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* Craigslist – Cashier’s Check Scammer
(This was sent to me in response to a set of couches I had listed on Craigslist in Southwest Florida).
From: Rosemary Masmedan
[email protected]
January 23, 2011
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me,i am okay with the price and
condition, i would like to make an outright purchase immediately but i
will need your honesty because i anticipate that a Certified Cashier’s
check will be sent out to you via ups as the mode of payment,
concerning the pick up, i will be responsible for that, my mover will
come for the pick up at your location upon your confirmation of
receiving the payment and cleared in your bank.I would want you to
remove the posting from the web and also get back to me with the
information below so as to further a development.
1…….full names
2…….full home address
3……City, State & zip code and phone number.
As soon as this is provided,the payment will be mail out
immediately and i hope we handle this in good faith.
Thanks for the understanding… Rosemary.
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Oops, they used these email addresses for the first contact.
[email protected]
and
[email protected]
Here is what I got. I am really glad I found this page! I do not like being screwed over.
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Frank Ryan from
England(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with
Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) in united state. My daughter
(Mary, she is 16 yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 2 hours
per day from Monday to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry
about transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the
payment in advance to show you how serious, because i want everything to be done
before i will get back to the state. Kindly get back to me with the
information so that the
check will be made out to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 23rd of June, tutor start on
the 25TH of June 2012.
Dr Aurora Ingrassia
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Mobile number :+447024019715
Thanks for your co-operation
And a later email.
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me, concerning the cab driver as have told
you earlier that have made proper arrangement with the cab company, so
they have book me a car with a driver that will be driving me to work
and also be driving Mary to your location every tutor day, the car is
for me as my private car for the whole month as far as i don`t have
any car in the state.
But there was a mistake on the check issue out to you, the check have
to be two, while one for the tutor and the other for the cab company
which i was told that it is been issued out in one check sent to you.
Please am very sorry for this mistake made, As soon as you received
the check you will cash the check and deduct your total charges and
help me send the rest to the cab driver via western union which i will
provide you the information as soon as you get the check.
Because the cab company said that they will not agree in working with
me by driving me
and my daughter without receiving any deposit from me before we
arrived to the state so
you will have to do that for me as a help, the check will deliver to
you very soon. Kindly get back to me as soon as possible……..Thank
You
God bless you
More of the same.
————————————————
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Aurora Ingrassia from
England(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with
Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) in united state. My daughter
(Mary, she is 16 yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 2 hours
per day from Monday to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry
about transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the
payment in advance to show you how serious, because i want everything to be done
before i will get back to the state. Kindly get back to me with the
information so that the
check will be made out to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 6th of July, tutor start on
the 9TH of July 2012.
Dr Aurora Ingrassia
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Mobile number :+447024019715
Thanks for your co-operation
It seems that the scammers are using Aurora Ingrassia ([email protected]) for their scam as well. I received the following email for an add I posted on CL for lessons.
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Aurora Ingrassia from
England(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with
Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) in united state. My daughter
(Mary, she is 16 yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 2 hours
per day from Monday to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry
about transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the
payment in advance to show you how serious, because i want everything to be done
before i will get back to the state. Kindly get back to me with the
information so that the
check will be made out to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 6th of July, tutor start on
the 9TH of July 2012.
Dr Aurora Ingrassia
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Mobile number :+447024019715
Thanks for your co-operation
[email protected]
is also a culprit. Let’s keep this up to help others.
still at work – in response to English Tutoring:
Name is now FRANK RYAN
email is now: [email protected]
email as follows:
Hello,
Am interested in your lesson, i would like you to be taking my daughter while i’m at work in your city. Get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you
Thanks guys. Was contacted by Mr. Ryan for an apartment rental this time. A couple of different email addresses showed up in auto reply
[email protected]
[email protected]
_______________________________________________________________
Thanks for your response, my name is Frank Ryan from Canada I’m
moving to your area for my new appointment with Environmental
Protection Agency(EPA) in united state. Here is little about myself,
I’m a Doctor, i speak English, am single, fun, loving, clean, and
respectful of others, don’t drugs/smoke. My father is from US and my
Mother is from Canada, am { 24yrs old/M }. I was born in Canada and i
attend University of Toronto, i graduated 2yrs ago.
I’m coming for a long term stay and am ready to sign a year lease as
soon as i get there, but am presently on research work here in Canada,
i will be coming for the job in JULY.
I’ll like to pay for the deposit of a month rent for July. I’ll would
have like to come and check at the room before renting but am very
far, i will love to see 1 or 2 of the room pics. I’ll like you to
tell me little about yourself, please let me know the total amount for
the first month rent and payment will be done in Us dollar certified
check.. It’s my Dad employers in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for my rent and traveling expenses. Kindly get back
to me with the below information, so that the check will be send out
to you.
Please get back to me with the cost and i will be glad to update you
and make the payment in advance to show you how serious and for you to
secure the room for me.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Month rent :
Mobile number:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible, so that i
can forward it to my Father empolyer to issue out the check for the
first month rent so that you can hold on the place for me upon my
arrival. If you have any agreement form to fill out, i will do that on
my arrival to your house.
Home address:
14 St. Matthews Rd.,
Toronto, Ontario, M4M 2B
Phone no: (Recently lost, i will give you call when i purchase my new phone)
Thanks for your co-operation
______________________________________________________________
I was just contacted by Dr. Frank Ryan from the UK. It was in response to an ad I placed on craigslist for tutoring for special needs kids. I was suspicious when his English/Grammar was so poor for a doctor. Here is the email:
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Frank Ryan from England(UK)
I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with Environmental
Protection Agency( EPA) in united state. My daughter (Mary, she is 16
yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 2 hours per day on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry about
transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the payment in advance to show you how serious, because i
want everything to be done before i will get back to the state. Kindly
get back to me with the information so that the check will be made out
to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 8th of July, tutor start on
the 9th of July 2012.
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Mobile number : +447023044799
Thanks for your co-operation
Frank Ryan is still here! Response to language tutoring ad on CL:
“Hello,
Am interested in your lesson, i would like you to be taking my daughter while i’m at work in your city. Get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you.”
From:
Frank Ryan [email protected] via craigslist.org
reply-to: Frank Ryan
to: [email protected]
date: Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:06 AM
The mail is so generic that I found it fishy and when I searched, got this webpage. Thanks for the webpage!
Now her name is Angela Muspark from Brighton in the UK.
I am glad to find this site, because I am almost going to try to cash out the check.
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Angela muspark from
England(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with
American Broadcasting Company( ABC) in united state. My daughter
(Janet, she is 16 yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 1 hours
per day from Monday to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry
about transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the
payment in advance to show you how serious, because i want everything to be
done
before i will get back to the state. Kindly get back to me with the
information so that the
check will be made out to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 22 of August, tutor start on
the 23 of August 2012.
Angela Muspark
Eastern Road,
Brighton, East Sussex
BN2 5BE UK
Mobile number : +447023044799
Thanks for your co-operation
Yup, I got scammed by this person as well. From: Frank Ryan, [email protected]
“Hello,
Am interested in your lesson, i would like you to be taking my daughter while i’m at work in your city. Get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you”
Glad I decided to check whoever this is out before I met with him/her. Thanks everyone!
Associated emails of “Frank”: [email protected]
Hello,
Thanks for the prompt response to my mail. I will be
buying it from you so please kindly withdraw the advert from the website
as i will be adding $50 for the removal. Please to be informed that i
will be paying you with a certified bank check and once you have the
check cashed at your bank then i will arrange for the pick up at your
place..I will need the following details to mail the payment as soon
as possible.
Name to be on the Check_____________
Home or office address(No P.O.BOX)___
City__State__Zip Code_______________
Phone Numbers_____________________
FYI:You will not be responsible for the shipping of the item..and I
will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have the
check cashed at your bank,and i will get back to you once my secretary
made the payment out to you immediately.
Clearly when dealing with these swine, just mail them back Monopoly money and a note stating that they are receiving payment as real as the check they sent.
She or he again changed name and even English.
Be careful!
Hello,
How are you doing…Kindly get back to me if you still have the lesson available for my son Peter.
Thanks
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
My name is Mary Winter ,divorced,aged 58 yrs, I am live at 34567
Baldam view Raleigh EM,my son Peter will be coming for an holiday at
your location next month and i want him to be busy through out an
educating lesson or the other..Therefore, i just want to know may be
he can always come to you and teach him great thing s every Morning.
If this is possible,i will want you to get back to me with the cost of
your tutoring 3 times in a week and for a month. My son is 16 years
old I could have love to meet you in person before starting the lesson
but i have just been transfer from work to UK that is the more reason
why i will not bee able to meet you and my son will come down to your
location for the lesson because i have already make arrangement with a
nanny that will be taking care of him for his period of tutoring I
have make contacts with my son concerning the arrangement of the
tutoring which he told me he’s ok with him and i want you to know that
i am going to pay for 1 month and i will be paying through a Cashier
Check….. i want you to know that the rest of the money will be used
to get accommodation and other arrangement for the lesson and i want
you to get back to me with the information below so that i can mail
out the check by Monday so that my son can start the lesson by next
Mounth
Full Name :
Street Address Not P.O Box :
City :
State :
Zip Code :
Cell Phone Number :
Thanks and hope to read from you soon
Warm Regards
Mary
I listed my timeshare for sale on Craigslist and Angela Muspark R [[email protected]] responded with this message
“I am interested, I will be coming on this vacation with my husband from UK,our trip will be sponsored by my husband employers in the states and payment will be done by US certified check.please let me have the following information so that the check can be sent to you.
Name which you want to appear on the check:
Address (not P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zipcode:
Tel:
Total Amount
Hope to hear from you soon.
Angela Muspark
57 Grosvenor Square
London, W1A4LQ United Kingdom
Cell : +447023072976.
thanks i have discuss with my husband we all agree to the date Aug 10,
2013 – Aug 17, 2013
available in your place i will be happy if you can reserve its for us..
”
I responded that I only take paypal and why did she live at the US Embassy in London ( I googled her address). She said she would pay via paypal but never answered my question about living at the US Embassy. This is the response back :
“Ok thank i agree to pay you through paypal kindly get back to me with yor paypal email address..”
I deleted my post and I’m just ignoring anymore emails.
She certainly gets around . . .
FROM: Aurora Ingrassia [email protected]
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Aurora Ingrassia from
England(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with
Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) in united state. My daughter
(Mary, she is 16 yrs old) i want you help me teach her for 2 hours
per day from Monday to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry
about transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with Us dollar certified check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the
payment in advance to show you how serious, because i want everything to be done
before i will get back to the state. Kindly get back to me with the
information so that the
check will be made out to you.
Full name to be on the check :-
Street address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember she
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 17Th of June, tutor start on
the 20TH of Agust 2012.
Dr Aurora Ingrassia
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Mobile number : +447024019715
Thanks for your co-operation
Juliet Jones [email protected] via craigslist.org
Jul 22 (1 day ago)
to kbnnd-31386834.
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams
—
Hello,
I came across your posting on the site . I am in need of a teacher
for my daughter, Sharon, while I work in the city.I’ll like to know if
you would be available to take her the lesson.Kindly get back to me
quickly so that I can email you back with the full schedule.
juliet
[email protected] via craigslist.org
1:38 AM (9 hours ago)
to b8wmk-31160883.
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams
Hello,
Am interested in your lesson, i would like you to be taking my daughter while i’m at work inyour city. Get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you
I have a vacation rental that I list on Craigslist. I probably receive 2 or 3 of these type inquiries per week.
These are some indicators that I have found when dealing with these scammers: They seem to be consistent with the following.
1. English language is usually not very good & punctuation & form are usually poor.
2. The e-mail address that sent the e-mail is not the same address as the e-mail that you reply to.
3. The correspondence is usually VERY generic – English is NOT the 1st language of many of these Nigerian Scammers & they almost never answer a direct question.
4. REMEMBER = IF it seems too good to be true – It probably isn’t — DON’T let your greed or anxiety force you to act too quickly.
Chuck
happened to me too 🙁
Just to update you all…I rec’d this from her/him on 8-13-12 with 2 separate emails noted in the Full Header:
From: [email protected]
[email protected]
Hello my name is Angela Muspark i just want to know if me and my Husband can use 1 week in your place from Nov 9 to 16 kindly gack to me with the cost and availabilities date asap.
Today I was contacted by “DR Aurora” in response to a building I have for lease listed on Craigslist.
She now “resides in Canada” but is still looking to get a job with the EPA, “She” has informed me that she will be very happy to use my place as her office, Gee, now she is going to want all my personal info, maybe I will give her the number & address to my local FBI office, as my personal contact info…..
I just recieved the following email and I believe its a scam.
Hello how are you doing today i just want to know if me and my husband can use 1 week in your place from Nov 9 to 16 in your place kindly get back to me if available and if not availablelet me know available date..
add these email addresses to the scam list:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thanks for your post Ingrid I was able to see it was scam from the email you provided.
Thank you for posting all of this! I was contacted by “Angela Muspark” today in response to a Craigslist ad I posted for a vacation rental I listed. I had a hunch this was a scam based on the way she responded to the ad. And I’m glad I checked.
Below is a copy of her email:
I am interested, I will be coming on this vacation with my husband
from UK,our trip will be sponsored by American Broadcasting Company(
ABC) in united state having contract with them and payment will be
done by US certified check.please let me have the following
information so that the check can be sent to you.
Name which you want to appear on the check:
Address (not P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zipcode:
Tel:
Total Amount
Hope to hear from you soon.
Angela Muspark
30 Devonshire Street Marylebone
London, W1G 6PU United Kingdom
Cell : +447023072976.
thanks i have discuss with my husband we all agree to the date Nov 9 to 16
available in your place i will be happy if you can reserve its for
us..
Good thing I googled her name and address. It sounded very fishy to begin with. I got the same email
I am interested, I will be coming on this vacation with my husbandfrom UK,our trip will be sponsored by American Broadcasting Company(ABC) in united state having contract with them and payment will bedone by US certified check.please let me have the followinginformation so that the check can be sent to you.Name which you want to appear on the check:Address (not P.O Box):City:State:Zipcode:Tel:Total AmountHope to hear from you soon. Angela Muspark30 Devonshire Street MaryleboneLondon, W1G 6PU United KingdomCell : +447023072976. thanks i have discuss with my husband we all agree to the date Nov 9 to 16available in your place i will be happy if you can reserve its forus..
just got an email from [email protected] and know its a scam already. the reply address is [email protected]. the message has very bad english. these ppl need to get lives. they are making it hard ppl on craigslist to put ads up. im gettin sick of having. everytime i put a post up. i get one true email and 400 scam artists. what happened to verifying your account with a phone number? i have to do it almost every other day. shouldn’t craigslist have there personal numbers?
Newest scam! Trying to rent vacation property. see following.
Good Morning and many thanks for your mail respond.This is to bring to your notice that we are booking (Sept 20-23), myself,my husband and our 2 kids are coming from Germany. My Husband employer is in the state and they are sponsoring our Trip,So the payment will come directly from my Husband employer which will be either Cashier or Certified bank check or American Express Travelers checks and will be delivered to you via UPS or FEDEX courier service within 2 to 3 working days.So i would want you to kindly get back to me with your mailing information to enable the mailing out of the paycheck on time.Here are the information needed for the mailing out of the check…
1.Full name which you want to appear on the check:
2.Address (not P.O Box):
3.City:
4.State:
5. Zip Code:
6: Cell number:
7. Total Amount:
Also,the agreement form will be filled out on our arrival to your location because we do not want to fill any form online so that our physical signature will not appear but you can send it for our review and we would get it filled on our arrival.
HERE IS OUR CONTACT ADDRESS BELLOW:
Mr and Mrs Alfred.
Mainzer Landstr. 321 Frankfurt
am Main 65933, Germany.
Warm Regards,
Susan Alfred.
watch for a guy by the name of Timmy John email [email protected]
he is a scammer ………. I am about to cut him off before it begins. I have had one of these before from another guy same thing……..
I have had two people contact me about child care the first one was named Hess@Gmail wanting full name and address to have her finciar send me a check then another one for the same thing from a [email protected] because of this website I was able to see they were scammers the Hess one was my first ever scammer so I really didn’t know what or how to handle it and had already respond back two or three times but I realized something wasn’t right and stopped responding to her and eventually found her name on this site. The Melvin one I just sent a response back to get a life and leave hard working people alone. Not sure what they could get out of spamming childcare they have to interview first before anything is agreed to so all they’re doing is wasting everyone’s time.
Hello, I got a similar e-mail today. I would like to know what they want to do with the address..
PLS let me know!!!
The e-mail is below:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mike Donald
Date: 2018-01-30 14:05 GMT-05:00
Subject: Re: Brazilian Portuguese Classes
Hello,
Thanks for your response, my name is Dr Mike Donald, from England
(UK) I’m moving to your area for 4 weeks contract with Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in united state. My daughter Bernadette, she
is 14 yrs old i want you to teach her for 2 hours per day from Monday
to Thursday for 4 weeks. You do not have to worry about
transportation, have negotiate with a cab company that will be
driving her down to your place go and come. Get back to me with the
total cost, it is my financier in the united state that will sponsor
me and responsible for the payment, so i want you to get all
information to be use to have the payment, so that i can forward it to
my financier in the state to send you the check, you will be paid
with US Dollar Certified Check.
Please get back to me with the amount and i will be glad to update you
and make the payment in advance to show you am serious, because i want
everything to be done before i will get back to the state. Kindly get
back to me with the information so that He can made out the Check to
you.
Full name to be on the Check :-
Street Address (not P.O Box): –
City:-
State:-
Zip code:-
Total charges:-
Lesson timetable :-
Mobile number for easier communication:
I wait for the information from you as soon as possible. Remember She
is all i have and i really want a conducive and pleasant atmosphere
for her. We will arrived to the state on 15th of Feb, tutor start on
the 18th of Feb 2018.
Dr Mike Donald
Prince’s Street,
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
SA46 0JJ. UK
Thanks for your co-operation