Post #387637 by Mai Tai on Tue, Jun 17, 2008 3:37 PM

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Yeah, I was 100% certain that this was a scammer when I posted this, due to the fresnomail.com e-mail addresses, and the similar, if not exact same wording in the e-mails sent to me (I received another couple of e-mails that I didn't post here, and they were different senders, but exactly the same wording). So no worries about me trying to do business with them.

But I was curious about what their angle was. I was wondering if I was going to get a "more than generous offer" for this sofa, but I never let it get to that stage. I did respond to one of the e-mails, firmly asking them to tell me if they were in the SF Bay Area or not, as I would only acceopt a local check. They responded by asking again for my address and phone number, like they were stuck on repeat. I then told them that the phone number was on the ad, so if they were serious about purchasing the item and they were local, then simply call the ad, otherwise I would assume that they were not serious about buying the sofa. I also said that if they responded again asking for my address and phone number when the number was listed in the ad, then I know that they weren't legit, so basically either call me or forget it. That seemed to do it!

But I wonder why they were so urgent and adamant about me removing the ad from Craigslist? Is it that if I remove the ad, and then they send me a bogus check or some other form of payment, then am I legally locked in to this transaction and the financial responsibility, because they could claim that there is no ad?