Sound like a scam to you?

[JoeinTX]

Pretty clear, but........scam-ola.....

 

[QRTRHRS]

Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck....

At least the English and grammar are correct.

"i look to read from you soon."

Hmmm, English as a second language perhaps?

 

[Markcuda]

At least the English and grammar are correct.

You're joking, right?

 

[wedge40]

You're joking, right?

Pretty close to "Engrish" if you ask me. I know not everyone has perfect grammar, but over the years I think I've gotten pretty good at spotting things that are too good to be true.

Wedge

 

[BigGuy]

RUN - don't walk away from this one!

 

[sixdogs]

Please, I don't want to be watching the "Darwin Awards" and see this tale of woe on the big screen.
For the few things I put on Craigs List, I add something like:

"Because of the large number of fraudulent emails, please send phone number and best time to call".

No tickee; no laundry.
I have not had even one spam email regarding a post since.
Maybe I'm now on the Nicaraguan Don't Waste Your Time list?

 

[dodge man]

You can often tell, the words and such may be spelled correctly, but the phrasing is often funny. If you have ever learned a foreign language, you realize they often string words together in a different manner than we do, and it shows in their english.

 

[Transit]

You're joking, right?

Who? EYE?

 

[Lil_FarmerJim]

WOW, this one screams SCAM!

Whats truly sad is the volume of scams on CL seems to have increased exponentially. Today alone I was trolling through and flagged 5 scams for tractors for sale. All very convincing, except that the links they had place to contact the seller all pointed to virus laden servers with domains that had recently (past few weeks) been registered.

Sorry to say but the glory days of CL are gone and its might just be time to throw that rag in the trash where it belongs and burn it.

IMHO,

 

[DAY]

Then there are the replys that are too short such as "Interested", "Are those miles real?", "Still have the xxxx?". Is this protocol to start a discussion? Seems more like someone fishing to me.

When I see a "too good to be true" (a JD 790 TLB for $2400 this weekend on Reading PA Craig's List) I send a brief query- "Where can I see it?"

The answer came from a gal whose dad died and she has it in Provo, Utah!

Those scams usually disappear after a few days.