[Jukebox-list] !!!! POSSIBLE ONGOING CRAIGSLIST SCAM !!!!

[Britt Abbott]

I've run accross the same scam in Craigslist regarding Wurlitzer 1015 at various places in North Carolina. Same deal different twist, my guy said he was in the middle of a move overseas. 

Just ask your guy if he's honeymooning in Lagos, Nigeria ? 

Britt
Chesapeake, VA

>From: Automatic Music <jrutoskey at yahoo.com>
>Date: 2008/03/20 Thu PM 01:05:41 CDT
>To: Jukebox mailing list <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
>Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] !!!! POSSIBLE ONGOING CRAIGSLIST SCAM !!!!

>
>I recently responded to a post on Craigslist offering
>a Wurlitzer 1500 in Delaware for $1000.00. I asked if
>the machine was still available, and if so, when could
>I could come to look at it. Delaware is close to
>Baltimore, so I thought I'd take a ride. Besides, the
>photographs of the machine looked pretty good. I was
>pretty sure I'd bring it home.
>
>Later that day, here is the email I received from
>mwbbr at yahoo.com:
>
>
>Hi,
>Thank you for your email. I still have it for sale.
>Right now i am gone in my honeymoon in Hawaii but i
>hope that`s not going to be a problem because i can
>still handle the transaction. When i left in my
>honeymoon, i left the item along with several other
>items in the custody of The Online Outpost because i
>wanted to sell them on eBay when i return, but
>something came up back home, something wrong with my
>mom and i decided to sell this one before i get back
>but not on ebay because i need to sell it faster. So
>if you are still interested let me know because i can
>make the transaction immediately. Just let me know and
>i will explain 
>all the details of the transaction...
>Thanks
>
>
>Right away I smelled trouble, and so for grins I wrote
>him back saying that I couldn't possibly pay for a
>machine that I haven't seen, especially when it was
>that close by (actually I HAVE paid for machines I
>haven't seen-- but that's another story, and the owner
>USUALLY knows WHERE the machine is, ISN'T in Hawaii
>"at this time", has some known credibility, and sends
>me his personal information beforehand). I told him
>that if he could tell me when I can come to see it,
>that if all was good I'd buy it right there and take
>it home with me. I think I even said something about
>how I found it incredulous that he didn't know where
>the machine was, but I don't remember. At any rate,
>here was mwbbr at yahoo.com's overly wordy, and somewhat
>I would guess intentionally confusing reply to me:
>
>
>Hello again,
>As i said in my first email i will explain how The
>Online Outpost works because i want you to be clear on
>every aspect of this transaction. They are one of the
>best eBay selling services. You simply drop an item to
>one of their stores or they pick it up from your home
>,you find a buyer and they will take care of the rest.
>When i went to Hawaii i left 4 items for sale in their
>custody, they picked them up from my home so don`t ask
>at what store, or where the item is exactly because i
>don`t know...as long as they are handling the shipping
>and handling i don`t care where they are. I forgot to
>mention that the shipping is included in the price of
>sale. They offered me a discount on shipping because i
>am selling a large number of items and i can afford
>that. 
>So basically they have the item insured and ready for
>shipping. As soon as i will have your shipping details
>i will send it to them and they will start the
>transaction. They will email you with an invoice and
>payment instructions. You will have to send the
>payment to one of their agents by following the
>payment instructions. Then you will send the payment
>details to them, they will validate the transaction
>and will start the shipping ASAP. If you will have
>questions you can ask them directly. 
>Unfortunately the pick up is not possible because this
>is an urgent sale (like i said before i intended to
>sell this on eBay when i should have returned from
>Hawaii but due to some recent problems back home i am
>forced to sell it now). The Online Outpost suggested
>to offer a return policy because my offers would
>substantially increase so i am offering a 10 day
>guarantee. This eliminates the pick up option but you
>will have the time to inspect it and decide if you
>want it or not. If for any reason you decide not to
>keep it, they will give you a full refund and will
>return the item on my expense.
>So if you agree with this terms and decide to proceed,
>then i will need your full name and shipping address
>in order to start the transaction.
>As soon as i receive this details from you i will
>forward them to The Online Outpost exactly as you sent
>them.
>Thank you
>
>
>After this, I wrote back and told him it was for the
>Conference room of the Maryland State Police Barracks,
>I never heard another word.
>
>By the way, what's he doing in Hawaii with so many
>problems at home? :) 
>
>John D. Rutoskey
>Automatic Music Machines
>Baltimore, Maryland
> 
>
>
>
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