[allmyflights]

I posted some things FS on my wife's facebook account and got a message from a person with no ID picture or network (only put it in the College and Baton Rouge area). Well, he messages us and asks us to contact us via email. He also spoke in very broken english but I didn't want to assume he was a scammer because I know a lot of international people. Well, after a few emails of asking where he lives, and doing some research, i'm about 85% sure that he is a scammer. I already gave out our address and hope nothing bad can come out of it but maybe you guys can help me out. Here is the email account (tried to get it the most I could accurate I could):

Anderson Silva wrote:

Hi ,
How are you doing ? Hope fine
I will like you to know that am really interested in buying your Item,But right now time is not on my side because am travel to london to see my father in the hopsital .so please with the condition. Do acknowledge this offer ($170) so that the sale of the item.can be concluded .Payment will be through cashier check which will be mailed out to you .If your are okay with this,provide me with this informations that will enable the check to be delivered to you.

1) YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FOR CHECK TO BE DELIVERED
3)PHONE NUMBER


I will be expecting your urgent reply a soon as possible.
Thanks and God Bless You
Kindest Regard's,
Anderson.

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ME:
Please send your payment to me at:


If you need to get in touch with me, just email me.

Could you please tell me where you live? If you live nearby we could meet you to deliver the monitor and camera(for no extra cost)...if not, then you will have to include about 15 more dollars to your check to cover the shipping and handeling costs to send out the packages. Please let me know what you would like to do about this.
Thanks,

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ME:
Hi,
Are you still interested in the camera and monitor? I need your payment of either 170$ if you are planning to meet in baton rouge to recieve the items, or 185$ if you want me to mail the items to you. Please let me know if you still want to go through with this, because I have other people who are interested in the items as well. If you would like them mailed to you, I need you to include an address.
Thank you,
Crystle


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Anderson Silva wrote:

YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRIED ABOUT THE SHIPPING.I WILL PAY 170$ SO GET BACK TO ME WITH INFO FOR THE CHECK TO BE DELIVER TO YOU.

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ME:
Where in Baton Rouge are you located? I need to know this in order to bring the items to you. We will meet someplace local near the both of us. I sent you my address already in a previous email, so please notify me when you send the cashier's check to me. If you do not live in Baton Rouge or don't want to meet someplace, you need to send me an extra 15$ to cover the cost of shipping and handling.
ALSO, i need your cashier's check within a week, if this is a problem let me know because I have other people interested in buying these items.
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Anderson Silva wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for your mail,hope all is fine.I write in respect of the information you provided for check payment to be sent to you as soon as possible.Well i just want to inform you that the payment of the item am buying from you has been confirmed and sealed,I will like you to know that payment package will get to you on tuesday through ups courier delivery.Please you are advised to stop entertianing any other enquires about the item to avoid complications.You should consider your item sold.Once the check send to your address i will forward you the tracking number for the package .Thanks so much for your update and nice to do business with you.

Thanks God Bless You.
Best regards,
Silva.
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Ok, after asking him after 2 emails where he lived, I got really suspicious and worried b/c I gave him my address and he won't tell me where he lives. I google'd some info on facebook marketplace scams and a lot of the stuff he is doing sounds the same as what this guy is doing. Now what do I do? I actually gave him my address (didn't give out our phone) so is there any harm that could be done? What if he really does send me a "cashiers check". How do I know that I won't get scamed? If you guys get give me some advice i'd REALLY appreciate it.

[ZesePreodaNed]

Hmmm, would also be suspicious as he doesn't seem to grasp your questions and is concentrating on address/check matters. He is also ignoring the point that there is a charge for P&P which means a total of $185 as you have repeatedly mentioned, rather than the $170 he keeps bringing up.

Personally, I would clearly and politely point out your concerns and explain that unless you are satisfied with the response, you are not comfortable with continuing with the sale.

[sueplydup]

SCAM! Anderson Silva is the current champ in the ufc. lol

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=440

[leadmoffer]

SCAM! [surrender]

Lesson #1: NEVER EVER give out your address until the deal is sealed and you are 100% certain it's not a scam! EVER!!!

[Vcwdldva]

What can the scammer do with the information the OP provided (address, phone, name?)

[Oppofeescom]

wouldnt be hard to find then the OP's ssn, and get false credit accounts and make his life a living hell. this seems so scammish that when i first started reading it. my radar went ape

[allmyflights]

wouldnt be hard to find then the OP's ssn, and get false credit accounts and make his life a living hell. this seems so scammish that when i first started reading it. my radar went ape

how would that be the case?
I can get anyone's address and name just doing a transaction on the classifieds here and on ebay?

All I gave was name and address, am I missing something?

[Plokiikmol]

so why you trying to get scammed then ?

pretty silly if you ask me.


/joke aside.

Ive been scammed on eBay and its a horrible feeling,knowing that some complete weirdo has your full address and could turn up unannounced to bludgeon you to death with a French baguette.

and to add injury to insult.

pay pal decides that your the one who has to pay the charge back,despite your dispute with a no-show Scammer that blends back into the interweb of ebay.

thats why I don't do online auction sites any more.

I wouldnt sell things to people on here either unless they were very well known by me which luckily I do know the majority of you chasps.

[nretdjuend]

sell it to someone else

[allmyflights]

well, emailed back after the advice on another forum and just said shortly that the iteam is no longer available and i'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Hopefully no unexpected visits...

but most of these scams are from other parts of the globe right?

[Plokiikmol]

well, emailed back after the advice on another forum and just said shortly that the iteam is no longer available and i'm sorry for the inconvenience.

hes still got your address tho

[CruzIzabella]

if anyone EVER ends an offer mail with "Thanks and God Bless You" or anything about god/bless in the signature then in my books the deal is off.
Either they a scammer from africa or in my books bloody offensive, i dont want to have some stranger preach at me,.

Anyway as to a visit, i bet a large wager on the fact no one will turn up, however as for a case of ID theft i'd be worried.

[hygtfrdes]

Its a classic scam thats used with cars normally. Think they call it the West African Advance scam (or something like that). I was nearly scammed with this when I sold my MR2 a couple of years ago.

The scam is basically that they send you a forged/fake cashier's check. When you take it to the bank they will check it and it will appear to be fine and they'll give you the cash. Then a week later they'll realise its fake and take their money back. So you'll lose your item + the cash.

A couple of tell-tale signs for this is the broken English, weird name of the buyer, is happy paying the asking fee (or over) and will deal with bankers drafts or cashiers checks.

[SoOW2LeA]

Anyone who ever asks for your 'Informations' should be ignored immediately.

[allmyflights]

Well, I gave out only my address, I should be ok right?

Anyone can get an address by sending an item over ebay, so there should be no difference?

[leadmoffer]

The difference is that someone legit more than likely won't want to scam you in the first place but a scammer only has one intention...

Please see this as a lesson learned. When trading online be reserved until you're 100% certain you're safe because as you've demonstrated here, you've had reservations since you started the correspondence with this guy.

I'm sure you'll be fine even having given out your address but just keep an eye on your bank/cards for a while to make sure there is no untoward behaviour on them.

[allmyflights]

so should I subscribe to one of those Identity theft things?

I'm sorry for all the questions but I do feel a bit paranoid

[NudiJuicervich]

so should I subscribe to one of those Identity theft things?

I'm sorry for all the questions but I do feel a bit paranoid

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Addresses are readily available all over the internet.

The only thing to worry about is if this guy was legit and already has sent you a valid cashiers cheque. He may be a bit steamed over this.

[Hofonom]

wouldnt be hard to find then the OP's ssn,

Really it's that easy to obtain someone's Social!?!

[i6mbwwdh]

a little off topic here but I once got called on the phone by a Rob Peterson, and this fella had a tick indian accent. He was trying to tell me that he had a govt grant for the amount of $8000 and needed my bank account info to send the money electronically...I just laffed insulted the **** out of him and hung up!!