Same scam, same phone number and now it's eight months since the last post regarding Craigslist and this phone number.  You would think that the authorities would trace the phone by now, even if it is being spoofed.  In any case, these individuials will FedEx an overnight phony cashiers check, allegedly issued from the Navy Federal Credit Union, with the amount of the phony check way over the amount that was agreed upon for the item of purchase.  They then say that their secretary made a mistake and for you to cash the check and take out an additional $50 of your time and hassle and wire-transfer the rest back to them.  They then tell you that they will have a shipper come by and pickup the goods shortly thereafter to ship off to Pennsylvania.

I also discovered that they use stolen shipping number from companies with valid FedEx shipping accounts to send the checks from.  The return address of this particular shipment was showing as Palo Alto, CA - but doing a trace on the tracking number found the letter originated out of Dallas, TX.

This was all so fishy that I had to laugh that people will get snookered into something like this.  The easiest thing to do is call the credit union or bank in which the check was drawn from and they will verify if the check is legitimate or not.

How this scam works:  you deposit the check into your account, you are then liable for any of the money that had been credited to your account - after the bank has discovered the fraud.  So if you then wire transfer back any residual money you took from your account,  minus any cost of goods they purchased (stole) from you, then you are liable for the money you sent them plus the loss of your goods.

I would love to get my hands on these creeps just because they have made a business of fraud and theft of well meaning people, and throw them into bootcamp with a bunch of angry Marines who beat them with socks filled with soap.

This scenario appears to involve a group of people across many states.

got scammed to.so far today i have found that he lives in bridgeville zipcode 15017 he uses a land line with choice one communications and possibly lives on bowerhill road. havent got exact address yet but ill let you kn when i do.

My  girlfriend  just  got  scammed  by him also  Same  thing

Got the same text info from this phone # for a craigslist ad.  Who is this and why can't they be stopped???

Lol...I just got exact thing..why would I take your check when u could go to bank and send me cash..also sent him the address to local sheriff dept..

I got a text from him for my cl item. i gave him the police stationes address

Same thing just happened to me. Texted me from that number 5 minutes after i posted item. Offered more than listing. I would have thought it was strange if I werent selling it so cheep.

Just got scammed by the same person, same storry, craigslist , send a check, but in my case he send a check for much more money and he asked to cash it and send the rest back to some address. what a f.....ker.. stupid a**. the fishy thing was that he was texting my husband like 4am in the morning. be aware everyone, how can we post this so that the people can see it

Found out this guy is a scammer.  He is requesting items to purchase then gets you to pull the craigslist ad texts at 330 in morning. Never goes thru So now I have his texts I may see an Attorney because we have a written contract thru the text messages. I am also going to post it on Craigslist that if anyone calls or text them with this number i will advise them of the scam. I would love to see how many others this person has tried to do this to and if we could all file breach of contract complaint and sue he...

Scammer from  Craig's List.  Calling asking for you full name and address and they would send a check then have a shipping company pick it up.  Looked up the number on google and found this same used the same way.

Same exact thing just happened to me.  Sounded fishy, so looked up  the number and came up with the same scam.  Sometimes wonder if Craigs List is worth it.

This Jerk text me from a craigslist ad.  TOTAL scammer!!!  Wanted to send me a "check" for my item and have someone else pick it up.....so now..he gets a message from me every so often telling him what a f*cktard he is and just in general harrass him like he did me :-D