[TomW]

I've had a couple high dollar items (MC, golf clubs) for sale in the usual Villages on-line places for about a month. A few nice people have contacted me about my items. But I've had at least three, that I know of, scam contacts.

They all go something like this:
THEM: I have inane questions about your bike can you provide answers?
ME: Yes, it has square wheels and is horse-drawn.
THEM: Great, I would like to buy it but I live a Zillion miles away and will have a shipping company handle sending it to me. I will send you a cashier's check for the price of the bike and the cost of shipping.
ME: No Thanks. Deal with the shipping company yourself.

That usually ends the correspondence. There are variations but that is the jist of it. I assume the way it works is some thug will crawl off his barstool and show up claiming to be the shipper and demand I pay the huge shipping charge before the check can bounce. I've contacted Seniors vs. Crime but they say the scam is so common, usually with car sales, that all they can do is warn about it.