Ugh. Selling something else, and, yet another scam. Here's the details on this one:
My post: http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/135483890.html
The first email:
Hello i have intrest in buying your Mac which am pok with your fixed price get back to me with more dettails and how and where we can meet for pick up. Thankz
I responded by suggesting a place to meet. Of course, now comes the revelation that they aren't near by:
Hello i am in florida i wont be able to come down but i can send you a bank of america money order which will be deliverd at your home address and i will wait till you confirm the money order before you ship it out just get back to me with your full name and valid addrress so i can send out the money order today and dont worry about the shipping i will be paying for that myself with fedex private shipping account. am waiting to read from you soon
The dead give away is the florida/fedex combo. And within a few minutes I receive the following. You can clearly see that they are using "boa.com" for bank of america, yet a quick check of http://boa.com/ makes it pretty clear that this isn't a bank. Interestingly, looks like the user sending stuff is darec@islamabad.net. I removed my email and address from this, but I don't think it's really needed to see what's going on here.
Here are the headers from the email I received:
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Message-ID: <34790.192.116.71.104.1140481078.squirrel@webmail.islamabad.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:17:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ******Your Money Order #$500 Has Been Approved*******
From: "Bank Of America"
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Here's the html version of the email:
Dear
Arthur,
Bank Of America hereby congratulate you and at the same time informing you that the Money Order sent to you from Beckham Zizo has been Approved, Money
Order SM:$500.00.
 Auction Item: Mini MacAuction Site: Craigslist.org
Order Number:
845645794
 Payment status is listed below:-
Billed from:
Buyer's Billing
Informations:-
Name: Beckham Zizo Address: 2829 Forestbrook Dr North
City: LakelandState: FL
Zip Code: 33811.Country: USA
Card Type: VisaName On
Card: Beckham M. Zizo Amount Charged:
$9.34.00Card Number: 427**********739
Expiry Date: 06/07CCV2:
564
Please verify that the
following address (as entered by the buyer) is correct:- Country:
USA
If there is a mistake in your address, please contact the buyer
to correct the error. This order has been Confirmed and approved and will
be sent out for delivery as a Money Cash to your address
on  Wednesday 22nd Febuary, 2006.You can now send the item(s) to the
buyer.Moreover the above Order number and the valid shipment tracking
number will be asked before delivering the Money to the above
address.
Purchase Protection and Refund Information:
Currently, this buyer has $15,435.23 deposit with Boa managed purchase protection account. Transactions with this buyer are covered 90% in case of fraud and description errors. Your Money gets to your home address 48hrs after you have shipped the item to the buyer.For your safety:- This account has been blocked today, The buyer is unable to
withdraw the money within this period. Â
IMPORTANT: You are to send the package 48 hrs you received this confirmation message for fast delivering your money to the
above address
Thank you for using Boa payment. We look forward serving your online auction payments needs in the future.
 Sincerely,
Bank Of America
© 2005
Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved
Hallo, I had become the
Hallo,
I had become the same e-mail for 4 days please got to you´re police office !!
With the Header and call me under the number : 00497724/917978
Please call me it is a fake do not dispatch the computer
I live in Germany and i was today at the police office to call them.
Yes, it definitely is a
Yes, it definitely is a fake, no question about it. Don't worry, I'm not sending the computer!
I'm glad you posted this. I
I'm glad you posted this. I too got one of these scammers on my list, with the same EXCAT message, except for minor differances with the $amount. I knew right away it looked suspicious, and googled some of the content and up came your page.
Another dead givaway for me that it was a scammer was that the buyer had zero feedback and registered the same day.
I just got a similar scam
I just got a similar scam with the exact same physical address. I was trying to get a phone number or names of the people who live at that house and I got your page. Hmm.. looks like they've been doing this for a while.
I got one of these also
I got one of these also just the other day. The alias was "James Mike" I searched everywhere to verify and was glad to find this site. It turns out my guy and yours have the same credit card number, deposit and everything (except name). I sent him my address to send the money order to but I can now guarantee that no item will be sent. If a money order arrives I will be sure to report it as a fake. I'm glad I found this, now I know I am not alone and that it truly is fraud. Thanks guys.
James Mike Craigslist Scammer
Here are two email addresses that are from a craigslist scammer:
jms.mike@gmail.com
jms.mike56@gmail.com
This was one email from the above addresses:
Hi...I'm very glad that the item is still available, thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant purchase, so please and please do withdraw the posting from Craigslist, i dont mind adding an extra $50.00 for you to take the posting down from craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance. You dont need to bother yourself with the shipment ok, i will do take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1. Your full name
2. Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3. Your Phone Number.
Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check. Thanks
JAMES
Hi...I'm very glad that the
Hi...I'm very glad that the item is still available, thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant purchase, so please and please do withdraw the posting from Craigslist, i dont mind adding an extra $50.00 for you to take the posting down from craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance. You dont need to bother yourself with the shipment ok, i will do take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1. Your full name
2. Your mailing address be it residential or postal address
3. Your Phone Number.
Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check. Thanks
JAMES
Same Email... Don't fall for this garbage.
James Mike
How funny.... I just got the very same email this morning. The same EXACT email. It's so scarey and sad people fall for this stuff.
James Mike
Thank you all! I too got the exact same message to my craigslist posting and thought the guy was too good to be true so I googled him and found this posting. What is his scam? How does he get money from me?
Watch out for JMES MIKE/JAMES Mike
Couldn't he come up with a better name?
-Frank Tim
SCAM
Me too! He says he is out of town so he can't give cash for the van we are selling on Craigslist. He said he would send a certified bank check and then his shippers would come pick it up. His name this time is Mike James.
Watch out for CRAIG JAMES
Here was our scammer - under the name "Craig James" with the email address craig.james001@gmail.com
I also like how he refers to an "advert" - that's British, not American....And his grammar and spelling suck.
"I got your response, am seriously interested in buying this and am
satisfy with the description, condition and the price but pls i will
appreciate it, if you can withdraw the advert from craigslist to avoid
disturbance as you will be receiving be paying with a Bank Check. I
will need you to provide me all this information to facilitate the
mailing of the check.
because i want the payment to get to you at your house or your office
addressto make the transaction fast
3.Your phone number and the best time to contact you.
***As for the pick up,i will know how to handle that with my mover
that as been helping me to move in my belongings into our home, the
Mover will come for the pick up once the Certified Check has been
cashed and i will like to complete this transaction soonest. Thanks
and get back to me with the full info as soon as possible.
Thanks.
SCAMMER
I Just had the same problem. I am currently selling some stuff on craigslist and i got a reply on my items from 2 different emails, from the same person. this is what he asked:
Hello,
I would like to know if you are still selling this item above?
Regards,
J.Mike
This is what i said:
ya its still for sale, as well as another brand new ________ not posted.
This is how he replied:
Good morning,
I'm very glad that the item is still available, thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant purchase, so please and please do withdraw the posting from Craigslist, i dont mind adding an extra $50.00 for you to take the posting down from craigslist so that i can be rest assured that am in hand of the item. I will also like you to know that i will be paying via check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance. You dont need to bother yourself with the shipment ok, i will do take care of that. So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check.
1. Your full name
2. Your mailing address be it residential address
3. Your Phone Number.
Once again, I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping...i will have my mover come over as soon as you have cashed the check. Thanks
He is a scammer and the email addresses he used were: jms.mike@gmail.com, and jmik0008@gmail.com
If you get an email from any variation of JamesMike@anything.com do not reply he will scam you out of all your money. Watch what people write it is a dead give away as you can plainly see here.
I was just a victim of this
I was just a victim of this scam. I have heard of these scams but never thought it could happen to me, I was to smart for that. Well, I now owe my bank $3500.00, the amount of the fraudulent check that I cashed. I can't pay my utilities, my rent or even buy food for my dog. All of the money that I have worked so hard for is just gone. I have filed a police report, notified craigslist.com and have been pleading with my bank to work with me on this but it's no use. There is nothing that protects me from this sort of thing. Everyone beware. It can happen to you. Follow the recomendations in this artical. It could make the differance between paying your rent/mortgage and having a place to live or winding up sleeping in your car at the end of the month.
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I have receive this info too
maybe we must be make sure about the detail from the reseller and buyer. Dont ever easy trust the people who is using the Bank Of America for payment. The better way of online is paypal.
James Mike Craigslist Scam
I received the same email that most of you have mentioned and was weary upon reading it. After googling "James Mike Craigslist" I came across your post. They must also have read your post as "James Mike" is now using a new email address, mike.jmc09@gmail.com!
HERE'S THE EMAIL........
Hello,
Thanks for the prompt response. I am satisfied with the information provided about it at the craigslist. I will love to make an instant purchase, so please do withdraw the advert from Craigslist, I don't mind adding an extra $50 dolls for you to do that so that i can be rest assured that the item is in hand. I will also like you to know that I will be paying via check due to the distance and it will be over night payment. My secretary in the state will issue the check for the payment. I am presently on a business trip and will be back soon. You don't need to bother your self with the shipment. Ok? My Mover will handle that .So I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check. Name, Address and Phone number
Have a nice day!
Mike
To make matters worse, I also received this email from Brenda Ashey (asheybrenda@gmail.com) but was not able to find any blog or additional information on the person. NOW I KNOW IT'S ALL A SCAM.......
Good day,
how are you doing today,im very interested in the item and i
hope it
is in good condition .i would have loved to monitor the purchase
personally but am a military presently on a mission ,i hope you
understand and i will not be able to receive calls as this is against
the ethics of my present mission.
Due to the distance i will like to make an instant purchase but if
there anything wrong, you can kindly let me know and we can fix
things
up. I don't mind
paying additional $50 for it in order for you to take the ad down
from craigslist and
also to be assured that it is already mine.
I will be paying you with a certified check and it is going to be
sent
to you via courier service
which is going to be mail to you as soon as possible
For the payment, I'm going to need your details as follow
**Full name to be on the payment
**Your home or office address which the payment will be
delivered to
**And your phone number in order to facilitate the payment
asap.
My mover will be coming for the pick up as soon as you have the
check
cashed, so you
don't need to bother your self about the shipping as everything on
that is well arranged.
Thanks and I'm waiting to hear from you.
WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS asheybrenda@gmail.com AND mike.jmc09@gmail.com!!!
THANKS FOR HELPING EVERYONE OUT WITH YOUR BLOG!!!!
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