Hi CDs,
Beware you might get responses for your classified ads which could be from a scammer. I got this response for my car ad in the CanadianDesi classifieds.
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Dear Sir/Madam,

This is regarding your classified advertisement 1998 Ford Mustang GT Standard $6980/OBO 120K KM (Listing ID 36349) with us.



You got following inquiry from Bryan.

Please do not reply to this email, instead contact the person listed below. This email is from site and not from the person who contacted you.

Warning: This site is being accessed across the world; some of the respondent could be spammers and fraud. Judge the respondent before responding or dealing.

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Hello,

I am interested in your ad and would need to know your last asking price for it.I would need you to furnish me with informations regarding the present condition and would like you to send me pictures.I would be making payment via Bank certified Check/money order and would want to know if that is ok with you.


I want you to let me have your payment details such as your name,address and phone number so that I can have payment mailed out to you.

Get back to me so that we can conclude this sale on time.

Regards

Bryan

2063398111



Contact Details:

Bryan
2063398111
bryan.meadows001@yahoo.com

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Well how can one find out if it's from a scammer? Here are the clues.

1. I would be making payment via Bank certified Check/money order and would want to know if that is ok with you.

2. I want you to let me have your payment details such as your name,address and phone number so that I can have payment mailed out to you.

3. 2063398111 This phone number is from US WA (Seattle) area belongs to www.IPKall.com free VOIP phone service. You can check phone numbers at:

http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/phonelocation.asp

I stopped using Sulekha.com because now you get responses only from scammers.

Thought this scam is going on for so long that people are aware of it. Interesting to know that still attempts are on.

Yeah that is very much true that these scammers are still around . Further they will tell you that money order that they are sending will be of more amount so after deducting all cost pls send the rest of money .

Recently I placed several ads in Kijiji and I got lot of response with similar text ( which made me suspicious ) .. I also noticed that these kind of responses I received ONLY from my ads where I had included my id with in the ad . All other ad's where one has to send a response thru Kijiji never invited any scammer ..

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I also placed an ad in CD for our dodge car. I got numbedr of responses like that. One was from the same person. Its very scary.

ritu

Sorry, I forgot to paste it in my previous post. This is one of the replies I got for our car ad.

ritu


Hello,

I hope you're doing pretty well. I seriously appreciate your reply and am Okay with the car condition and its really my desire to purchase it. I want to let you know that I will be handling the the Pick up and the Shipping of the car my self via my private Shipper who will be moving the car from your place to my place together with the car I bought already.

I like to let you know that I need the car as a matter of urgency(for my son's wedding) and I will address payment through Certified cashier's check, Money Order or probably Bank Transfer depending on your choice. So I would like to have your full contact information such as your Full Name, Home Address and Your Contact

Number so as to send the payment out to you via Express Courier Service which will get to you in 2 days Or otherwise your Bank Information so the transfer can be made.

While I stop my mail here, I sincerely would appreciate your rapid reply, meanwhile kindly extend my regards to your family. Thank you!

Warmest regards,
Paul Garza

You should mention in your ad. "Cash only" . Then these types of people do not contact.

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