His new number is 0409793748 and name is David green and his on gumtree now

just dealt with him, same story, gift for family,,,,gonna pay without seeing item...I got suspicious and googled him...not doing business with him now. Thanks very much

I received a text message asking me to reply to that email ( lizzyduke4ever@gmail.com ). Glad there is are tools like Google and this website to identify fraud.

Got email from this guy after a Craigslist posting, and it seemed fishy...others find it is, too.

Ya he told me gfys after i asked him his nationality no offense but his last name is so he says Fernandez and he sounded of indian descent. Just me paying attention. Somebody will get him

Got his phone number that he has had for a while it looks like (he just tried scamming me today on my 5th wheel camper) same mo navy,too far away,buying for son. Someone should be able to bust him. Sounds like he preys on stupidity. Guys probably in one of our prisons.

This guy wanted to buy my 5th wheel camper.He wanted to use pay pal. (biggest scam on the net) My wife had already googled his number and found the scam. I set up a new savings acct num. Bank told me too so it would be secure.  Long story short he wanted to use paypay or else he told me to gfms, always nice to sell the way you want to sell   right!!!

SCAM!  wants to buy my car and is in the service over seas.

email:lizzyduke4ever@gmail.com

name: Tech Sgt Elizabeth Lawrence

Scam

I totally had this scammer hit me. Thank God I googled him, thanks for this POST!

He said:

> Thanks. i'm currently looking for a gift for my son this makes me
> respond to your add. However, Am with the U.S Navy and currently
> station Naval Air Station, Lemoore, CA. I have an agent who will
> handle the shipment to my son after payment have been clear your
> account. Therefore, i need to be sure of its current condition and i
> can only pay you through pay pal because its safe and secure for
> transaction like this and since i will not be able to come for pick
> up, i guess that is the only way i can do this. Do you have anything
> specific you can tell me about it and i want you to send me an email
> stating that along with your pay pal email address for me to make the
> payment but if you don't have an account with pay pal, you can log on
> to www.paypal.com and sign up within 15mins. Hope to hear from you
> soon.

I sent this email address to spoof@paypal.com, they replied with the following message;
Hello,
Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You're right - it was a phishing attempt, and we're working on stopping the fraud. By reporting the problem, you've made a difference!
Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn more about online safety, click "Security Center" on any PayPal webpage.
Every email counts. When you forward suspicious-looking emails to spoof@paypal.com, you help keep yourself and others safe from identity theft.
Your account security is very important to us, so we appreciate your extra effort.
Thanks,
PayPal

Yes, apparently this has been reported on several sites about this PayPal scammer(Eric Fernandez), which luckily I searched the email address founf this site. Which just stopped me in my tracks of making a deal with this person. Here is the emails he sent me;
1) "Email this address Erifard312@gmail.com or send me your email"
2) "Thanks. i'm currently looking for a gift for my son this makes me respond to your add. However, Am with the U.S Navy and currently station Naval Air Station, Lemoore, CA. I have an agent who will handle the shipment to my son after payment have been clear your account. Therefore, i need to be sure of its current condition and i can only pay you through pay pal because its safe and secure for transaction like this and since i will not be able to come for pick up, i guess that is the only way i can do this. Do you have anything specific you can tell me about it and i want you to send me an email stating that along with your pay pal email address for me to make the payment but if you don't have an account with pay pal, you can log on to www.paypal.com and sign up within 15mins. Hope to hear from you soon."
3) That sound fine. I am ready to make purchase whenever you but i can only have my agent come once and that will be pick up time because I cant afford to pay them twice.
What is your final asking price? and also you understand that I can only do this through pay pal so I will need your pay pal email address to make payment along with your pick up address for my agent to schedule pick up appointment after payment is sent and they test drive and pick up same day. Thanks."

He never mentions the item I am selling on Craigslist, but I replied with the condition of a snow machine (I am not selling a snow machine) and he cam back and said "That sound fine". I was suspicious, but this cuased me to do some searching.
Thank you for posting these warnings - we need to get these folks arrested!

This guy is still at it on Craigslist?. why can't they nail these b*****ds?

THis is content of email sent through craigslist? you should never respond through your own address, alway use Craigslist as the intermediary.

"Email this address Erifard312@gmail.com or send me your email"

Here is how the "PayPal Scam" or any other "online money service" scam works:

Says they will buy the item and will pay extra to cover charges by his shipping agent.
Says he will PayPal the funds and instruct you to send the extra money via wire transfer or pre-paid card to the agent.
He then sends you a fake PayPal deposit notice email, spoofing the official PayPal notice, that says the money has been put into your account.
You, thinking PayPal has your money, go ahead with the wire/prepaid transfer to the shipping agent, who is really the scammer.
After that, you then find out there was no money transferred to PayPal and are out the money your wired.


Here is how a "Craigslist Scam" or any other "I will send you a check for more than you asked" scam works:

He pays for the item + extra funds to cover his shipping agent costs with a bank draft or cashiers check.
He sends you a check, tells you to cash it and send the extra money to his shipping agent via wire transfer or prepaid card.
You cash/deposit check and wire/prepaid the funds to the agent.
Later, the check bounces as it was counterfeit. The money you sent to the agent, who is really the scammer, is unrecoverable due to it being wire transferred/prepaid card.
You are out money and now run the risk of being arrested for passing a counterfeit check.
See:
http://www.fraudaid.com/
http://www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/solution/draftsoption1/2a.htm

YES!  Glad I googled this guy's e-mail address before responding.  Something about this message seemed off to me also.

The message I received:
Good morning, Please email me at... erifard312 at Gmail.com or send me your email address  if you still have it. But if you can't do, don't bother to reply.

Thanks to all for posting!!!

This is what I received:
Good morning, Please email me at... erifard312 at Gmail.com or send me your email address  if you still have it. But if you can't do, don't bother to reply.

Got the same thing.  Thanks for posting.

His full name was Eric Fernandez. BTW this was my first time posting in Craigslist.

Yeah... I got a message last night, said his name was Eric and said to email him @ Erifard312 at Gmail.com,  if I still had the item for sale (that is exactly how the email addy was typed out in the message, which I though was weird to begin with, but you never know with people). So, I did. Today I got a message from him telling me he wanted my email address and to text him @ (559) 997-6430. Thank God I was wise enough to Google the phone number! Thanks for all these posts!

Got my scam attempt today. It seemed fishy so I checked the number and behold.....found this gem of a web site. My only response to him was......"Hey Thomas, give it up already"

I just got an email from the same "guy" and phone number... I'm not proceeding! Thanks

Got the same message too but since my name is Tom it felt like they were addressing me personally.  Whoops.  Anyway, i texted them and then is goes into the "i am in the US Navy" scam.

Tom (b1c00df06e383ecabe18e66ac86736ba@reply.craigslist.org
Hi morning, i want you to text me at 559-997-6430 if you still have it


I received an email with from the address and the message above in regards to my car posted for sale on craigs list with a vague message that seemed suspicious. I researched the phone number and noticed all the warning about the number being a scam.

Thank you very much he just tried to scam me

Update: I got an email from this guy this morning (8/22/13). Good thing I googled the number before I texted him.

Same scam, this guy is a jerk!!!

got text from same number after placing ad on craigs list im not going to post on craigs list anymore

I received a text from this # asking if I still had my trailer for sale. I googled the # and read all these postings.
I sent him a message back to tell him that it was still available SCAMMER? and he texted back "What the F***K is wrong with you? He didn't try to text after that. I've reported this to the authorities.

Just got the same message today. Sent a reply. Hope he likes it........hot and from behind........  lol.

This jerk tried to scam my mom . She had an ad on craigslist to sell a camper. Claimed to be in military and unable to call or come herself (Elizabeth Lawrence- lizzyduke4ever@gmail.com) and would send movers. Wanted my mom to send movers money via western union after she would put into pay pal account. This person needs to be stopped.

I got this exact message yesterday from him...said he was in the navy...told me to re-open my paypal account...cant we report this guy to the authorities?