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...
In the past, I have shared email examples I have received from scammers phishing for personal information. If you do not understand what phishing is, here is the definition from Wikipedia: Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as...
I wanted to share yet another scam email I received regarding an item I had posted for sale on Craigslist. The following came from a person named Neil Nick, email address: neilnick234@gmail.com. I have copied and pasted the message below. Hello, do you still have this? When can I come...
Below is a message I received this weekend from a scammer on Craigslist. I have copied it word for word, without any edits. Funny thing is, I cannot tell you how many times I have received this from various hotmail, gmail and yahoo email addresses. The first message is "Hello,...
I have had great success with Craigslist, but have also had a lot of headaches with it. I cannot tell you how many emails I receive asking "is this item still available" and I instantly assume it's a scammer trying to phish for personal information. I do entertain those emails...
We received an envelope that appeared to have our home address hand written (upon further inspection it was obviously from a printer). I immediately thought something was fishy since there was no return address. Also, it was postmarked from Phoenix, Arizona. For laughs, we opened it. The letterhead said "US...