I'm trying to sell a piece of furniture on craigslist. Someone feigned interest, he seemed fishy from the start and but his emails went from a bit odd to downright fraudulent as he has followed up with the old "my secretary accidentally sent you $2100 too much for the item, I will contact you shortly with instructions to set up a bank transfer".
I haven't given him any personal info other than my work address (before it was TOTALLY obvious he's a scammer) for him to send a money order to, and I don't think he can do any damage with just that info.
Is there any way to help authorities bust such frauds? I realize the guy is probably in India or something.
I've found sites like this:http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
And this http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php#AFf (this is sort of like the rich Nigerian uncle scam in that he wants me to set up a bank transfer).
Do I have any chance of them successfully busting this guy? Is there any other source I can report him to? I'm assuming my local authorities won't be able to deal with it.
I haven't given him any personal info other than my work address (before it was TOTALLY obvious he's a scammer) for him to send a money order to, and I don't think he can do any damage with just that info.
Is there any way to help authorities bust such frauds? I realize the guy is probably in India or something.
I've found sites like this:http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
And this http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php#AFf (this is sort of like the rich Nigerian uncle scam in that he wants me to set up a bank transfer).
Do I have any chance of them successfully busting this guy? Is there any other source I can report him to? I'm assuming my local authorities won't be able to deal with it.
