Got taken for a ride on Cragislist.

I've been dealing with Craigslist for 10+ years and eBay for 14+. I've bought and sold many things from small items to real cars in many price ranges over the years. I thought I've seen most of it including being offered to pay for my items with sex and drugs (although no Rock'n'roll so far for some reason).

But for the first time ever I finally got paid in counterfeit money! They were pretty good fakes, even the cops said so. Plus it was at night which made it difficult to see them properly. The main thing that finally gave them away was the paper texture was completely different. Then I started noticing odd things about the bills when it was time to spend it. So now I'm out $620. The only thing that makes it less horrible is that this is a federal offense and maybe I'll get my taxesworth of retribution from the gov't to this inspiration-for-birthcontrol who conned me out of money.

Lesson to everyone who uses Cl: next time you sell something big on Cl for cash bring a counterfeit money pen with you. Feel the money when you count it. Look at the watermarks. Make sure you don't get gypped!

Huntn said:

Wow... I wonder if you got a real name or how about a license tag? On the law enforcement side, I wonder how much effort is put into something like this?

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The guy wasn't driving or at least he parked far away. He seemed nervous on the phone and somewhat in person too. That should've tipped me off. I went straight to cops who took the "evidence". I gave them his number and description but my guess is that this is pretty small potatoes. They won't do much unless he starts spreading it around and they'll get a lot of complaints on him. But we'll see.