You are NOT going to believe THIS! (Scam alert)

So Kristin and I are selling an old table and chairs that we haven’t used in several years so I did everything a normal person might do:

Try to sell it at a garage sale (it rained), list it on Craigslist, etc.

Well within the first hour I got a request from Craigslist... Immediately my brain flashed WATCH OUT SCAMMER! This guy promised to pay full price unseen. That he’d overnight me a check and have a mover come pick it up. So I, for a good laugh, responded indicating that I am interested.

A couple of days later they wrote back and said that my overnight check was delayed because of snow. SNOW?!? Do they even know what season it is?!?

Well today I got an email saying that the check was going to be delivered today (BTW – I didn’t give them my home address, I gave them an alternative address) with a tracking number. Sure enough the package is supposed to be delivered by UPS today.

“But there was a little mistake which i guess we can both handle with amicably. “

It seems that this guy’s salary was “accidentally” added to the check they issued me. Supposedly the check is for $2,400 more than the sale of our table!

“i am sure we would both handle this. So this is what i think we would do ,once you receive the check, you should cash it immediately and also do deduct $100 for run around expenses, and you will easily forward the extra money directly to my shipper in cash immediately.”

Sound fishy to anyone else?

I am looking forward to receiving my check. Once I do I am going to scan it in and share it with all of you. (BTW - I am not cashing the check because the way the scam works is that they pull funding from behind the check after you give them cash and you are out $2,400 plus a bounced check fee.)

He asked me to not share his name or the details of this transaction with anyone... Oh well:

Name:.........Sharkira Satcher (aka Lilyan Morre as he/she originally wrote me.)
Address:.........985 ridgepoit ct,
City:.........Baton Rouge
State:.........la
Zip Code:.........70810
Email.......neptuneagency@ymail.com