I put my Inspire 1 V2 up for sale on Craig's list. Very quickly, I got a response and as the communication went forward, it got more and more suspicious. I just want to put this out there so that no one on here falls for it.
1. Communication was answered quickly on Craig's list, but immediately switched to another account and went outside that environment. That part, I fell for.
2. Person contacted me with a story that he or she would send a check by FEDEX overnight and that I needed to cash the check, but it was going to be for more than the price of the drone to pay for shipping some other items to "her" new apartment. (It was here where I recognized the scam). I replied that no, I wasn't interested. The scam works by getting the product and the delay between when you cash the check and when the bank finds out it's a forgery. You are stuck losing the product and the money you paid out of pocket to "her" "shipping company".
3. Person still sent me a Cashier's check anyway by FEDEX. It was sent from Naples Florida and the Check was drawn from a Kitchen Equipment company in Kentucky. The check was a forgery, but a pretty good one. I called both the company (which did exist) and the bank on the check to notify them. Both had apparently seen this before and from this location.
4. I notified local Police, who wasn't interested because technically, there is no victim since I recognized the scam and didn't fall for it. I did file a report with the FBI, since it was an interstate crime attempt but since it was just less than $5K, don't expect to ever hear back from them.
I would have posted in Classified, but apparently don't have enough posts to do that. I'm posting here, because they only go for expensive products, like you would sell from this site. I would really hate to see someone here fall for it.
1. Communication was answered quickly on Craig's list, but immediately switched to another account and went outside that environment. That part, I fell for.
2. Person contacted me with a story that he or she would send a check by FEDEX overnight and that I needed to cash the check, but it was going to be for more than the price of the drone to pay for shipping some other items to "her" new apartment. (It was here where I recognized the scam). I replied that no, I wasn't interested. The scam works by getting the product and the delay between when you cash the check and when the bank finds out it's a forgery. You are stuck losing the product and the money you paid out of pocket to "her" "shipping company".
3. Person still sent me a Cashier's check anyway by FEDEX. It was sent from Naples Florida and the Check was drawn from a Kitchen Equipment company in Kentucky. The check was a forgery, but a pretty good one. I called both the company (which did exist) and the bank on the check to notify them. Both had apparently seen this before and from this location.
4. I notified local Police, who wasn't interested because technically, there is no victim since I recognized the scam and didn't fall for it. I did file a report with the FBI, since it was an interstate crime attempt but since it was just less than $5K, don't expect to ever hear back from them.
I would have posted in Classified, but apparently don't have enough posts to do that. I'm posting here, because they only go for expensive products, like you would sell from this site. I would really hate to see someone here fall for it.