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Originally Posted by seeker1950
I've never listed anything on Craigslist before, until today.
I listed a quality piece of furniture today. I immediately
rec'd a couple of inquiries to which I responded
via email. I am asking $500 for this piece.
So I just got this second email from one of the
inquiries which says the person is out of town, but
if I send my: name,
physical address, postal code, phone #, asking price, email address,
they will send a certified check for $500. I think
this sounds fishy...not even seeing the piece of furniture?
Your thoughts, insights appreciated.
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Seeker1950,
I just wanted to let you know that you were VERY wise not to send them any of this information!
Without giving up too much of my own info, I work for a fortune 500 company and this is known as Phishing.
Google it and read up on it. People do this crap 24/7.
This is the beginning of Identity Theft, unauthorized account access, and a general invasion of your privacy.
Once they have some basic info such as this they go on a hunt for all the info they can find on you and if you are one of the unlucky ones, they find a way in and then you wake up one day and any matter of hell has broken loose in your life.
Now please DON't get worried because you didnt send them any info.
Just remember what the old folks taught us BEFORE the internet.......
If it SOUNDS too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true.
And as others have already posted, good luck with the sale.
