Here's the email I got from this guy after I contacted him based on his craiglist ad (http://toronto. En. Craigslist.ca/tor/tix/1533506584.html)
My name is Tyler. I still have tickets. I would like to offer the following payment
options to you for these tickets because I am not in the city. Me and my wife are unable to make it due to work schedules.
Http://www.westernunion.com
just click on locate agent and go Directly into an outlet like a moneymart ect...
Or
http://www.moneygram.com
These are often located in Post Offices or you can click on there site to find something close to you.
These would be the best payment options that I can ask for, I cant accept PayPal because its been an issue with my credit union for payments. My info is below you will need that
Tyler Morris
195 West McDougal Rd
Cochrane, Alberta
T4C 1M6
Canada
I will be using FedEx overnight express to send you the tickets, there is no extra charge for this I will also send you a valid tracking confirmation once you have sent the payment to me, I guarantee you will get these tickets within 24-48 hours of payment because I use the express service for FedEx from my company account. I hate scalpers so this is why I have made payment as stated above like this. I hope this is not an issue, If you need any more info please contact me asap
Thanks
Tyler
This offer was a little too good to be true, so I Googled around a bit, and eventually found a report on usacomplaints.com about some guy named Ryan Dunn who ran the EXACT SAME scam, with a word-for-word copy of this email. (luckily i hadn't sent him any money yet!)
So I emailed the guy back and confronted him about this, and he got defensive, saying he was a big John Mayer fan and he was just trying to help me out.
Its all a big lie!
Further Googling led me to find out that, along with Ryan Dunn, this guy's name was originally Shaun Nixon, and he's been running this scam for YEARS!
I just don't want anyone to fall for this!
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