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How much trouble am I in?

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Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:00:30
BobH
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Posts: 76
Joined: October 13, 1999
 I have an ad on AudiogoN and got a response that was suspicious. They asked for name, address, email, and phone. I gave that but not phone. They said they were sending a "check" but no word since. I think that since I did not accept "bank transfer" they gave up.

So the question is how vulnerable am I having given out email and address? It seems like that information is readily available these days. No problem?

 

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RE: How much trouble am I in?, posted on February 8, 2012 at 07:35:54
robert920rogers@gmail.com
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Posts: 664
Location: southern california
Joined: February 9, 2010
 I get these all the time on craigslist they never mention the item by name and they say they will send me a certified check the catch is later they say they made it out for too much so when you cash it send back the differance what I have heard is that the bank will cash the check but later you will be liable because it is fake. I always reply to these ads and ask to talk to someone on the phone, never hear back.

 

Keep your tactical shotgun close at hand, posted on February 10, 2012 at 08:43:34
Jay Buridan
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Posts: 3463
Location: Michigan
Joined: January 21, 2004
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  Since: February 27, 2012
 Always a good idea

 

No Problem!, posted on February 11, 2012 at 13:06:11
Gerry E.
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Posts: 2017
Location: Hartford, Connect-I-Cut
Joined: February 19, 2000
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  Since: March 2, 2004
 I recently read an article about what's ok to just toss in the garbage and what should be shredded before tossing. The main point of the article was exactly as you expected, if the information is readily available (name, address, etc.) then it's ok to toss without shredding.

Gerry

 

RE: No Problem!, posted on May 11, 2013 at 18:29:34
Steve.
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Posts: 78
Location: East Coast
Joined: July 2, 2007
 Beware of a similar scam through Craigslist where a "buyer" says they are out of state or often pose as someone in the military. They say they will paypal you the funds and have a "representative" pick the goods up locally at your house. I have never given them my paypal info because this is what I suspect will happen. They send you $1 through a bogus paypal/email account first. Then paypal sends them a receipt with guess what? Your name, address, and phone number. Their "representative" then pays you a visit. The only problem with that is that you are at work and they kick in your house and take the item in question along with everything else....... Poor Englis and sentence structure are the dead givaways, as are e-mails from world time zones.

 

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