Bambi scam on craigslist today - Page 6

aircooled4 · 08-20-2009, 08:13 PM

LOL So who else's Bambi has an odometer?!?!

By the way, I have heard that even some of the links they post for pictures and so on can be corrupt, so NEVER open any links in their postings!!! I search the entire country for Airstreams every couple days using a specific Craigslist search engine, and whenever I see these bozos, I flag immediately. But everyone keep flagging since it takes multiples to get the ads removed!!!

BessieB · 08-20-2009, 10:51 PM

Yep,
flagging. They raised the price on one of the ads.
I played along, but the ebay ad deadended. I also saw not to open their pictures and stuff. Malware or something.
Bessie

sempi2 · 08-20-2009, 11:01 PM

The truly unfortunate thing is SOMEONE out there will fall for this and/or other scams. Hopefully those looking for A/S will look here first for some very valuable advise.
You forum members are awsume with your advise.

lvcat2004 · 08-21-2009, 01:01 AM

It's truly sad to see people fall for these.

When I was trying to sell my truck camper, one of these Nigerian kind e-mailed me and wanted to buy it with some sort of check and I'm really not sure how he was planning to scam me. Perhaps he wanted my personal information.

But these guys work the craigslist on both seller and buyer side. I really hope that craigslit would just shut out nigerian IP's from being able to post scam ads.

AndrewG · 11-27-2009, 04:51 PM

I fell for the Bambi scam on the first hour of looking to find an Airstream. So I gave them my phone number, shipping address, and name. I also opened the photo link they provided. Have I already given them what they wanted? They have not contacted me for 2 days. Is there anything I can do to prevent more damage?
Thanks

Roadrunner · 11-27-2009, 07:29 PM

The Bambi was for sale out of Akron Ohio yesterday. When I asked if I could come pick it up...it had been moved. Right... So how do you flag such a malicious posting if you come across it on Craigs list or ebay? Thanks for spreading the warning regarding these crooks!

Bob

BossCamper · 11-27-2009, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by overlander63

Flagging is tracked by IP address, so no matter how many times you flag it, several others with different IP addresses will also have to flag it. Reflagging doesn't do a thing, except make you wonder why it's still there...

For what it's worth, if you connect via modem,you can simply reboot the modem. Each time you do, you get a different IP address.
Just sayin.

easyride · 11-28-2009, 11:07 AM

I was on Tempest ( Craigs list search),must have flagged 20 between here and NC.,just have to keep flagging. Dave

dwinick · 11-28-2009, 01:19 PM

Flag this posting on Craigslist.

2006 AIRSTREAM TRAILER - $5800

How do you flag it? Click on the spam/overpost button on the ad page.
This ad is running all over the country.

JChapman · 12-01-2009, 02:47 PM

They are on the Baltimore Craigslist today. This time her husband is promoted to Montana. Luckily the links didn't work and the hair on my neck stood up. I sent her no information.
JChapman