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Originally Posted by aniloscash
I was trying to rent a room in my house and I couldnt undestand why the scam. why give me a fake check if you move in you just get arrested cause I know where to tell the cops to find you.
I just dont get it
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Yep, its hilarious, they don't even care what the product or service is, they just send out the massive scam replies to thousands of craigslist listings. I posted a mattress a couple of years ago on there and i got the standard scam reply with the overpayment check wanting the mattress shipped to Nigeria. Kinda funny when they want to spend more in shipping than I was selling the item for.
The funniest was a few years back when someone posted their dialogue with a scammer who was trying to con him on his listing selling an Apple laptop. He posted the ongoing email dialogue in a forum and with lots of suggestions they were able to get the scammer to pay for shipping upon delivery after he sent them a bogus check. So they packed an Apple computer box with all kinds of heavy things and shipped it to Nigeria. The scammer received it and had to pay a huge amount for the shipping charge only to find it full of rocks. Needless to say the scammer sent him a nasty email and the forum got a huge laugh out of it.