Yet another ,have had 12 in the last 3 weeks. Here is the latest email to me , using name Bonnie boyce , It is actually kind of humorous how absolutely ridiculous the verbage is:

Bonnie Boyce 6:17 PM (44 minutes ago)

to me

Good morning have seen the price i will like to have your address i can send the payment to you and am going to include my agent money on it i just want to let you know down and once your bank have been certified with the clearance you can let me know that when he can come for the pick up please get back to me so i can inform him as well about everything

1 Name to be on cashier's check,.....

2 Address where you will receive the cashier's check,: .......

3 Telephone numbers such as mobile, landline and number

Office : ....

Thank you

I had to quit putting my phone number or email on any classified I posted!It is getting out of had for sure………….sorry bunch of scumbags!

I'd send him back the address and phone number of the police dept. :)

^^^^^ Very Smart and Great Idea^^^^^^

Send the address of The Whitehouse and the number of the FBI

... can we then advertise that Brandon is for sale?

It strikes me as interesting how none of these scams are new, just reinvented old ideas that are now adapted to the internet. I was investigating some of the same sort of stuff when I started out in law enforcement back in 1976.

Back then they usually originated via phone calls, or mailings, but the bottom line is always the same, if it seems too good a deal, it likely is!

Is get those at my art gallery sometimes,, when I say I want to speak to you in person,, they are overseas at the time,,but still want to send me a check, usually they are buying an anniversay present and go into great detail about it,,, I tell them my book keeper wont allow a check and then they stop,, but your right,, Ive been getting the same one for years,,

Why does anyone want to spend,2, 3, 4, 5 hundred dollars on something they never had in their hands. Go to a shoot and spend your money and you have no worries about being scammed. This is just me and I know most won't agree but I don't spend money like that. Maybe my 73 year old age taught better.

If your going to scam and break the law at least do it for 4-5 million.

That is to funny Lefty 38-55

I have actually contacted the FBI in the past. For my Art (Painting) sales. I had checks in hand and letters with the professional company letter heads etc... as well. They said there was nothing that they could really do. Sooooo Ho Hum!

@Elkpacker, these are small timers for sure, but they are on many sites, and if you add up several successful 500+ scams a week they are making a living. Disgusting,but that's why they persist.

Lefty 38-55..who is Brandon?

Does he have a bow for sale?

1060 west Addison Chicago Illinois

I have no idea who puts their private phone number on public internet classifieds and wonders why he gets all kinds of unwanted calls... That's what e-mail is for.... No longer needed, terminate address.

There are also many scams on expensive puppies and kittens for sale via the internet.

There are scams on everything that can be sold and there has been for years.

Livestock, car parts, cars, fishing tackle, boats. land, and on and on. And the more valuable that the item is the fewer number of times the scammer has to "sell" it.

AS was mentioned it isn't anything new it's just that now there is a more efficient way to do it.

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