Craigslist scammer on the road again
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I flagged Dave's 2245 listings from the Boston area yesterday and today. He has taken to multiple listings of the same product to make it a bit more work to flag them. What do the 9090db listings look like? Does he have the same silly Deoxit statements?
I am also wondering about this listing below. It has been put up over and over on the Boston CL but the seller is supposedly in Ohio. It doesn't make any sense. Though the price isn't silly.
https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/ele/d/columbus-vintage-marantz-stereo/7189825620.html
And finally, I have been flagging Dave on multiple devices and on the same device with different web browsers. Does anyone here know if that works? Do multiple flags catch the CL monitors? Do the CL monitors realize that my flagging is coming from one IP? If so I should flag from my phone over the cell tower rather from my home WIFI.
I must say that Dave is working the perfect scam. It's too little to go to jail for and he can do it until his scamming fingers fall off without much effort,
goodolpg
Just an old fart trying to help.
JMO, the Boston Marantz listing is NOT in Daves style or an image he's used.
Hi Dave!
Mayank
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I don't believe this Marantz listing is of the scammer Dave. He usually posts the Marantz 2245 on sale for $225 with the picture below. His scam is (a) get the victims to call/text him on a local internet VOIP phone to get out of the Craig's List email relay (b) get them to PayPal $225 + shipping and (c) then disappear. For CL flagging to be effective, t has to be done almost immediately and from different IP addresses.
Thank you for flagging the vermin.
Rgds
Mayank
Yes. That is the picture that he has been repeatedly using on CL Boston and that I have flagged for 2 days. Luckily I can flag it with at least 4 different IPs from home. I can use my work VPN to flag it, my phone, my wife's phone and our WIFI. I guess I could set up our favorite VPN from our WIFI too.
KingJT
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Yeah this ad has been running for months.
Something's up with it but I don't know what!
Mayank
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He is back in Washington DC 
Taken his scam up a notch - new pictures, new Marantz model (2270), new name (Robert) but the same double spaced text with same silly "de oxit D5" and "horn loaded speakers (Klipsch)", same price $225 and same contact number 202-350-0254 which now needs image verification to confirm responder is not a robot!
Just flagged him. He may be "updating" his scam in other cities. Attached are the new pictures.
Rgds
Mayank
Taken his scam up a notch - new pictures, new Marantz model (2270), new name (Robert) but the same double spaced text with same silly "de oxit D5" and "horn loaded speakers (Klipsch)", same price $225 and same contact number 202-350-0254 which now needs image verification to confirm responder is not a robot!
Just flagged him. He may be "updating" his scam in other cities. Attached are the new pictures.
Rgds
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I figured he'd eventually need to morph as he must be reading these threads, ... thanks for continuing to keep him guessing.
goodolpg
Just an old fart trying to help.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/d/chantilly-marantz-2270/7194264113.html
Flag early, flag often.
Hi Dave!
Flag early, flag often.
Hi Dave!
goodolpg
Just an old fart trying to help.
He is back in Washington DC
Taken his scam up a notch - new pictures, new Marantz model (2270), new name (Robert) but the same double spaced text with same silly "de oxit D5" and "horn loaded speakers (Klipsch)", same price $225 and same contact number 202-350-0254 which now needs image verification to confirm responder is not a robot!
Just flagged him. He may be "updating" his scam in other cities. Attached are the new pictures.
Rgds
Mayank
(JAIL) huh?
Almost forgot...Hi Dave!
goodolpg
Just an old fart trying to help.
OH LOOK
Now he's in Boston.
https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ele/d/lunenburg-marantz-2245/7191779077.html
Hi Dave!
Now he's in Boston.
https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ele/d/lunenburg-marantz-2245/7191779077.html
Hi Dave!
pwilk
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This from the Charleston area looks similar, any sense if it is the same scammer?
https://columbia.craigslist.org/ele/d/goose-creek-marantz-2245/7194266734.html
https://columbia.craigslist.org/ele/d/goose-creek-marantz-2245/7194266734.html
Definitely the same, flag away.
Mayank
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@goodolpg - Excellent idea!
I just used the Craigslist search engine SearchTempest to do a search for Marantz 2270 with price <$250 and 500 miles from me. These were the different Craigslist cities where Dave still has his scam posts:
Washington DC
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Fayetteville, NC
Raleigh, NC
Flint, MI
Of course I flagged them, but we need to have a better solution to stop this scumbag for good
Rgds
Mayank
I just used the Craigslist search engine SearchTempest to do a search for Marantz 2270 with price <$250 and 500 miles from me. These were the different Craigslist cities where Dave still has his scam posts:
Washington DC
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Fayetteville, NC
Raleigh, NC
Flint, MI
Of course I flagged them, but we need to have a better solution to stop this scumbag for good
Rgds
Mayank
JPMelville
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Ever since seeing this thread, I've made a game of checking DC craigslist to spot and flag this scammer's posts. For some reason, he has started posting the exact same Sansui ad twice at the same time, with the only difference being that one is priced at $225 and the other at $275. I guess that just means more fun for me because I can flag him twice!
Mayank
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I noticed that too. Flagged both $275 & $225 listings. Perhaps he is now running these simultaneous scam listings in other cities too. Does this moron think this strategy will drive victims to the lesser priced listing?
Rgds
Mayank
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