Not to beat a dead horse, but what the heck- it’s already dead.
Couple years ago I put a motorcycle-for-sale ad in a popular … Trader magazine. I have never sold anything this way so I asked some people that sell motorcycles often for advice. They made me aware of this scam so I was prepared. I put in the ad, I will not ship, cash at time of pick up, no checks/money orders, or credit cards - NO exceptions. Within 2 hours of the ad going live I had at least 10 phone calls. Every one of them from out-of-state. Half wanted to send someone to pick up the bike with a money order, and the other half wanted to send me a money order and have me ship it. Some just went away, a couple got angry, and 3 or 4 actually kept raising the offer hoping I would say yes at some point. One woman from TX actually offered thousands above asking price, IF I would allow her to pay by money order.
Do I know for a fact they were scamming, no because I didn’t go through with the deal. Would I bet a years pay they’re scammers, yes.
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