Beware who you are selling to on Craigslist and Ebay!!!!
I've heard about this happening to people before but this time I've seen it first hand. You list an item for sale on ebay or craigslist and someone contacts you through e-mail saying they will mail you a check today for the full amount. They have a shipping company that will come to pick up the item. They ask you to remove the item imidiately from the site and consider it sold. After you provide them your mailing address they send out at cashiers check (its a bogus check). They then e-mail you and say their secretary accidentally mailed $2500 instead of the $1000 you were asking for the item. They ask you to Western Union them the difference back. Its such a scam! No ones is ever going to pick up your item, the check is a fake and you are out the $1500 plus whatever your bank charges for cashing a bad check.
Watch out for people like this, luckily I was aware of what was happening and didn't fall for their tricks. Only do business with people you can personally talk to either on the phone or at the time of the transaction. Beware these scams
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