Particular; johnstoress19/foutianknowledge/junfur54 all [email protected]
Complaint 20197 Details

In trying to sell an item on craigslist. Initial contact took place by [email protected], asking whether the item was still for sale. The following day, John Sean sent me two emails, one from [email protected] and another one from [email protected]. They both read essentially the following:

"I was told by my assistant that your item is still available for sale,i would have love to come and see it,but my scheduled is very tight.I will mail out your payment once you provide your full name.phone number and address.I can only pay via money order as am on a business trip now,pls let me know where to send your payment to because i wouldn't want to lose it to some else.I don't mind adding ($20) dollars so you can keep it in my favor,you should get your payment in 7-9 working days i will appreciate if you can get the ad off craigslist so i can be sure you are keeping it in my favor.Please let me know as soon as you receive it so i can start making arrangement for the pick-up.
Thanks "

Thinking I had hit a homerun, I took the ad off craigslist and sent him my info via email.
The next day John Sean sent me the following email:
"Your payment has been sent but there is something i think i must bring to your notice immediately. I just discovered there is an error in the payment sent to you. My assistant sent the payment meant for another item thats more expensive than yours. I have called the post office to see if they could retrieve it but nothing positive. I really don't know what to do now. Please and Please, you can go ahead and cash out the Money Order at your Bank when you receive it, deduct your payment and send the balance via western union to the details i will provide you with. Can i trust you to do that for me?"
At this point I became suspicious and upon doing a few searches online this person had issued a bad money order, it would have bounced upon cashed and I would have sent him the money via western union by then, leaving no tracks. Luckily I noticed in due time but do beware of this strategy and email addresses.