A Thank You to Sherry (OT)

And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And if
he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. Uh, NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my bank account
information. The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first place?
And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick of sense. This guy
must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to sell
the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have
attracted the attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not
deal with. (And if he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red
flag was he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh,
NO. The third red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from
the airport. Uh, NO. That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't
about to go for it. The fourth red flag (yes, they keep on coming)
is he mentioned a wire transfer of funds. Does he think I'm nuts?
I'm not about to give out my bank account information. The fifth
red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his offer. He replied
to the same advertisement hours later under a different email name,
asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell me he'd
been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the
first place? And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick
of sense. This guy must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way
to sell the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine.
It's been raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to
have a patch of sunshine to snooze in

Jill

Glad you were not taken in by the creep.

I love picturing Persia in her sunny spot. Yesterday Molly was
sprawled in her favorite spot on the back porch, waiting for the sun
to come to her. Guess her internal clock was a bit off as the sun was
still a few inches away.

Jo

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted
the attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And
if he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag
was he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The
third red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport.
Uh, NO. That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it.
The fourth red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire
transfer of funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my
bank account information. The fifth red flag was when I said no I
wouldn't accept his offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours
later under a different email name, asking if it was still available.
Then he called me to tell me he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to
tell him the car is still for sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first
place? And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick of sense.
This guy must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to
sell the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

I'm sorry you had such a problem and glad you were smart enough not to get
entangled.

Good luck with selling your car.

Joy

"Joy" wrote in message
news
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted
the attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with.
(And if he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to
sell the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's
been raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a
patch of sunshine to snooze in

Jill

I'm sorry you had such a problem and glad you were smart enough not to get
entangled.

Good luck with selling your car.

Joy


He called me again! Left a message basically ranting that I reneged on the
deal. Thank Bast he has no idea where I live and can't get on the island
without permission. It's bad enough he has my phone number. This guy is
nuts.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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"Joy" wrote in message
news
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted
the attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with.
(And if he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to
sell the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's
been raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a
patch of sunshine to snooze in

Jill

I'm sorry you had such a problem and glad you were smart enough not to
get entangled.

Good luck with selling your car.

Joy


He called me again! Left a message basically ranting that I reneged on
the deal. Thank Bast he has no idea where I live and can't get on the
island without permission. It's bad enough he has my phone number. This
guy is nuts.

Jill

Call both the police and phone company if this continues. They can put a
tracer on the line. That may not even be necessary with Caller ID, but it
provides another level of evidence. At the very least, they can throw a
real scare into this guy. If necessary, he can be charged with stalking.

This is the reason I never sold my cars through private sale, even though I
probably lost money by trading them in when I bought other cars. Of course,
you did not have that option since you were not buying a car, but my sister
sold hers through a used car dealer. Again, she probably lost money on the
deal but she did not have to worry about anything like that. Take care!

MaryL

On Mar 18, 12:12*pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. *(And if
he's reading here, hey! *I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. *The second red flag was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. *Uh, NO. *The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. *Uh, NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. *The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. *Does he think I'm nuts? *I'm not about to give out my bank account
information. *The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. *He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. *Then he called me to tell me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first place?
And then email him about it?! *That doesn't make a lick of sense. *This guy
must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. *I'll just have to find another way to sell
the friggin car.

OB Cats: *Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. *It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

That *is* creepy. On several levels! I remember we used to place
classified ads and sell things all the time,
and never think twice about it, whether I was home alone or not.
I had a couple of real wackjobs respond to a Freecycle post and now I
don't even use
Freecycle anymore. I just put things on the curb at my sons house in
town instead.
These people who responded to the Freecycle ad were just weird, kept
hanging around, then when
I thought they'd left, they were in the garage looking around. I'd
left the door up.

Sherry

On Mar 18, 12:12 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And if
he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. Uh, NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my bank account
information. The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first place?
And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick of sense. This guy
must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to sell
the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

Jill, is there a community newspaper or club house where you can post
items for sale? Just a thought.

That guy is VERY creepy, and I would definitely call the cops. I also
would start taping his calls, if possible.

Mishi

jmcquown wrote:

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And if
he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. Uh, NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my bank account
information.

I might be wrong about this, but he doesn't sound dangerous in the sense
of you needing to worry that he might physically hurt you. But he's
definitely a scammer, and you were wise to cut him off.

The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Wow - he's a scammer who won't give up. Maybe he's new at this? Seasoned
con artists know when to give up because the "mark" isn't going to buy the
bullsh*t.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to sell
the friggin car.

It really sucks that you have to be inconvenienced because of creeps like
this guy.

--
Joyce ^..^
To email me, remove the XXX from my user name.

PS - the thing about the wire transfer reminded me of a funny line from
the famous House episode. This woman is trying to convince him that she
has a life-threatening illness because the cat curled up next to her
(which the cat does only with people who are about to die). She's standing
in the doorway of his office during this conversation, while he's sitting
at his computer. He says, "Go away, I'm busy. I'm online with the Prince
of Nigeria." LOL.

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Mar 18, 12:12 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted
the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And if
he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag
was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. Uh, NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my bank account
information. The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first
place?
And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick of sense. This guy
must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to
sell
the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

That *is* creepy. On several levels! I remember we used to place
classified ads and sell things all the time,
and never think twice about it, whether I was home alone or not.
I had a couple of real wackjobs respond to a Freecycle post and now I
don't even use
Freecycle anymore. I just put things on the curb at my sons house in
town instead.
These people who responded to the Freecycle ad were just weird, kept
hanging around, then when
I thought they'd left, they were in the garage looking around. I'd
left the door up.

Sherry



Isn't it a shame? That's creepy about the people poking around in your
garage, Sherry. I do wish I could set things by the curb and watch them
disappear. I call it "curbcycle" I did it all the time in TN, got rid
of an old vacuum cleaner that way, stuff like that. I can't do that here on
the island. I had thought of using Freecycle to get rid of some things such
as an old microwave stand that none of us wants. Now I'll think twice, even
though no one can get on the island without me telling Security it's okay.
Thanks for the heads up!

Back in 1984 I put an ad in the newspaper to sell my wedding dress. The
only calls I got were from men! One guy pretended he wanted to buy the
dress for his daughter. It sounded plausible enough, until he told me he
couldn't wait to see her in it and then see her OUT of it! Oh gawd.
Another guy asked me to describe the dress; he was was your basic
heavy-breather type. Ugh! I couldn't believe the wackos who called.
Neither could the woman I spoke with at the newspaper when I called to
cancel the ad.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Mar 18, 12:12 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
And to others similiarly concerned.

I listed my mothers car on an online site and apparently have attracted
the
attention of someone who, shall I say, I'd rather not deal with. (And if
he's reading here, hey! I told you NO!)

He's 2000 miles away, which was the first red flag. The second red flag
was
he asked if I'd meet him at the airport with the car. Uh, NO. The third
red flag was he mentioned he could drive me home from the airport. Uh,
NO.
That made absolutely no sense and I wasn't about to go for it. The fourth
red flag (yes, they keep on coming) is he mentioned a wire transfer of
funds. Does he think I'm nuts? I'm not about to give out my bank account
information. The fifth red flag was when I said no I wouldn't accept his
offer. He replied to the same advertisement hours later under a different
email name, asking if it was still available. Then he called me to tell
me
he'd been contacted by this "second" guy to tell him the car is still for
sale.

Why would another party know he was interested in my car in the first
place?
And then email him about it?! That doesn't make a lick of sense. This guy
must think I was born yesterday.

I took the listing off the site. I'll just have to find another way to
sell
the friggin car.

OB Cats: Persia is snoring away in a bright patch of sunshine. It's been
raining here for the past few days so she's very happy to have a patch of
sunshine to snooze in

Jill

That *is* creepy. On several levels! I remember we used to place
classified ads and sell things all the time,
and never think twice about it, whether I was home alone or not.
I had a couple of real wackjobs respond to a Freecycle post and now I
don't even use
Freecycle anymore. I just put things on the curb at my sons house in
town instead.
These people who responded to the Freecycle ad were just weird, kept
hanging around, then when
I thought they'd left, they were in the garage looking around. I'd
left the door up.

Sherry



Isn't it a shame? That's creepy about the people poking around in your
garage, Sherry. I do wish I could set things by the curb and watch them
disappear. I call it "curbcycle" I did it all the time in TN, got
rid of an old vacuum cleaner that way, stuff like that. I can't do that
here on the island. I had thought of using Freecycle to get rid of some
things such as an old microwave stand that none of us wants. Now I'll
think twice, even though no one can get on the island without me telling
Security it's okay. Thanks for the heads up!

Back in 1984 I put an ad in the newspaper to sell my wedding dress. The
only calls I got were from men! One guy pretended he wanted to buy the
dress for his daughter. It sounded plausible enough, until he told me he
couldn't wait to see her in it and then see her OUT of it! Oh gawd.
Another guy asked me to describe the dress; he was was your basic
heavy-breather type. Ugh! I couldn't believe the wackos who called.
Neither could the woman I spoke with at the newspaper when I called to
cancel the ad.

Jill

I donate lots of things to the Women's Shelter and Habitat for Humanity
ReStore. They benefit from the donations, and so do I since I itemize. I
continue to donate in years when I don't itemize because the items still go
for a good cause. That gets items into the hands of people who can really
use them and avoids the problems of garage sales and "creepy" responses to
ads.

MaryL