I got a response

Hello ,

Am highly interested in your item listed for sale.I will like to know
if the item still available and the present conditions? Thanks

Regards,



Hello,

Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this
item,I will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from
Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to
inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check.

I will need you to provide me with the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check. It will be delivered by the
United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel
Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses.

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address or office address
3.Mobile #

I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf
and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be
responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as
soon as you have cashed the check.

Regards,



Hello  ,

How you doing? I want you to understand that the deal is on,my
secretary as posted the payment promptly,but there was a little
problem which I guess we can handle with care while she just notified
me that the payment as been sent out to you,but instead of the actual
amount she made out the check for $XXXX she claimed that was what I
requested for but she didn't get me right.

The payment has already been posted before I was informed, I wouldn't
want this to delay the sale as I have just rectified it with my Bank.

All you have to do once you have the payment is to take it to your
Bank,have it cashed and deduct the money for your good plus an
additional $XXX for the stress,I have put you through during the
course of this transaction as well as for your running around.

The excess fund on the payment will then be wired to my mover via
Western Union that same day so that he can come for pick up as I
already plan on using the excess on the payment to offset the cost of
the various shipments they as undertaken on my behalf. Do let me know
if I can count on you to send the excess to my mover,am sorry for any
inconvenience this might have caused you. Thanks

Best Regards

I too was contacted by "Bill Wright" bill.bwright@gmail.com.  He also said that his secretary accidently sent a Certified Check for $2000 over the original amount. According to Bank of America they do not even do Certified Checks anymore.  Not sure if other banks do or not.  
I am in Dallas and I called him on it and let him know GAME OVER and that I am ex law enforcement and that I was forwarding all his messages to law enforcement and media.

This guy is still at it.  It's the same email structure.  Bill Wright.  bill.bwright@gmail.com.  I guess the scam would have no reprecussions if you used a check cashing place rather than a bank....  

By the way, I'm in San Diego and I just wonder how many places he's running this.

Me too! Same message from "bill.bwright@gmail.com"

Hello,

Thank for the prompt response to my mail,as the item is still
available, I will instruct my Secretary to process a check to cover
the cost of my purchase as am completely satisfied with the advert.I
will need the details of whom & where to mail the draft.It will be
delivered by the United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note
United Parcel Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses.

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address
3.Mobile #

Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed to buying from you
to save me cost, My mover will be coming over for the pick up right
only after the payment as been delivered and I want you to understand
that, I would have love to call but am a deaf and only uses a
hearing-in paired phone relay, So please send me an email only.

Regards

i did send my info but have not received his check, i won't be cashing it but what should i do since i was already foolish enough to give out my info?

did anyone else make this mistake, if so has there been any reprecusions?

Me too, Same freaking guy. What tipped me off was when he never referred to what I was selling by name, but just as an "item". I called him out on it and other inconsistencies. I will be reporting this to Craigslist. I decided to look up the email address and glad I did bill.bwright@gmail was the crap he gave me. These folks are vultures. You have to be on guard at all times.

I am glad I looked at his e-mail address. bill.bwright@gmail.com.

so glad, I did not fall into this scam. I got the same reply as many of you have mention.

thanks a lot for this website.

Me too.  Same guy.
--------------------
Hello,

Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this
item,I will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from
Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to
inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check .I will
need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate
the mailing of the check. It will be delivered by the United Parcel
Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not
deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address or office address
3.Mobile #

I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf
and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be
responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as
soon as you have cashed the check.

Regards,

Yup. This guy sent me an e-mail as well. I will not be fooled. This is the future?

I mean when he referred to it as the United Parcel Service (not Postal)....

I posted a table set on craigslist San Diego this morning, and got the emails below in response.  I got suspicious after the second one, especially when he referred to UPS as the United Postal Service...no one does that.  Glad I investigated!



Hello ,
>
>Am highly interested in your item listed for sale.I will like to know
>if the item still available and the present conditions? Thanks
>
>Regards,



followed by the same email others have received:

>Hello,
>
>Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this
>item,I will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from
>Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to
>inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check .I will
>need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate
>the mailing of the check. It will be delivered by the United Parcel
>Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not
>deliver to P.O.Box addresses
>
>1.Name to be on the check
>2.Home address or office address
>3.Mobile #
>
>I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf
>and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be
>responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as
>soon as you have cashed the check.
>
>Regards,
>

I got the similar emails as well. I was responding along with him, and I found he usually emailed me around 3am-4am WCT. So he is probably not in US. I was getting suspect when he said he found out his bank sent the check of $1,500 over my item of $100. Why would someone do that?


From: Brian Jmaes <brianj44@gmail.com>
To: me
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 3:43 AM

Hello, How are you doing today?

I'd like to inform you that I contacted my bank to confirm if your
Check has been mailed out, I was made to understand that instead of
the actual amount for the item, the bank made out a check for $1,500.
The payment was already been posted before I was informed about this
but is a little problem which we can handle amicably. However, I have
rectified this with my Bank cause I wouldn't want this to delay the
sales, all you have to do is that, once you have the payment, do take
it to your Bank and have it cashed and you'll then deduct the money
for your goods and in addition a $100 (which is the cost of your
running around).

The excess fund on the payment will then be wired to my mover via
western union that same day, so that my mover can come for pick up as
I've already planned on using the excess Fund to offset the payment of
the previous shipments that has been undertaken on my behalf.

Do let me know if I can trust you to have the excess fund sent to my mover.

Thank you.

I just got this email in response to something I'm selling on craigslist too. Freakin creep.

bill.bwright@gmail.com>

Hello,

Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this
item,I will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from
Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to
inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check .I will
need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate
the mailing of the check. It will be delivered by the United Parcel
Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not
deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address or office address
3.Mobile #

I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf
and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be
responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as
soon as you have cashed the check.

Regards,

So thankful for this site, I too was contacted by this jerk:

Hello,

Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this item,I will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check .I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check. It will be delivered by the United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address or office address
3.Mobile #

I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as soon as you have cashed the check.

Regards,

Bill
bill.bwright@gmail.com

I posted a car online to sell and I got back a message from Bill Wright - bill.bwright@gmail.com. It just felt like a scam so I Googled his info and email address and it took me to this post.

He sent me this:

-----------------

Hello,

Thanks for the response,like I said am highly interested in this
item,I  will be glad if you could please withdraw the advert from
Craigslist as am totally committed in buying it .I will also like to
inform you that my mode of payment will be via Certified check .I will
need you to

provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of
the check. It will be delivered by the United Parcel Service within
2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box
addresses

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address or office address
3.Mobile #

I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but am a deaf
and only uses a hearing impaired relay phone.You will not be
responsible for shipping as I will instruct my shipper to come over as
soon as you have cashed the check.

Regards,

-----------------

Thanks for explaining the wire scam. I'm glad I went with my gut feeling and did not send my information.

THE CHECK IS FAKE, IT WILL TAKE 2 WEEKS TO CLEAR, BUT IT LOOKS REAL AND YOUR BANK WILL CASH THE CHECK. AFTER 2 WEEKS YOUR BANK WILL NOTIFY YOU THAT THE CHECK IS FAKE AND YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE BANK THE AMOUNT OF THE CHECK.

Hey, you probably figured out the scam by now?? This same guy tried to scam me too but I knew what he was doing from the beginning and I played along. Right now I have a lot of information on the person, including IP addresses, the bad check, multiple physical addresses, and I have spoken with authorities who are looking into this. If you want, you can send me some information about the deal you had and we can use that, along with the evidence I have to try and find this guy. Just post on here and I can give you my email address. Thanks

For those asking how this is a scam - when you get the certified (bad) check, you are asked to wire the "excess" money back to the "mover" (scammer) which is probably $2000 or so. You wire this amount back so the person actually gets that amount through the wire but then later, the "certified" check will bounce because it was a bad check, meanwhile the scammer has the money that you wired and you've got nothing...

This guy contacted me through craigslist and says he sent a check for $2000 in excess of the asking price. He used all 3 of the emails mentioned above and the same exact story. I wasn't going to fall for any of that BS. Little does he know, the information I gave him to send the check was for the San Diego District Attorney Chief Fraud Investigator, so the bad check will go straight to the authorities. Ha, we'll see how he likes that.

How is this a scam?

You are saying that this is a scam but you're not saying how this is a scam.  I didn't see these notes until I have already gone through.  They sent me $2000, and I wired $1700 to their "mover."  Can someone explain how this is a scam?

I too posted items on Craigslist, my response was the same as the others. 2 emails from "Robin" BOTH with different email addresses! THIS IS A SCAM!

From: This sender is DomainKeys verified "Robin Robin" <mrobby0001@googlemail.com>

Thanks for the prompt response ,as the item still available I will
instruct my secretary to process a check to cover the cost of my
purchase asap ,as am completely satisfied with the advert.I will need
the details of whom & where to mail the check.It will be delivered by
the United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel
Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1. Name to be on the check, 2. Home address,  3. Mobile #

Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed in buying it,my
mover will be coming for the pick up after the payment as been
delivered.I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but
am a deaf and only uses a hearing-in paired relay phone so please send
me an email or you leave a message on my voice mail 9518927142 it will
be delivered as an email thank you.

Regards,


After reading other posts on other sights, what this guy does is send a check for WAY over the amount you are asking, then asks you to cash the check and send him the difference he over paid through a wire transfer service. SAY NO TO SCAMMERS!!!

I just had the same response from this freak.  It seems to me that he is trying to steal peoples identity from obtaining a little information about them.  I posted a fish tank with the fish in it still and he is trying to tell me he is going to send a mover to come pick this up.  I knew right away this was a scammer.

Hello,

Thank for the prompt response to my mail,as the item still available I
will instruct my secretary to process a check to cover the cost of my
purchase asap ,as am completely satisfied with the advert.I will need
the details of whom & where to mail the check.It will be delivered by
the United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note 'United Parcel
Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses

1. Name to be on the check, 2. Home address,  3. Mobile #

Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed in buying it,
my mover will be coming for the pick up after the payment as been
delivered.I want you to understand that,I would have love to call but
am a deaf and only uses a hearing-in paired relay phone so please
send me an email or you leave a message on my voice mail 9518927142 it
will be delivered as an email thank you.

Regards,

Robin.

--
Hello,

Am highly interested in your item listed for sale.I will like to know
if the item still available and the conditions?Thanks I wait your
quick response .

Best Regards,
Robin.

glad you guys have info posted here. I also heard from this guy after posting an ad on craigslist - same phone number, using the email address bill.bwright@gmail.com. His first email said:
"Hello ,
Am highly interested in your item listed for sale.I will like to know
if the item still available and to know the present conditions?Thanks
I wait your quick response."

This was one of my first craigslist posts, so I responded and he wrote back:
"Hello,

Thank for the prompt response to my mail,as the item is still
available  I will instruct my secretary to process a draft to cover
the cost of my purchase as am completely satisfied with the advert.I
will need the details of whom & where to mail the draft.It will be
delivered by the United Parcel Service within 2-3 days.Please note
'United Parcel Service' do not deliver to P.O.Box addresses. 1.Name to
be on the check 2.Home address 3.Mobile #

Kindly delete the posting as am totally committed to buying from you
to save me cost,my mover will be coming over for the pick up right
only after the payment as been delivered and i want you to understand
that,i love to call but am a deaf and only uses a hearing-in paired
phone the relay so please send me an email you leave a message on my
voice mail 9518927142 it will be delivered as an email to me as
well,thank you."

Avoid this guy!

I got the same response to my add on Craig's List.  But this time he used the name Robin Robby and also claimed to be deaf!  He wanted to pay $2000 more for my item as long as I wired the extra money to his "mover".  What a scam! People bewrae.

Dude, I got a response from this Collins guy and it is freaken weird dude...I can't understand why people can be such inhuman in trying to take advantage of others, he is also claiming to be deaf...whoa that is freaken WEIRD!!!! THANX FOR THE POSTING YOU HELPED ME ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also had a response from a Craigslist add from this person who also goes by Brian James. Details are almost identical to first persons comments. I responded that this would have to be a cash and carry deal. Currently waiting for a response. Rather doubt I will get one. I'm glad I googled his mobile #. Thanks for others who posted warnings. You can't be too careful.

Happened to me too.  I never heard from him again when I said "cash and carry." I think this person goes by the name of Thomas Mason as well as Collins Coligas.  FYI...both emails looked extremely similar. They were mis-spelled, in lower case letters and did not use proper English.  The other email address is:tmason00000@gmail.com

Also, Thomas Mason says he had his bank write out the check for $3000 more than the item and could I be trusted to send him the difference for his driver who is picking up other items.  Ahhh...don't think so.

I was selling something on Craig's list and this guy, claiming to be deaf and wanting to send me a "draft" for the item I was selling.  Has to be some sort of scam. I haven't figured out what the scam is yet, but I know it's a scam.

The e-mail address the guy was using is colisgas.d@gmail.com