Is this a SCAM???? PLEASE ANSWER!?

Question

I am trying to sell some furniture at a online website, I've had my listing going for about a week and all of a sudden got two emails (both sounding quite similar) about my items. This is the reply I got after contacting one of them:

"Hello,

Thanks for the reply and the rate given.I will pay you $450,but payment is going to be made through an overdraft international money order which is going to be issued to you in your name.As soon as you recieve the money order you take it to your bank and cash it,then you deduct your $450 from it and help me send the remaining money via western union to the shipper that will come to your location for pickup.I don't mind giving you extra $20 for your running around and keeping it pending on when the shipper will come and pick it up.Now kindly get bck to me with your full contact details below so that the money order can be issued out asap"

And then they want my real name, street address, city , province, postal code, phone number

Answer 1

It's probably Craiglist and yes, it is very much a scam.

Answer 2

YES..... I believe that its called the "Nigerian Scam".  In the end you give them money to steal your furniture and end up with nothing.

Answer 3

Was there any fine print that said you also won the Nigerian lottery ?

Answer 4

This is a scam!!!! They will send you a cashers check or money order for more than you are asking, and tell you to send the balance via western union. The check is a fake and it will bounce within two weeks (they look real). No one will show up to pick up the furniture and you will be out the $450 and what ever you sent them. This is a old scam. Why would any one send extra money to someone they do not know

Answer 5

it could be

Answer 6

sounds sheisty.

Answer 7

i would ignore that if i where you, Anything involving cash that isn't done in the normal fashion, fair and square isn't worth considering and very probably a scam. don't send them ANY personal details.

Answer 8

It's a scam.

We had someone trying to buy tractors from our dealership the same way.

They want to run the money thru your bank so they can get your acct. info, then they'll have everything they need to rip you off.

Answer 9

Definitely a scam. The money order will be fake. You'll lose whatever amount you send to the scammers.

DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION.

Answer 10

OK I guess its a scam... lol

Answer 11

I wouldn't trust this as far as I could throw the furniture! Ignore it.

Answer 12

Anything international tends to be a scam nowadays.  No real business operates like that.  Also note the mispelled words in the letter.  Does it feel right deep down in your gut?  If not then don't do it.

Answer 13

THIS IS A SCAM DO NOT DO IT!!!!! SCAMMERS WANT YOU TO DO MORE THEN NECESSARY AND SAY STUFF LIKE "ILL GIVE U AN EXTRA 20 ha ha".... do not do this.

Answer 14

Definite scam.

Answer 15

SCAM

Answer 16

Yes, it is a common scam.  Just ignore them.

Answer 17

This is definitely a scam. They did a 20/20 about this, and what they do is send you a fake money order which since it says international, it'll take a week or two for your bank to verify that it's fake. By that time you would've sent your own money to them and you wouldve been screwed.

Answer 18

YES - do not accept anything like this. If they offer you more money than you are asking - SCAM -

They are usually from Nigeria but can be from other over seas countries.

What happens is the MO / back check is bad. It takes a few weeks for your bank to figure this out and by then you already sent this guy the money. The check bounces and you are out all that moey plus some.

Word of advice - sell locally or on Ebay :)

I run a home business - and get these emails all the time.

Answer 19

Sounds like a scam. They are asking for your info.

Answer 20

my money is on scam.  If your going to sell your furniture online that's cool, but you should try using a more local based web sales company.  Like the online classified ads or even the classified ads themselves in the paper.  I'm not to sure about his plan to pay through a overdraft international money order, but my gut tells me that someones trying to scam you for your stuff.

Answer 21

This is the classic Nigerian check cashing scam.

Don't cash it. If you do, the check will bounce and you will be responsible for paying it back to the bank!

Answer 22

do not use western union as it a common place for scams. and they probably use a stolen card details thing. and its a scam but you just give them fake details.

Answer 23

id say dont respond back

Answer 24

Yes, it is a scam.  Don't fall for it.

Answer 25

Stay far, far away from this!  Sounds like a scam!