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Just do not proceed with this. That is a scam! Do not negotiate or deal with this emailer. He is fake and he is a scammer. You could get in serious trouble if you cash a money order of his or something. Do not deal with this. Just stop the emails. Do not accept his mail (return to sender) and so forth. This is dangerous. I hope I helped.

by Alexander

2 months ago

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SCAM.

by thegreatmrrico- 2 months ago

That overpayment scheme is a standard scam run by unscrupulous individuals. I would abort the sale and look for a local buyer who is legitimate. I've attached a news article describing these scams.

by Mimsai- 2 months ago

My gut reaction to this is if you have enough money to have a personal assistant you won't be buying a used xbox in the first place. I think something is up with it. You can end up in trouble sometimes for cashing fake stuff for people. It sounds like a new version of the money order scam that use to go around.

by Lunaria- 2 months ago

When sellign on Craigslist, insist on cash or money order. Also insist on making the trade in person! Never deal with 'an assistant'. What billing information woudl you give her? A paypal account? If so, CLOSE IT and delete your bank account from the account NOW! You also jsut gave them your address. Deal only with people locally on Craigslist, meet in a public place, bring a friend and deal in cash. Also, watch all your financials carefully over the next several months!

by Meghan- 2 months ago

Its a scam, dont do anything in regards to it!!!! : [

by tara :]- 2 months ago

the best thing I can recommend is to check exactly how much he owes you, and compare it to how much you are being paid. From there, you can decide whether or not he is telling the truth. Remember to take into account any sales tax and shipping & handling. It sounds like the purchaser isn't the brightest crayon in the box...if he continues to give you any problems, you should contact Craigslist reps for advice, and perhaps consider using a Paypal account to receive payment.

by Lizard_Luver- 2 months ago

First of all, how much is she supposedly paying you for this xbox? I got scammed from someone in freakin nigeria for my G1 a while back because i was being greedy and they told me they would pay a lot of money for my phone .. if you go through with any deals that aren't made in person make sure you ALWAYS GET THE MONEY FIRSTTTTT. dontt make dum decisions like i did and lose your product =( money first, money first, money first. maybe asking to speak to her on the phone might help too .. now that i think about it, another person who answered made a great point, if its a scam and they somehow have any info. that could link to your bank account ERASEEEEEEEEEE. they can wipe you out clean !!... You really are safer just doing a local sale... =/

by stephy- 2 months ago

Hmm... I see two classic scam signs. First, it's long and confusing. Second, a spelling error (caught one, but there may be more than one). I vote scam.

by MPMomof3- 2 months ago

This a scam involving an over valued fake cheque. The intention is that you send back the excess $$ by Western Union - WU transfers are quick and paperless and so once the scammer has collected the transfer - nearly always with a fake ID - he can disappear. If you know how to find the X-Originating IP address from the email header then you could locate the country of origin of the email. (NB If the scammer is using Gmail, then there won't be an IP). Paste the IP into www.ip2location.com and see where it takes you. I would expect to see a certain country from Western Africa.... ! If a cheque does arrive, take it to the FBI - they've seen these things before and will know what to do with it. Ignore all future emails from the scammer. You're not in any danger - the scammer has plenty of other victims to be chasing after and is not going to waste any time going after you. If all he has is your name, address and telephone number - well, he can get that from a telephone directory, right? Most fake cheque scammers are into the 'quick con' i.e. contact, send cheque, get money, disappear. They mostly operate out of Internet cafes in Western Africa and simply do not have the resources to steal bank accounts / ID's etc. Having said this, if you have handed out your bank account details to this guy, then you should alert your bank to this and follow their advice. These kind of scams are very common on Craigslist. Indicators to look for: Generic response "interested in your item" - they don't read the ads, just paste a pre-scripted reply. "Please tell me the asking price" - again, another pointer that they haven't read the ad (most ads on Craigslist carry the asking price). "Consider it sold" - this is to get you to remove the ad to prevent other scammers answering! May offer more than the asking price Will mention a shipper to collect it Scammer replies are also usually poorly scripted with bad spelling / grammar, but this on its own does not point to the responder being a scammer - not everyone has English as their first language. :D Once you get one scammer response, you can easily spot others. Hope this helps Luck

by Alan M- 1 month ago

The way this SCAM works in this situation is that if you take the check to your bank, there are about two to five days in between the day you deposited the check and the day that your bank gets the funds for those checks. If you send the money he supposedly is overpaying you the same day you deposit the check he will be able to get your money but 5 to 10 days later you will get an NSF check back from your bank, and if you don't have a lot of money your account could be over drafted because you are counting on that money and end up paying overdraft charges.

by LOVED- 1 month ago