I responded to a couple of those scams. CL listing indicated it was local. They asked for address, ect to send a check and they would ship on their dime ect...
I replied that I was local, had a trailer, and could be there in 30 minutes with cash. I don't want to ship ect. Then, they reply, that they live local but the tractor is at their old house, packed in a container, and ready to ship, hundreds or a thousand miles away.
So I replied, sayin I have family in the region(it was funny, because I did...). I could get them there in a couple hours to inspect the tractor before I buy it... They reply back, that it is stored at a shipping company, and is packed in a container ready to ship; shipping company cant handle the inspection...
Sad; I knew it was a scam, I have a tractor, but I just messed with them...
Oh, and a lot of them I see are a nice low hour tract(CUT), loader, scraper, mower, and many times backhoe. For, less than the cost of the 3pt backhoe alone...