Jan 15, 2015
This scammer has sent me Money Gram checks for a coffee machine that I'm currently selling on Craigslist. These Money Gram was for $987, an overpayment of $942 and wants me to send money back to him. He said his "secretary" made a mistake and made an overpayment. It's for a coffee machine that would sell for $100 (new) and I was selling it for $45. When I said I don't have time to go to bank or money gram locations, he said I can keep additional $40 for the trouble - paying $85 for an old machine, when the new one costs $100. He said he wants to use the returned money to pay the shipper who would collect the machine, as he himself is on a "business trip". Paying the shipper would definitely cost more than $15, which makes an old machine more expensive than a new one. Psycho freak!
The names provided: David Ken, Tony Joel