Would anyone fall for this? They need to make it somewhat believable.

[magillacuddy]

Here's the listing:
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/boa/1018877242.html

Even if they left a zero off the end of the price...I mean come-on. I would also assume anyone who owns a boat like this would have a better command of the English language:

"i will sell it whit a trailer included,
the ship is used but i can insure you that it work very fine and it will ofer you a very
pleasant journey. Please contact me before you can judge my ad, the pictures are very real
and if you want you can ask for some more. "

Also, I've sold a boat in the past and never had to reassure anyone that the pictures were real.

It is a good deal though!

 

[JB]

Re: Would anyone fall for this? They need to make it somewhat believable.

Guess nobody fell for it. FLAGGED

 

[sickwilly]

Re: Would anyone fall for this? They need to make it somewhat believable.

apparently people fall for them all the time, as they keep posting them.

 

[Tahoe 55]

Re: Would anyone fall for this? They need to make it somewhat believable.

Some people are rediculous....

 

[kaferhaus]

Re: Would anyone fall for this? They need to make it somewhat believable.

He's an idiot.

But I never feel sorry for people that "fall" for these scams. They are always victims of their own greed thinking that the seller is that stupid. Same for these "investors" that got taken by a few "financial advisors" thinking they were going to make huge returns in the market when their own broker or any research.... like reading the stock market section in the paper... would tell them that those kinds of returns were impossible..... victims of their own greed. I think they should all get a "I'm a stupid greedy person" tatoo emblazened upon their foreheads.

Like the old saying "a Fool and his money are soon separated".

You see the same wording on craigslist and other anonymous boards for cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorhomes, tractors, travel trailers... mostly big ticket items but I've also seen them for small electronics like IPhones, Ipods , blackberry cell phones etc.

Craigslist ads are supposed to be "local".... there's always a warning on your local homepage about "shipping".... you should never buy anything off of craigslist that you cannot go pick up.

I routinely "flag" any ad that has an out of area area code, out of state location or mentions any shipping or looks like the typical nigerian scam.

You're also not supposed to post links to any website including ebay on there. I flag those ads too.