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Re: Need advice soon! Craigslist and PayPal

by dkimble Contributor in Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive)
‎Jan-09-2012 08:00 AM
‎Jan-09-2012 08:00 AM
dscline, thanks so much for sharing the scamming of the scammers!  I had a very good laugh reading the powerbook prank at zug.com/pranks/powerbook.  Would love to know how it ended.  Thanks for sharing. ... View more

Re: Need advice soon! Craigslist and PayPal

by dkimble Contributor in Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive)
‎Jan-09-2012 07:31 AM
‎Jan-09-2012 07:31 AM
A coworker of mine was selling his Harley on craigslist and answered a spam email.  He received a fedex the next day with check for a thousand dollars or so more than he was asking for the Harley.  The scammer told him to keep an extra $100 for my coworker's time and trouble, and then send the remainder to a shipper who would then come by and pick up the motorcycle upon receipt of the money.  My coworker took the fedex package to the police, but they said there's nothing they can do.   Fedex came from California. ... View more

Re: Need advice soon! Craigslist and PayPal

by dkimble Contributor in Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive)
‎Dec-09-2011 10:09 AM
‎Dec-09-2011 10:09 AM
I've had this happen to me on a few occasions.  I'll send money ASAP....will have shipper pick up item.  This part of the scam I understand.  It's the payment through Paypal that I can't figure out.  My most recent potential scammer was regarding a motorhome on craigslist.  He wanted to pay through Paypal and have shipper pick up motorhome.  I presume since you don't allow something like this to leave without seeing payment in Paypal, there must be a timeframe for buyer to rescind payment after picking up merchandise?  Does anyone know more about how long buyer than get their payment back through Paypal?  Thanks for all the good info posted. ... View more
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