I would say you "almost got scammed".

You do have the scammer's phone number. I would turn it into law enforcement in Indiana, since this seems to be a repeat occurrence with the business. There are ways to triangulate cellular signal to find location.

Thanks for sharing and making us aware of what is happening out there.

-Tim

well its good to know you had your resources to find out but the number one scam is cashiers check and electric deposits

a friend of mine fell for the million dollar grab ( not the sharpest knife in the kitchen )but went to his bank they( it started with a 5 k check fishing scam as its called ) suggested he open up a new account and see what happens it took 30 days for it to be no good i could not help but laugh and to tell him i told you so LOL

This is one of the oldest scams in the book. I have had this tried on me many times. I one time played along with it they actually sent a check it was as fake as could be. Sale only in person or paypal as a payment method.

Yep. I've sold several snares on my local CL and have a full set for sale there now. Every few days, I get an out of state text saying they want my "item" with the title of my posts pasted in. The first time it happened, I thought "Great, this is easy!", but felt compelled to google 'Craigslist scams' and quickly found out this is their modus operandi. They usually want my Paypal account number so they can deposit my asking price and they'll have a person pick up the "item". Most often, it's a surprise birthday gift for their son. I actually start pulling their chains now if I'm bored, texting that the price has gone way up, I want the keys to their car, asking for pictures of their wives, etc. They quickly disappear.

They are now using very real looking cashiers checks sent from people in the U.S. to throw you..I just read the other day....

I am seeing bogus houses for rent now on CL also...

They will show a beautiful house...and will only be asking $750 a month..instead of $1,250 or so....

The trick to spotting them is..... there will not be a address of the house in the ad...or show where it is on a map that usually pops up...but...they will put a correct area in the ad...downtown Chicago etc....

There was a moron on my CL for years who'd post ads for too-good-to-be-true valuable vintage kits for $600-700. I'd love to kick this person's behind.

When they offer to pay with cashiers check and have someone pick up the item, I tell them to send the pickup person the check and have him bring cash when it gets picked up. funny, that hasn't happened yet.

I have a dead end email account for these so no harm done to email either.

Every time I post a drum kit or something for over $500 I get a text from someone saying they want the item for sale and will even send a check for $50 more for my service of cashing the check and basically sending them the change. And someone would pick up the item. Yeah right. Some idiot even sent me a $1500.00 cashier bank check, told me to keep a extra $150, basically trying to rip me off for $500 or so. They wrote me back saying that I kept there money but I told them the check was safely in the hands of the FBI. I actually gave it to my bank saying it was fake and a scam and they turned it over to their people who investigate that stuff. What was also funny is the person text in broken English, obviously mid eastern or India. The bank check looked really good though.

Gary thanks for the heads up. Even though he has your address sounds like you were lucky not to get ripped off. Good idea looking into it and calling the chicken farm of all places!! I sell a bit on CL and have got those emails too. I never write them back. This scam has been around a while. I always request a phone # to call in my ads. No number no reply. And I always speak with people.... no texts. I never meet anyone at my home. There's local stores to meet that are easy to find and in public places. So that's my angle. And cash only in full.