that this person was going to send a mover over for a bass guitar, I would have assumed something was up. For the furnature set that was mentioned in the link provided by Celtic Fan, I could see a mover, but not a bass guitar.