is this as good as it sounds???

[starstalker]

ah well i havge decided against second hand,and am gonna get a skywatcher 200p with synscan from a proper shop! no chance of being ripped of there(fingers crossed)

[Si W]

You would be lucky to pick up a LX200 8" GPS for a Grand, unless it was a classic, never mind 14" and the goodies, it has con writen all over it.

[thesatanbug]

If he asks for payment by Western Onion or Money Grab, drop it.

Scammers are all over craigslist.

But it's also a favourite tactic used by scam baiters to advertise stuff like this on market or auction sites at greatly reduced (or inflated) prices to catch cheque scammers. Baiters can usually tell the genuine form the scammer contact by the grammar and spelling, and will let you know it's a joke listing.

Cheque scammers want to pay for goods with a cheque of much higher value than the seller is asking. They ask the vendor to send them back the difference, (mostly by cash transfer but sometimes by money mule) and by the time the victim finds out the cheque is fake or stolen they are long gone. They disappear without even attempting to get the goods.

[thesatanbug]

If he asks for payment by Western Onion or Money Grab, drop it.

Scammers are all over craigslist.

But it's also a favourite tactic used by scam baiters is to advertise stuff like this on market or auction sites at greatly reduced (or inflated) prices to catch cheque scammers. Baiters can usually tell the genuine form the scammer contact by the grammar and spelling, and will let you know it's a joke listing.

Cheque scammers want to pay for goods with a cheque of much higher value than the seller is asking. They ask the vendor to send them back the difference, (mostly by cash transfer but sometimes by money mule) and by the time the victim finds out the cheque is fake or stolen they are long gone. They disappear without even attempting to get the goods.

[AstroManDan]

I bought a 10" Lightbridge on eBay recently for £250 on a BIN. Drove to Wellingborough to find out it was being sold by a foreign gentleman and it was actually an 8".

Got my money back in the end via PayPal, but it took him 4days to refund the money, why couldn't he refund it right away, it got me worried.

But why advertise it as a 10", when it's an 8" - bit of a scam? He said, does it matter? Does it matter!!

[TWenty]

Hi guys,

I 'm here to report a fraud with the same email you gave...

heaven-r11@hotmail.com

Alina Nioata

66 Beaumont Rd

Middlesbrough

Cleveland TS3 6N

United Kingdom

Hallifax Bank

Sort Code: 11-00-01

Acc No: 08895023

IBAN:GB91HLFX11000108895023.

BIC:HLFXGB21F08

LEXICON 480L with LARC 480 L

He stole 1200 £ from me...

If someone have an idea how I can track that guy?

[tarqs101]

Funny how both listings are the same price!!

[ScruffyOne]

If you wanted fun you could get into a long discussion about how his brother could ship it from his aunties house at 419 Scam Street in Nigeria .

HAHAAAAAAA!

[ScruffyOne]

As to the add I wonder if I scanned in a £50 note and printed my own cash he would accept it and send the goods

email the cash to him!

[ezza123]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternooooooooon Sir................