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Toledo Escorts: Some locals scammed in Craigslist transfers
October 16, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
… They said they’d be glad to buy it,” she said, describing the e-mail as poorly written. “It was broken English.”
Kasicki said the check she received in the mail had the name of a bank misspelled. She called the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and filed a report.
“It’s funny now,” said Kasicki. “They are so obvious.” She sold the lawn mower a short time later to someone from Genoa.
But some people are not as savvy, falling victim to scams online at Craigslist, the internet marketplace where, depending upon your location, you can find anything from prostitutes to prosthetics, fishing tackle to anti-phishing software, garages for sale to garage sales and everything else under the sun. It has captured the hearts of Americans and citizens of nations across the globe.
See the full article from “Port Clinton News Herald”