OOUCH!!!!!!

[ckolek]

saw this looking on craigslist and it looked painful.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/2203769451.html

[Russhebert]

Just want to say I see a lot of people posting adds from craigslist, just a bit of advice from me. I was involved in 3 different scames on craigslist this past weekend so be very careful. Most of you might know allready but I just wanted to say that if it looks too good it will be most likely a scame. I also had a friend that was looking for a car that got caught up in two scames the same weekend. I was looking for a atv and the guy said he wanted to go through e-bay so everything would be secure but I checked with e-bay and was told that they do not deal with craigslist in any way. They will even send you a page that looks like an e-bay page so be carefull. Since this past weekend I have found 4 more that was a scam.

[Bill K]

Amen to Caution, Russ.
About a year ago there was a nice Dune Buggy for sale on Houston's Craig's List. It was one of those "too-good-to-be-true" deals and indeed it was a scam. Every time I tried to pin the guy down he had some expanation he would try to pawn off on me. So, then I started playing him like a fiddle and at least got a little entertainment out of the deal.