"Curran Copeland" wrote:

There is a lot of talk here from time to time about Craig's List, so
I
thought I would try to sell a couple of items on it. Listed the
items with
no trouble each one about $300 or so. Got four replies to the two
items,
one was legit but decided he didn't want it, the other three were
strange.
Two had the same line, I want your item, I will send a check to you
by UPS
courier, take your money and send rest to my shipper so he can pick
up item,
e-mail me when you get check. Three checks came each for $2900 by
UPS
courier (about $30 each to send) one had a mailing address to send
the money
to, the other two had no information at all, of course all three
checks were
phony. What gets me is that I told the two that contacted me that I
would
accept a check but only for the amount of purchase and shipping was
up to
them, they sent $2900 checks anyway. The third one didn't contact me
or send
instructions or tell me what they were trying to buy, just spent 30
odd
bucks to send me a bogus check. Who is getting scammed here and by
whom? I
took one of the checks to my bank and they took one look at it and
said they
wouldn't even cash it for me. So who is losing money on this?

All the scammer wants is your physical address.

If you insist on "Huld foor pickup" at the local UPS or FedEx
station, they go away and try to find another sucker.

Lew

SFWIW, I use a PO Box.