They aren't all coming from Nigeria. In fact, they are now offering curb-side service.

[my_window_seat]

Response to one of my Craigslist ads to sell furniture:

Thanks for getting back to me..I really appreciate your response to my earlier mail.like i said i will like to buy this item so pls do withdraw the advert from Craigslist. I will also like you to know that i will be paying by check due to the fact that i will not be able to meet up with the cash and local pick up.I will have my mover to come for the pickup as soon as the check cleared and cashed..I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.

1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address be it residential or office address.
3.Your phone number.

Hope to hear back from you.

Thankfully I gave NONE of my personal information to this person in the previous e-mail, other than my first name in salutation - otherwise I'd be putting my neighbor on watch for unmarked vans and creepy men unloading my belongings from my house while I was out running errands.

Or am I just being paranoid?

Again?

I hate my brain....

Comments

[feralnerd.livejournal.com]

Not paranoid, it's a scam designed to get you to help them cash a fraudulent cashiers check or give them your bank account number. They have no real interest in what you're selling, and I wouldn't doubt that they are in Nigeria. Read the craiglist scam pages and they all have the same diction: "Thanks for getting back to me... I will like to purchase blah blah."

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

Ah, good to know. And I did forward a copy of this to Craigslist. They may not do any kind of investigating of this kind of thing, but if they do, they can play with it now. :P

[elffin.livejournal.com]

Good choice.

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

I may be crazy and stupid, but fortunately, sometimes I alternate the two instead of being in both states at once. :D

[elegantdreams.livejournal.com]

too much information to ask for, and who the hell pays for anything with a personal check, that is unheard of