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Wind_Boarder



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:04 pm    Post subject: Scam replies to iW classifieds? Reply with quote

Hi Guys,

Heads up. This morning I got what appear to be scam replies to all my iW classified ads at the same time. This person has been reported as a scammer on other sites as well. Anyone else see this?

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john wilson (latuetalys@gmail.com) writes:

Still up for sale?please get back to me via my email latuetalys@gmail.com

Alak
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, it goes with the terrority
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i usually find that the fake replies outnumber the real ones.

usually, i can tell which are fake, and i ignore them.

but that one got me - i responded...

i had a feeling it wasn't real.., but it wasn't strong enough to cause me to ignore it
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got all excited that this guy wanted to buy all my stuff and then it hit me that this was probably too good to be true so I did a search on the e-mail address which was reported elsewhere.

Just wanted to warn others out there. If you only had 1 ad with this reply then it would be hard to tell it was fake.

Alak.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Craigslist is by far the worst for A\H people.

After awhile you can smell them. All manner of crap.

Treat all potential inquires , as a possible actual sell, otherwise you may lose them, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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