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Old 09-15-2015, 07:50 PM
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I have posted my bike for sale on Craigslist. The very next day I start getting phone calls from a bike seller 775 area code. They tell me they already have a buyer for my bike and are prepared to pay me a couple thousand over my asking price ad soon as the buyer qualifies fir the loan which they are funding.
All I need to do is sign up for their service which costs $299. Then they will sell the bike, wire me a check and pick up the bike.

I told 'm to fugof.
 
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Old 09-15-2015, 07:54 PM
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Anytime someone offers you thousands more than your asking price, it is a scam!
 
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Old 09-15-2015, 08:03 PM
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SCAM. Block that phone #.
 
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Old 09-15-2015, 08:23 PM
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Total scam! Run!
 
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Is the buyer a wealthy Nigerian King?
 
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Scam..
775 area code is Nevada do a reverse search on the number
 
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Sounds like a legitimate broker.
You should jump at it.

Are you freaking kidding me?
I just wasted 2 minutes of my life with this non-sense.
 
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Tell them to send you the purchase price of the bike less the $299. Then they can ship it or pick it up at their cost once their check clears all banks.
 
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Scam. I actually entertained this type of offer before. Deposited the check (didn't "ship" the car or touch the "check money" in my account) 2 days later it bounced. Lol
 
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You'll still be 1700 over your asking price, what could possibly go wrong?
 


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