I posted my boat for sale on this forum a couple days ago. I included my cell phone number. Last night, I got a phone text
from a guy in Oregon wanting more info and pictures. If he likes it, he will send a certified check and have someone come and pick up the boat after the check clears my bank. What the Oregon guy offered is a well known scam on Craigslist and other forums. As this forum is only place I've advertised the boat, it is apparent the thieves are watching TFF as well. Beware, and don't fall for the certified check clearing the bank trick.

Got the same from Bass boat central

MIne was the opposite. They copied the pictures of my boat off Craigslist and tried to sell it as their own. I sold it off FB, where you can't download images.

you can generally tell the scams on craigslist if there is no phone number an one picture

Interesting--I had the exact same for a car I posted on craigs list. Also from Oregon, same verbage, blah blah blah. Good catch!

I download images off fb all the time, just have to save to pictures on the puter then you can put them wherever you want.

Yes, and of course you can screen grab anything you want. On my mac command/shift/4 allows me to screen grab any rectangle I want.

Same here when I had my bike up for sale. The guy was off shore on an oil rig, will send a check and buddy will pick it up. NOT!! Besides, just how much room is there to ride on that oil rig?

Tell him to have his shipper meet you in front of the police station with cash.

I actually got sent a check and the bank said the feds will be interested in it. Glad I didn't just throw it away. May help catch an.

Got the same text message. Blocked them.

Seems to me that the scammers on CL think we all fell off the turnip wagon yesterday. When I listed my old Ranger for sale the first caller was a scammer. I clearly listed that the engine was blown and all of the compression readings. He was asking questions like "well can you run it?" I explained to him that I idled back to the ramp. He says no i mean can you run it now? I say why? number 5 is reading 0. Then he tells me his buddy lives close by and he will call. His buddy calls and basically the same stupid carp. I hung up on him.

Maybe 2% will buy something sight unseen. That should be your first clue....

I guess I am not getting the scam. Someone sends a certified check to you and you get it to clear your bank and the money is in your account. Please explain.

the check will not be good it takes a little time before you find out its not good.