[bcswick]

Original email he sent to me
Hello bcswick,
You have a new message. Below are the sender's information:
First name : dhin11
Last Name : dhin11
Email : dhinton126@aol.com
Phone :
Ad link : Sleeper Sofa
Message : Hi, I would like to know if you still have your item for sale. Please get back to me as soon as possible. Thanks Michael
Sincerely,
Talk of the Villages

[Moderator]

Originally Posted by mixsonci

This person contacted me through the classifieds on TOTV, his avatar name is dhin11. I looked him up in the member's list. His email said it was sent through TOTV

bingo...this is what we were looking for...user name. will take care of it. Thank you all for your feedback and responses.

If you get similar 'scammer' type messages, please alert us to the member's TOTV ID and we will address it promptly.

Moderator

[Bill32]

Tried me also but this old dog is aware of these scams.....

[mixsonci]

I actually answered him but gave no added info, he sent back instructions and a phone number to contact him, I did not respond to this one

[starflyte1]

I must be really dense. How do you know it is a scam?

Thanking you for kind replies only.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I must be really dense. How do you know it is a scam?

Thanking you for kind replies only.

Post #4...is a big clue.

Originally Posted by kaznerm

He wanted to know the present condition and said he would not be viewing the item for sale but would buy it anyway.

[rainyday]

Also received inquiry from this guy with exactly the same wording. Did suspect something not right.

[perrjojo]

And he/she thought we old folks were easy targets. Good for you in reporting this.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I must be really dense. How do you know it is a scam?

Thanking you for kind replies only.

They told the OP that they would not be viewing the item, who buys used furniture, appliances, whatever, without seeing it first and then pays full price. Actually they pay more than full price, that's the scam. Next they'll say I'll have a mover, friend, etc will come and pick up the item. They say I've sent you a money order, I made it out for $500 (official looking but bogus). You've agreed upon a price of $300, gee can you send me back my $200. They were never interested in the merchandise, it's like casting a net. They throw out 20 replies on TOTV, Craig's List, newspaper ads, and if a few fall for the scam, they're a few hundred dollars richer today... and nobody comes to pick up the merchandise.

[starflyte1]

Thank you.

[Two Bills]

Here in UK similar scams are used, one is where they get you to phone them back by claiming a problem with their own phone, and they uses a premium phone line costing $10-$20++ a minute.

[Jgsch]

Boy am I glad I checked here! This person sent me a message through TOV and I have sent him several messages including my address and phone number. He said he was going to send me a check for my item plus the cost of his representative handling the mailing of my item. It wasn't until then I got suspicious.

[b0bd0herty]

We just received the same type of requests from this individual. Wants a bottom line price, wording is somewhat stilted and says he would be making arangements to pick it up as he would not be doing so himself.

[TOTV Team]

Hello - we did get a report a couple of days ago about user Dhin11 and banned the user and blocked their IP address.

TOTV requires anyone wishing to contact a seller register and this gives us the control to block and ban user like this. For this reason we suggest also never putting your contact info in the body of your ad just in the appropriate fields when you list your item for sale.

If you ever have a concern about a user please send us the user name and we can research.

Best Regards,

TOTV Team

[socrafty]

Originally Posted by geod

I also had the same person respond to an ad. Sent back a message that said meet me at the police dept. With check and would have police verify . No further messages from him sense.

That's funny you say this. I told my girlfriend yesterday to do the same thing. She text back and told him there is a place at the Lady Lake police station where internet transactions can take place. They can meet there and she would pick up the "certified check". Imagine this, they never replied back lol.