See if you can get them to actually sell it to you. I honestly don't understand what some of these people want, I think its just email harvesting. Some of the attempts are so lame its comical.
New to the board
Arm chair racerNew to the board
See if you can get them to actually sell it to you. I honestly don't understand what some of these people want, I think its just email harvesting. Some of the attempts are so lame its comical.
Power User
Lord of the trike
I always flag them with the button in the upper right corner. If enough people do it they get removed. Usually goes pretty quick on my local CL
Rob
First Time Rider
Arm chair racerNew to the board
I ran into this when I was looking for a Kubota this spring. You can flag it for overposting, then search around more local areas using the E-mail address in the search bar. When you find it three or four times in different areas and flag each one it will be deleted. They change the Header, and some have pics, some do not, but it doesnt take long. I find it very hard to believe that this scam works, I always assumed people were smarter than this. Either way by the time you flag the last one it feels good, right up until you find the next one.
Power User
Roostin Away
ever try to sell something on craigslist? I get TONS of scam emails all the time when doing so. so much that i use craigslist as a last effort thing. I can't stand the website.
At The Back Of The Pack
Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
i put up an ad on craigslist and on race-dezert and got scammer emails from both sites, calling it my "off road bike"....stupid scammers
1985 250R
FMF pipe and silencer, K&N, 4" extended swingarm
First Time Rider
Arm chair racerNew to the board
i get them idiots asking questions like "do you still have this" or "is your craigslist item still for sale" the are generic questions that they can send to alot of ppl at once thats y when i ask a seller something i ask a specific question about what it is & put key word in the subject area so they can tell i have an idea about whats for sale hope this helps some1
" think I won't "
At The Back Of The Pack
Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
you know i never thought about that asking the generic questions, i had a lot of those and not one ever replied to me
1985 250R
FMF pipe and silencer, K&N, 4" extended swingarm
Just Too Addicted
Arm chair racerJust too addicted
If you already made the purchase and he misrepresented merchandise only then can you take action. Anything else is an assumption and is considered hear say. Every craigslist ad has a posting ID at the bottom of the ad. That posting ID is associated with the persons craigslist account. Dont expect anything from a formal craigslist complaint. They are HUGE like ebay. Employees are limited and VERY laid back cali style. LoL
Read the craigslist FAQ about fraud and dont be so click happy with flagging. If you really got burnt over on a deal there is a way to track the person down but you need to have the email they sent you. Most everyone can be tracked down with an "email header" and the craigslist posting ID. Like other peeps said. You have to be in their face and looking them in the eye or else no deal. Be careful out there. Many scams now due to the poor economy.
And sorry to say its gonna get worse !! Hang on to your trike. We are all going down man.
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Power User
The day begins with 3WW
I put up an ad for a load of gravel wanted.
1 reply said that they got 2 for their birthday and would sell me their extra one for 1/2 price.
My FAVorite, however, is amazing deals in Oalkland, Calif, luring people with lots of cash to scary neighborhoods.
Was on the news for about a week. A whole bunch o' dummies went driving around downtown Oakland, driving slow, looking lost, pockets full of cash. He^^, the cops don't even like going there.
Power User
Teaching quads a lesson
Got the same idiot trying to contact me today. First was for tecate parts I relisted. The second was for an 04 DRZ400S (my buddies, I listed it for him), here is what it wrote to me:
"Hello, I am inquiring about your item "(insert item here)" and I would like to come down and possibly take it for a test drive. The price seems reasonable, and I can pay you in full with a check. Please respond, I would like to buy this for my son as a birthday gift."
Now these were 2 separate ads listed in different locations at different times, with the email masked. I have another email account that I never use, so I replied to its emails with thousands of spam emails
LED obsessed
2015 Yamaha FJ-09
Power User
The day begins with 3WW
That simply confirms your email address and they get paid to sell them. (sorry)Originally Posted by bigbadktm
I foreward them to :
spam@uce.gov
and either spam or abuse @ whoever is your provider
or to theirs, IF you can see it in the headers.
Also they say to Never click on the bottom of whatever to be removed from this list.
It only confirms that you exist.
Phone calls are getting the same way. Do not call list or not, they call and hang up.
If you did answer, you go into a queue for some real idiot to call at a later time.
SPOOFING is also legal.
It is a way to make your caller id say whatever you want it to,
a favorite of phone spammers
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