Local craigslist scam

Drew Maultsby · 2016-03-19T02:21:12Z

I have been buying and selling on eBay and craigslist since they both started, but never a problem. Got scammed for the first time this week by a local Wilmington native. He is selling Yamaha command link gauges and some wiring harness for $250 on several Craigslist sites. Said he didn't have a PayPal account, and asked me to send him a Walmart money gram, which I had never used, but did for the first time. He said he mailed them out on Tuesday, but of course they never showed up in Chapel Hill by today. I thought it was a little odd that the ad continued to run, but I knew I had been scammed when I saw the ad reposted on four boards about an hour ago tonight. I think he took them down, except maybe for Wilmington, after I posted a Beware ad on Raleigh, Wilmington and eastern North Carolina Craigslist boards. I googled his name, and he has a long rap sheet around New Hanover County. I have to admit, it's a clever scheme. From what little research I've been able to do on my phone, I'm not sure that you even have to present an ID to collect your money for a Walmart money gram, only the confirmation numbers that the sender gives you. And you can do it at any Walmart in the state. You could make it look like you're selling boating and fishing items from a coastal location, and collecting your money from Walmarts scattered around the Charlotte area.