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kwg020 10-14-2009 09:29:59 209.234.80.142 125056 Report to Moderator	Were they asking for money to be sent or were they having someone go to your place and pick up the item? kwg [Reply]   [Send Email]
gary spitznogle 10-14-2009 14:42:16 69.63.7.16 125074 Report to Moderator	Re: beware in reply to kwg020, 10-14-2009 09:29:59   I deleted the message as soon as I saw what it was. I remember something about they'ld have their own truck pick it up and something about sending money back and forth through a telegram or something. I wish I'ld have copied there message.   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Mike (WA) 10-14-2009 12:51:18 69.10.199.42 125071 Report to Moderator	Re: beware in reply to kwg020, 10-14-2009 09:29:59   The one thing they'll NEVER do is send anyone to pick up the item- they don't want it, they just want your money. These things break down into two general schemes: If you have an item to sell, they'll send you a rubber check for more than the amount, you're to cash it and money-gram them the difference for "shipping". If they're advertising an item to sell, they ask you to send some authentic sounding outfit like Yahoo Finance the money, then they'll ship the item, and if you don't like it, they'll come get it and have the finance outfit refund the money. Both mention "shipping", but in the first instance they realize that you'll be mildly annoyed at being cheated out of your money and would have them arrested; in the second, there's nothing to ship- the item is just pictures they hijacked from somewhere else on the web.   [Reply]   [No Email]