this is concerning the ring I have for sale. I put it on Craigslist too. I got this email today.

Quote :

"Hello, Thanks for your reply about the jewelry and am ok with it i will be making your payment today i need your full name and address and your Valid phone number to make the payment today through our Certified Company check . The check will get to you in 2-4 days time and when you recived the check you can then get the check cashed at your Bank i will wait for you to confirm and clear the check.The payment will be in excess which will go to the Wedding Planner via Western Union Money Transfer cos he needs the excess funds for the preparation of his wedding coming up very soon I will wait till check clears before anything happens.I would be travelling and I would like to have this sorted before I leave. You can IM on this ID xxxxxxxx@yahoo.com call me on 914595XXX for more information.Thanks and God Bless and delete the posting from craigslist Thanks and God bless "

It just seems a little sketchy to me.

4/17/2007 10:14:35 AM

as long as you get money and its cleared.

who cares.

just tell him you have to wait for the money to clear

[Edited on April 17, 2007 at 10:15 AM. Reason : ]

4/17/2007 10:15:18 AM

its a scam

operative phrase being
"the check will be in excess"

why send it to you in excess

its a scam dont do it

4/17/2007 10:21:07 AM

scammers always say G-d bless

4/17/2007 10:34:10 AM

as long as you get money and its cleared.

who cares.

just tell him you have to wait for the money to clear

4/17/2007 10:37:37 AM

Quote :

"The payment will be in excess which will go to the Wedding Planner via Western Union Money Transfer cos he needs the excess funds for the preparation of his wedding coming up very soon I will wait till check clears before anything happens"

Why would he send you excess? I dunno the cos of this cos but becos he is sounding sketch that would lead me to believe his cos is to scam you out of money.

4/17/2007 10:39:31 AM

cosine?

4/17/2007 10:40:19 AM

i sent him this reply...

Quote :

"Fred, Please make the check payable to me, Jared Grinstead, and send the check to my company P.O. Box... Digital XXXXXX, Inc. Attn: Jared Grinstead P.O. Box XXXX Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4068 phone: 919-795-XXXX email: jared.grinstead@XXXX.com I will hold the ring for you until I have deposited your certified check an it has cleared. After that how do you wish to proceed? Do I need to ship the rings to you or will you be picking them up? Also, please send me a certified check for only the amount asked for the ring, $2500. Any excess money will be considered as payment for insured shipping costs. I do not wish to be involved with transferring money to the wedding planner via Western Union. Please handle that on your own time. Regards, Jared Grinstead"

4/17/2007 10:45:21 AM

is this a serious thread? i hope not.

4/17/2007 10:47:02 AM

teh feds

4/17/2007 10:47:56 AM

welcome to the internet sparky

4/17/2007 10:48:29 AM

yeah this is serious. i don't sell many things over the internet and i just wanted to get the opinions of some people who do.

4/17/2007 10:57:21 AM

this is the most well known scam out there. especially prevelant with cars, figured you would have at least heard of it. hell, CL even has a link about these types of scans at the top of every page.

4/17/2007 11:01:54 AM

This is a scam? Goodness! I had no idea! For you see, I have been on Mars for the past decade, in a cave with my eyes shut, and my fingers in my ears.

4/17/2007 11:16:12 AM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

4/17/2007 11:29:50 AM

damn i guess i should have read that first!! thanks TWW!!

4/17/2007 11:34:50 AM

Quote :

"NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM or any other wire service - anyone who asks you to do so is a scammer."

4/17/2007 11:52:51 AM

There is a store in Cary, I want to say Treasure Isle or something that buys used rings at good prices.

4/17/2007 11:56:02 AM

the check will initially clear, just wait a week or 2 and you'll hear from your bank saying there is no money, trust me its a scam

4/17/2007 11:56:34 AM

Just tell him to send you straight cash cos dollar bills dont lie yo

4/17/2007 12:14:27 PM

The upside to this is that you can get a cool counterfit check out of the deal to keep as a souvenir.

4/17/2007 12:32:04 PM