This is a scam...

[AFSCrazy]

Hey AT'ers,

I was hoping for a little advice on a question I believe I already know the answer to.

Here it goes:

The other day I posted an ad on craiglist for a PC I'm trying to sell. Eventually, I get an email from someone asking how the condition is etc.. I reply back, and then get a response asking for my name and address so they can send the payment. I actually figured they wanted that info to come by and check out or buy the PC. So I give him the information, and shortly thereafter I recieve and email address from "usps-mo_issue@consultant.com". That address set off some alarms, but after reading the email, I'm definately convinced it's a scam.

USPS MONEY ORDER
Service
CONGRATULATIONS! A postal money order of $1200 sent by Mr Rufus to Paul O'Brien been Approved.


Dear Paul O'Brien,

United States Postal Service has received your email address from Mr Rufua to inform you of the order to have a $1200 United States® branded Postal OrderSM sent to you for the following item has been processed and approved:

Auction Item : Ultimate Gaming Machine

Please verify that the following address (as entered by the buyer) is correct.


Your Name : Paul O'Brien
Address :-------
City :--------
State :MA
Zip Code :02382
Country :UNITED STATES

If there is a mistake in your address,feel free to contact us via this E-mail (usps-mo_issue@consultant.com). Payment Delivery Method:Upon approval,a money order delivered via First Class Royal® Mail will be received in approximately 3-5 business days, YOU CAN NOW SEND THE ITEM TO THE BUYER.Due to the fact that most sellers don't send item after payment has been made on their auction,we have made a policy that sellers must ship out items within 48 hours of payment notification and send us the tracking number for verification.

Here is the tracking number for your payment

Money Order Tracking Number :

--------------------

This is the sample of the postal money order that will be deliver to you through our Royal Mail Courier Services after we might have received the shipment tracking number from you regarding the merchandise.

Thank you for using United States Postal Service. We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future.

Sincerely,
Postal Money Order?.

Now even if I were to still want to send the PC, there's no address to send the PC to.

Sorry if this seems like a bunch of nonsense, but what are your thoughts on this?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Saint Nick]

you are a high school wrestler? :roll: watch out for kids with broomsticks in the locker room...

 

[xanis]

That is one of the most obvious scams that I have seen in while...

 

[Rogeee]

Email back, Feds and local PD have been notified

 

[ReliableData]

<sarcasm>I don't think it's a scam. Go send the PC to them right now....send it to that non-address they gave you.</sarcasm>

Sorry, but this seems very much a scam.......

 

[ZoomStop]

Someone here posted a similar scam a few weeks ago. And yeah, it is B.S. of course.
The last time this came up it ended up being a discussion on if it is legal to mail poop. I see no reason why this one cannot go the same way

 

[FoBoT]

ultra scammaster has you in his sights

 

[Looney]

Of course it's fake. But you can string them along though... i bet when you ask for their address, they'll be in nigeria... you can then send a box of bricks to them.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: Looney
Of course it's fake. But you can string them along though... i bet when you ask for their address, they'll be in nigeria... you can then send a box of bricks to them.

Nah, they just want to deposit 10 million dollars into your bank account (account number, check and routing number required of course) 10% of which you'll get to keep as payment for your assistance.

 

[Stuxnet]

Mail poop?

I say do it. Send a steaming pile of dog turd to the asshat.

 

[QED]

Uh... scam. You can see this one from a million miles away.

There is no such thing as a virtual USPS money order.

Even if there was, there is no such thing as "Royal Mail Courier Services" offered by the USPS (sounds likes something Great Britian might offer).

Not withstanding any of that, the USPS would not use some lame 3rd party domain name (consultant.com) to send out their email for them.

Finally, why would the USPS get into the business of serving as a proxy for private transactions?

I would ask for a real address, then ship him a box of cow manure COD.

 

[imported_Mike]

Everytime I get a blatent scam attempt in my email, I think to myself..."who the fvck actually falls for this sh!t?"

There are people who actually don't know. Well OP, now you know. SCAM

 

[SparkyJJO]

scam, very obvious

sorry

 

[AFSCrazy]

Hey thanks. To be honest, it didn't look like a scam to me until that email, because before that the person was asking about the quality of the Pc etc... But after I read that email, I figured that unfortunately it was a scam. Thanks for reaffirmating my suspicion.

you are a high school wrestler? watch out for kids with broomsticks in the locker room...

Yes I am a wrestler, but uhm, as for broomsticks...?

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: AFSCrazy
Hey thanks. To be honest, it didn't look like a scam to me until that email, because before that the person was asking about the quality of the Pc etc... But after I read that email, I figured that unfortunately it was a scam. Thanks for reaffirmating my suspicion.

you are a high school wrestler? watch out for kids with broomsticks in the locker room...

Yes I am a wrestler, but uhm, as for broomsticks...?

FYI, the new "thing" with scams is that they will ask you for the description/quality/condition of the item and then ask for all your personaly information.

 

[enyce2k9]

seems legit to me

 

[enyce2k9]

... of course that was a joke

 

[JDrake]

scammmmmtastic

 

[Toasthead]

yes...its a scam


its ALWAYS a scam

it will ALWAYS BE a scam

 

[quikah]

Originally posted by: MathMan
Even if there was, there is no such thing as "Royal Mail Courier Services" offered by the USPS (sounds likes something Great Britian might offer).

This is the part that made me laugh. Why would the US Postal Service have Royal Mail Courier Service? Haha, we haven't been a British colony for almost 230 years Mr. Scrammer.