How to Respond to a Craigslist Scamer
November 10, 2009 by Jarod
Filed under Uncategorized, craigs list scam
Here is how I responded to a scamer on Craigs list–
Ad read:Couch, Love Seat, Sofa Seat + Ottoman-3 piece set – $650
Scamer Wrote: Thanks for the mail , i am okay with the price and the condition, will be making the payment via check so i will need your full name that will be on the check and your full address with your phone #
where you can easily receive the package via couier and i will
arrange for the pickup myself.NOTE ….And also the payment i will be sending will be in excess this you will give to the cargo company when they contact you for the pickup. All you need to do is to get the payment verified in your bank and faithfully deduct your own money as soon as you have the cash and send the remaining to the cargo company for them to come for the pick up.please get back to me if you are okay with this and i will implore
you to remove the ads off craigslist because i really want to purchase
this asap.
This is a common Craigs list scam—-you cash the check, then they ask for the money back and then the bank discovers the check is fake after you already sent the money back.
My Response:
Hi there,
Sounds great! Probably too good to be ture. If this is not a scam you are welcome to wire me the money via western unuion. Since this probably is a scam I would like to warn you that God will judge you severely for your devilish acts of theft and greed. I also have been a thief in my past, but I am reformed by the grace of God. Please read the following verse:
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (New International Version) 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
I am not angry at you, I just pray that God will open your eyes to the wickedness of your sin. You ar not just sinning against me but against the God who created the universe. One sin/crime committed against him deserves eternity in hell because he is so valuable. There is good news—-God came to this earth as a man—Jesus Christ!. He lived the perfect life and died for the sins of wicked peole like you and I, then he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. The Bible states that if we will repent (turn from sin) and trust in Jesus as our Lord/king and Savior we can have forgivness of sins. we will be able to spend eternity with God/Jesus and not be punished for any of our sins because Jesus took that punishment on the cross. Please visit my website for further information on how God can save your soul from Hell — www.seekandsave.net .—- + If you trust him he promises to provide for you needs here on earth (so you can stop stealing (notice I said needs, not wants—he knows what you need).
Romans 5:6-11 (New International Version)
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
God bless
