Listed a pistol on Armslist and received an email from this guy inquiring about the price. Then today he sends the below email in perfectly broken English.
Good to read from you. The price is okay for the condition of the Item . I am located in Colorado and I relocated here 2 weeks ago. I relocated for work. I have other stuffs in my old apartment which I already made arrangement with a moving company to deliver to my new house here. My stuffs includes (refrigerator, gun wardrobe, kitchen items, grand piano, garage items, Big tires, baby stuffs and a WW2 M1 carbine). An agent from moving company will meet with you for pick up So you won't have to ship it. For the payment, I will be mailing you a cashiers check and I will as well add extra $100 to the asking price if you can hold it for me till check arrives and cashed. we can work that in due time after payment is through. If this is OK, please get in touch with your name and mailing address to send the cashiers check to. Include your phone # as well so I will be able to reach you without depending on Internet. Thanks
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:30 pm
by Tex1961
Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:57 pm
by carlson1
Tex1961 wrote:Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
Hadn’t thought of that.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:02 pm
by twomillenium
Tex1961 wrote:Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
I enjoy doing just that. My favorite is trying to get more free tickets on a cruise or extra rooms on a vacation stay so that I can keep my other 4 wives from getting jealous because I took the youngest wife with me.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:06 pm
by montgomery
note that most moving companies will NOT move firearms or ammunition ...
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:19 pm
by flechero
Add $200 and tell him if the mover is also his FFL you'll throw in a box of ammo.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:29 pm
by bmwrdr
Tex1961 wrote:Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
... and lure the "mover" to the police.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:20 pm
by anygunanywhere
Meh. You should hold out for the prince from Nairobi who has the 250 million dollars he wants to transfer to you.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:44 pm
by uthornsfan
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:21 pm
by SQLGeek
Man that thing has been going strong for years. I had somebody try that when I was selling a car on Craig's List 15 years ago or so.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:27 pm
by dlh
"Gun wardrobe"---hilarious. Maybe that would work on my wife---honey, I need a new "wardrobe!"----muahahahhaha
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:57 pm
by ninjabread
bmwrdr wrote:
Tex1961 wrote:Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
... and lure the "mover" to the police.
I think the ATF would be more interested if he's a resident of Colorado trying to buy a pistol in Texas.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:15 pm
by bmwrdr
ninjabread wrote:
bmwrdr wrote:
Tex1961 wrote:Classic scam.. You should string him along for a while... At least get some entertainment value out of it..
... and lure the "mover" to the police.
I think the ATF would be more interested if he's a resident of Colorado trying to buy a pistol in Texas.
And a non FFL mover. One more reason to set them both up for a surprise.
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:08 pm
by rotor
What was your first clue?
Re: BEWARE of Scams From Armslist
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:37 pm
by Captain Matt
dlh wrote:"Gun wardrobe"---hilarious. Maybe that would work on my wife---honey, I need a new "wardrobe!"----muahahahhaha
I think he was talking about a piece of furniture, but you never can tell with these people.
Hadn’t thought of that. 
And a non FFL mover. One more reason to set them both up for a surprise.