In the past, I have talked about how to make money selling items via ebay and Craigslist. To be honest, I have not used Craigslist for years because I was tired of receiving phishing messages and the Craigslist horror stories are just too frightening. Instead, I have been joining local facebook...
There is nothing more frustrating than receiving a Craigslist email asking "is this still available". Usually, when a seller replies "yes", the response is a poorly disguised phishing email trying to obtain personal information and/or offering more money to remove the listing and consider it sold. Recently, I stopped putting a value...
In the past, I have shared Craigslist messages received to warn of potential online scams and/or phishing tactics (see links below). This recent response from Tiffaney Kaliszuk with the email address tiffaneyqaiuz@hotmail.com takes the cake! I had a kid's item listed for sale, NOT a personal ad. LOL! Merry Christmas! I have seen...
The other day I received this familiar message from "harmmharmons@aol.com": "Hello, do you still have this item for sale ? When can I come check it out? Shoot me an email back as soon as possible pls I'm speech disabled though, remember to leave your name and email address when...
Recently I received this message from mattlock004 <mattlock004@gmail.com>: Hello, I would like to know if you still have this antique available for sale. Do get back to me on my email. Matt Red flags went up immediately, especially after reading the last line. I responded with "yes it is available". I never sign with...
I received the following message twice in response to a Craigslist ad I have listed. Excuse me <my email address>, Are you authentic? Your post has been luckily picked out by our company and you've won a white Apple iPhone 4 in return of a simple servey, will you be...
I received the following message twice in response to a Craigslist ad I have listed. Hiya <my email address>! Are you a real person? I hope so because you have been selected as a tester for iPad 2 in whatever color of your choice! You are most likely wondering if...
Here's another Craiglist scam, this time from John Bruce with the email address johnbruce02@edencomputech.org. This person did not email me first to ask if the item is available, instead just sent this message (see below). Okay good am happy you still have it and am sorry for getting back to you...
