Fraud and Scams on Craigslist  

Hello Mylotters. Has anyone experienced the following on Craigslist? Here is my story.

A week ago, I placed a classified on Craigslist attempting to HONESTLY sell an antique piece of furniture. After I had the classified approved, all I received over a three day period of time is the following type of email:

Hello Seller:

I very much like the item you have for sale. I want to buy the item and will be sending you a cashier's checque for a _______ amount that will have the mover's payment included. I will add anywhere from $50.00 to $150.00 on top of your asking price. When you receive the cashier's checque please cash it and remove the cost of your item. The rest will be delivered by the seller to the mover. I want to buy this item for my son who is having kidney transplant this week and want to give it to him as a gift.

I very much await your reply. Please give me your name, address, telephone number so that I will know where to send your check.

HA! These such emails are scams and Craigslist does warn about such emails. What happens is that yes, you do get a cashier's check which appears good and the bank cashes it for you. Then a few weeks later, the check then is discovered to be no good. This can be considered fraud and theft and can put you the seller in jail with no way to get a hold of the buyer. It appears that there is an individual or group of individuals who are trying to scam us. I will attempt to put the item back on Craigslist but only ask that payment be made by Paypal or be purchased from someone local.

Just thought I would warn those who have yet to try selling or buying on Craigslist.