Niko Durela

Hello I received this email posted below from the following email address off of craigslist:
([email protected])

"Hello,
Glad to read from you.... I'm really interested in the Add but i'm
so sorry as i won't be able to come for a look as i'm the busy type.
Well, i'll keep in touch with my financier to mail a check for the
amount you're requesting for the Add and will have a shipping company
to come for the pick up as soon as you confirm to me that you receive
the check and it clears your bank.
If this arrangement is acceptable, pls get back to me with your
name as it will appear on the check and your contact address that the
check will be mail to along with your cell #. Get back as soon as
possible,
Thanks"


- I stupidly had my phone # on my add (which I removed), but this person called me and left me a message saying she was interested in buying my furniture. I am worried about identity theft. She has my wife and I's first name only and phone number. Should i be worried? I am obviously not responding to this person.
Thanks

Hi Ratnick,

Welcome to Scamwarners

While it isn't ideal, dont be too concerned.

You will need to be more vigilante to incoming scams using your details but other than that dont be worried, the scammer may try a couple more times to encourage you to send your money but will soon give up for a more likely prospect once he realises he is not having any luck with you.

Hi Ratnick, there is no need to worry - too much - about identity theft. This scammer wants to send you a fake/stolen cheque to cash. The cheque will be for more than the amount of the item.

Banks have to give you access to the money within a certain amount of time. Usually the fake won't be noticed for a few weeks or months. This means that the scammer can ask you to forward on a part of the cheque to an imaginary shipping company using Western union, or moneygram. These are untracable money transfers that can be picked up anywhere in the world.

When the bank finds out about the fake, they will firstly deduct the whole cheque's ballance from your account, and secondly call you in for a meeting. It's not unheard of that victims are charged with fraud.

Searching for varients of the email address leads me to a couple of posts on here, LINK 1 and LINK 2. They are both cheques scams.