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This is a very sly automated plot I almost fell for. I had 3 versions of this scam hit me withing 24 Hours of posting my bike generator on Craig's List.

The bad guy scam artists were named, Paul Knight & Alice Peterson, sent me this generic email saying:

Dear seller,
Good Day to you am intrested in the iterm you
posted forsale on craigslist and i will like to know the
present condition of it and if still avalable forsale,
kindly get back to me as soon as possible....
paul.. (see image below)

What gives it away is the following:

1) My email address is not showing in the "To:" area becasue he / she used the blind carbon copy (BCC) to send it to me. That should never happen, if it is done, it is usually because something sneaky is going on.

2) He /she asked generic questions that don't have anything to do specifically with a bike generator.

I Totally fell for this, so I sent this message back to the seemingly nice guy Paul.

Paul,

Yes it is for sale still in great condition. I can demonstrate it for you so you can see how it works. I have two of them.

The only thing that can wear out after a 200 hours of use is the rubber roller which costs $20 to buy new.

Brad

480-266-4444 (see message below)

Craigs-list-money-order scam

Next I got back an automatic message below telling me that some one with a money order would come by.

Thanks for your prompt reply.Am okay with the
price and the condition, and My mode of payment
will be by Money order or ckeck,
Concerning the shipment, my shipper will be at your
place for the pickup of the item and am going to
include the amount of shipping charges into the money
order am going to send to you,so when you have this,
you will deduct the amount for the item and have the
rest money send to my shipper via western union money
transfer for them to come for the pick up of the item
for me at your place..I really wish to be
there to check out the item but i have a tight
schedule.i will like to have the following so that the
payment can be mail out to you ok
Full Name to be on the money order or check
Full contact Address ,your Zip Code and your
Mobile and Home Phone so that the payment can be send
to you okay ASAP. hope to read back from you soonest

Actual Message Shown Below

The clues from this communication showing you it is a scam are:

1) Still no mention of any comment specific to the type of item I listede (A bike generator).

2) The person mentioned he is ok with the condition, which doesn't make sense because the pictures show it in great condition.

3) The person wants to go through his "shipper" . The hole advantage of using Craig's List is to deal with people locally face to face so you DON"T GET RIPPED OFF!