Responded to a Craigslist post in Portland, OR for an iPad, which was listed for $400. The respondent, "Arianna Nielsen, " claimed that she had just moved from Portland to the UK but that the iPad was still available. She even forwarded additional pictures and had a signature added to her email suggesting that she's the Chief Logistics Officer at a linked company called "West Midlands Removal" at the following web address: www.bluechipremovals.co.uk
When I told her that I would want to see the iPad in person before buying, she claimed to have come across a great service that would take the risk out of an internet, overseas transaction and linked me to TNT International Express.
I figured the deal, at first, was too good to be true, but when I googled Arianna's name, nothing came up. Seems as though this person is changing the last name around, but didn't think enough to change the scam middleman company, which is how she got snagged.
Beware.
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