Something wrong with this transaction?

[TigerfaninAR]

I'm selling my riding mower on craigslist and after answering some standard questions I get this response:

Hello
I really appreciate your response to my email.I want you to consider it
sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid disturbance.I
want you to know that i will be paying via bank certified check .I will
like you to provide me with the following information to facilitate
the mailing of the check to you .

1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....City, State and Zip Code
4.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you

*** Note that the payment will be shiped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check**

Thanks


Sounds very fishy but don't know how I lose if I keep the mower until I have the cash in my hand.

What am I missing here?

 

[Ductape]

That language sounds like a scam to me (would you word an email to someone like that??). Why is someone buying your mower and having it shipped? Wouldn't it be cheaper for them to buy one locally? Problem on your end is....... your bank won't be able to give you a date when their check will clear for good. When they finally discover its a phony check, they are coming to YOU for their money back. Ductape says BEWARE........ smells like a scam to me !!!

 

[jimmyj]

Scam scam scammy scamola.

I wish there was a way to punish the scammers on places like Craigslist.

 

[OCD]

Guy I work with had something that sounds very similiar to this that his wife encountered when selling a stroller on criagslist. Can't recall all the details, but it was a scam and I think they had some headache in getting things undone.

 

[LBrown59]

Con Man at work

I'm selling my riding mower on craigslist and after answering some standard questions I get this response:

Hello
I really appreciate your response to my email.I want you to consider it
sold, pls do withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid disturbance.I
want you to know that i will be paying via bank certified check .I will
like you to provide me with the following information to facilitate
the mailing of the check to you .

1.....Full name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check
3.....City, State and Zip Code
4.....Home & Cell Phone to contact you

*** Note that the payment will be shiped to your address via UPS NEXT
DAY SERVICE and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you
have cashed the check**

Thanks


Sounds very fishy but don't know how I lose if I keep the mower until I have the cash in my hand.

What am I missing here?

 

[Just Bill]

Cash and carry only.
This has scam written all over it.

 

[TYMinColton]

Total scam. I've had the same response to several completely different items I've attempted to sell on Craigslist. These seem to be mass phishing scams to get at your bank info . . .

 

[bp fick]

Scam

Patented, oft repeated, virtually word for word language. Got the precise thing.

 

[foggy1111]

Scam

Patented, oft repeated, virtually word for word language. Got the precise thing.

ditto.....you have been warned!!

 

[datanull]

I see that it sounds like a scam. But what will the scammer gain? Is the scammer a non-Tiger fan and just wants to get Tiger fan to remove the ad. Or will he use the data collected in some malicious way?