I had a set of mirrors for sale on the site. I was contacted by
christopher1977@z95mail.com who said he was interested in them. After a little back-and-forth via email, the "buyer" said he was having an "agent" in my state (Virginia) send me a check/money order for $2500. The mirrors were $100. He wanted me to take out my $100, then send the balance ($2400) back to him. Our local TV station just did a segment on this scam last week!! The scammer takes your $2400 check and cashes it, before your bank calls you to tell you the check or money order you deposited was bogus.
This guys name (or so he says) is Christopher Williams...I'd be very cautious of anyone offering more than asking price for an item.
Here is an exerpt from the last email:
Hello,
Thanks for the mail ,I am ready to purchase from you immediately, I have a reputable shipper that will take care of shipping from your end i want to let you know i have an associate in the state that is paying me a sum of $2,500, i will instruct him to issue you an check on my behalf and as soon as check arrives, you hold out your amount and send the difference to my shipper who will come for the pick up in your place, i hope i can trust you for my balance? He will start to process your payment immidiately he recieve your information.
I will like to have these information:
Name (as to appear on the Check)
Address(to send the Check to)
City......
State...
Zipcode..
Country...
Phone(Office, home and cell)
Waiting to hear from you!!!!!
I really like how he places the responsibility of "trust" on me...I cant post here what Id like to do to this joker.
Mark
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