DianneOK
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A bit of the history...
Last month I put a piece of furniture for sale on Craigslist. I got a response immediately and it was questionable, to say the least. Being the suspicious lady I am, I decided to play along. The deal was that I remove the item from CL, (I refused), and payment would come via UPS with enuf $$$$ to cover shipping (for a $450. piece of wood )  OK....it would come within a day or so, overnighted. Nothing for a week....emailed the person...no payment. Within a few days, I recieved 3 moneygrams for a total of $2,100
Naturally, being so suspicious, I hopped on my trusty computer and did some research on the moneygrams. Found a store in Boise, and they did a conference call with the main company. Found that all three were "washed".  (Meanwhile, I was keeping notes, emails, etc on everything.) Once I found that they were really and truly fraudulent, I contacted the local Sheriff Dept. They send out our good friend and "adopted son" Jason and his partner to talk to me. We all ate homemade bread and went over the case. They took everything including the FedEx envelope.
Thought that would be the end of it. This morning I got a call from the Bridgeport, CT PD. A detective is working the case The stupid crook used his real name and address on the FedEx package 
It will be interesting to see what happens, now......
Sometime a suspicious nature "pays" off 
DianneOK, moderator RV.net
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rvdogmom40
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Way to go Dianne!! If things don't seem quite "right", we should be careful!
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Glad you are on the case, too many crooks.
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Sounds like the kind of crook you read about in Reader's Digest's column "America's Dumbest Criminals!" LOL Most folks would have just thrown the stuff away and the guy would have continued to try to scam other folks. Glad you followed through on it!
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That's great!!! Of course, I guess the person could deny knowing anything about the transaction, but maybe they could trace the emails to his/her computer!! Hope they get them!
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Deb and Ed M
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WAY TO GO!!! I HATE crooks, and love it when they get caught!!
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taborekle
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He was smart to Fed Ex it. Had it went through the US Postal System it would be mail fraud, which is automatically a federal offense.
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Surprising it didn't originate from "kinfolk" of the King of Nigeria - and located in that country, LOL!
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Good for you Diane
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Dang!! I really wanted that piece of furniture.
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