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Craigslist scammer on the road again

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Probably yesterdays news to many here, but some less experienced might be enlightened before throwing their money away. Got a call from a excited cousin in Washington DC who asked if mint 2275 for 175$ was a good deal...Yeah for sure, and there is a mint Sansui 9090 for the same price, same seller same location.
Will not go further into details as this guy was covered here about year ago, just played naive and collected his new "personal" details.

"Ok, my Paypal is
DRCVERONA9901@GMAIL.COM
you can send this as
Friends and Family Thru Paypal
D. Richard Culver
XXX Braddock Rd W (mod edit - Ernie)
Alexandria , Va 22302"

Stay safe and smart :).
 
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This is interstate wire fraud which should be a big deal but is usually treated as civil and therefore not prioritized. In other words, the victim has no practical recourse and the perp knows it.
 
His ads in Nob Hill , San Francisco have disappeared. So the ads resurfaced on the east coast. Lovely...
 
Why folks continue to not follow protocol when buying on Craigslist is beyond me. Follow the rules about payment AFTER you have the items in sight or in your possession to not get burned. David is still around because buyers allow him to profit off of not negotiating with due diligence. Plain & simple.
 
I cannot understand Craigslist rip offs like that.
Craigslist is basic - You go to the home, you have a listen, THEN, you buy it.

There was a British show on TV a few years back, Hustle, with Robert Vaughn.
It was about a team of lovable cons who generally worked the long con on deserving scum.
The legend? You can't cheat an honest man.
The conceit was that people would throw caution to the wind if they thought they were going to get a killer deal, e.g., cheat the Other guy ...

Sadly - some folks are not cautious and are just begging to be scammed.

Why would you EVER pay upfront, sight unseen, on a verbal promise with a stranger??
 
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hjames said:
<<snip>>Why would you EVER pay upfront, sight unseen, on a verbal promise with a stranger??
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I call it a calculated risk. If it's money I can afford to lose, and I get a good feeling about the seller, and the item is something hard to find I've paid "sight un-seen" for a few things. I don't do it blindly though, and the one I did do blindly recently was only $100 for some test equipment 150miles away where I knew I'd be in a couple of weeks, so she agreed to hold on to it for me when I told her I'd paypal the money immediately. Not a steal, but something I wanted and she had, a couple weeks later I met a nice lady and her husband and had a cool old Heathkit scope that her husband built.

It doesn't always work out and I don't understand how people will send money completely blindly, but it happens and there are smooth cons out there. Still, I prefer to believe that most people are good people, trust those I believe deserve it (with money I can afford to lose), and the biggest lesson that one has to learn so that you don't over-extend yourself and can live with the one bad apple is SOME TIMES BAD PEOPLE WIN. If you can't resolve this last point, life is a difficult journey.

I had a daughter who was a bit more of a risk-taker and I drilled into her one simple decision metric: what's the worst that can happen and can I live with it?

Trust is a good thing, just don't over-extend.
 
Saw today that someone had posted a FRAUD ALERT ad about the Marantz ad and to avoid it on Craigslist VA.

If an AK member here did it, then Well Done! :thumbsup:
 
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