Here is an example of a scam, I only knew because I googled the email address and it brought me to other sites scams here. It looks like this last name has been used for previous versions of this scam, "Anna Halley"
The email looks very legit, even had a couple pictures. What threw me was the odd email address and the lowball price. Don't fall for it.
Hi,
The MacBook Air is still available, but I'm currently in London, United Kingdom.
Because of the financial crisis, I lost my job in United States and I had to move at
my sister in London ( here I found a good job ) .
I don't need the laptop anymore so I tried to sell the laptop locally, but with no
luck. I was offered silly money for the laptop because of issues like - it is a US
version or the warranty doesn't work here or that it has a US keyboard format.
That's why I'm trying my luck in the US.
I hope you are still interested. The laptop was bought brand new from Apple a 6
months ago. I have attached some pics with it to this email.
About the laptop I can say it is 6 months old and it is in good shape, no scratches,
no dents as you can see from the pics I've sent. Included in the $350 price is
everything the laptop came with when it was new, including the original manuals and
warranty papers. The warranty is fully transferable to the new owner.
The laptop is here with me in UK.
I tried to be as thorough as I could with the presentation so you can have all the
info if you decide to go ahead and buy it.
Please get back to me and let me know if you like the laptop if you're really
interested in buying it.
Thanks,
Anna Halley
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I have had similar encounters. After sending the email to inquire about the product (46" Samsung TV in my case) I also started recieving spam email from some sort of mass-mailer.
The email went as follows.
From: Diane Halley
To:******@gmail.com
Hi,
The Samsung Led TV is still available, but I'm currently in Torino, Italy. Because of the financial crisis, I lost my job in United States and I had to come back to my family.
I don't need the TV anymore so I tried to sell it locally, but with no luck. I was offered silly money for the TV because of issues like - it is a US version or the warranty doesn't work here. That's why I'm trying my luck in the US.
I hope you are still interested. The TV was bought brand new from Samsung 5 months ago. I have attached some pics with it to this email.
About the TV I can say it is 5 months old and it is in good shape, no scratches, no dents as you can see from the pics I've sent. Included in the $360 price is everything the TV came with when it was new, including the original manuals and warranty papers. The warranty is fully transferable to the new owner.
The TV is here with me in Italy.
I tried to be as thorough as I could with the presentation so you can have all the info if you decide to go ahead and buy it.
Please get back to me and let me know if you like the TV if you're really interested in buying it.
Thanks,
Diane Halley
hi, he put the advertise in Craigslist.com
for sale his apple laptop $300.00 there is no phone no in the add, i contact my email after two days he sent me email
Re: Apple MacBook Air 11.6" display - $300
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:38 PM
From:
"Diane Halley"
Add sender to Contacts
To:
"*******"
Hi,
The MacBook Air is still available, but I'm currently in London, United Kingdom. Because of the financial crisis, I lost my job in United States and I had to come back to my family.
I don't need the laptop anymore so I tried to sell it locally, but with no luck. I was offered silly money for the laptop because of issues like - it is a US version or the warranty doesn't work here or that it has a US keyboard format. That's why I'm trying my luck in the US.
I hope you are still interested. The laptop was bought brand new from J & R about 3 months ago. I have attached some pics with it to this email. About the laptop I can say it is 3 months old and it is in good shape, no scratches, no dents as you can see from the pics I've sent. Included in the $300 price is everything the laptop came with when it was new, including the super drive, original manuals and warranty papers. The warranty is fully transferable to the new owner.
The laptop is here with me in UK.
I tried to be as thorough as I could with the presentation so you can have all the info if you decide to go ahead and buy it.
Please get back to me and let me know if you like the laptop if you're really interested in buying it.
Thanks,
Diane
I had the same experience with this kind of thing. Replied to craigslist ad and two days later got the response below. The first strange thing was that it was posted on Dallas Craigslist and she was supposedly in London. When I checked the e-mail address properties it was from user6@sportscarvendor.info
I think I am going to respond with an edited version of the Samsung TV e-mail but stating that I am from the UK and had to move to the U.S. and have a PAL format TV that I am trying to sell but it's with me here.
Hi,
The MacBook Air is still available, but I'm currently in London, United Kingdom. Because of the financial crisis, I lost my job in United States and I had to come back to my family.
I don't need the laptop anymore so I tried to sell it locally, but with no luck. I was offered silly money for the laptop because of issues like - it is a US version or the warranty doesn't work here or that it has a US keyboard format. That's why I'm trying my luck in the US.
I hope you are still interested. The laptop was bought brand new from J & R about 3 months ago. I have attached some pics with it to this email. About the laptop I can say it is 3 months old and it is in good shape, no scratches, no dents as you can see from the pics I've sent. Included in the $300 price is everything the laptop came with when it was new, including the super drive, original manuals and warranty papers. The warranty is fully transferable to the new owner.
The laptop is here with me in UK.
I tried to be as thorough as I could with the presentation so you can have all the info if you decide to go ahead and buy it.
Please get back to me and let me know if you like the laptop if you're really interested in buying it.
Thanks,
Diane