I have learned a sad and valuable lesson. It is a shame that there are so many low-lifes out there who would scam unsuspecting people with fraudulent tickets schemes. I have listed numerous tickets on Craigslist, and I encourage all potential buyers to ask all of the right questions. But this page has me freaked out. Trust your instincts. If it feels wrong then it probably is.
My daughter just got scammed of legit tickets she had to Biance tonight in Cleveland. She posted on Craigslist and a very nice man want to buy them for his son.
He wanted to pay through Paypal. Paypal put the money on hold because she had a new account. She waited on hold with Paypal for over an hour to ask is it okay if she electronically transferred the tickets while the money was still on hold.
Finally feeling bad this man had paid and was waiting for his tickets in good faith she electronically transferred the tickets. The next day the card holder disputed the purchase. Paypal says it is most likely a stolen card and will side with the purchaser. There is no protection for the seller with Paypal when transferring tickets electronically!!!
Same thing happened to me. Someone wanted to buy tickets I was selling. I received payment via paypal. I sent the tickets via ticketmaster. A week later paypal tells me buyer never received the item and is disputing the claim. Paypal sides with the buyer and the bank and asks me to return the money.
The concert was already passed!! They ask for the money back. In the end the guy got two good tickets for free and screwed me over. Big time scam! Watch out going through paypal. After reading this discussion I am pretty almost certain that I just dodged a bullet. Maybe the details of my story might help someone else…. When I met him outside of a UPS store — not at an apartment of place of business — flag 2 — lots of warning bells started going off. He also seemed to be a bit too prepared for my questions — he knew exactly how to bring up a sample of the ticket online so that he could show me that they were legitimate flag 9.
So — I walked away and was even able to avoid getting hit in the head and robbed of my cash! I have bought tickets from Craigslist multiple times to concerts with no problems but now reading these stories has me a little worried. I found basketball tickets that the guy is selling off individual games from his season tickets. If I pay thru PayPal and get the tickets electronically is my purchase covered?
Is there a way to verify the tickets when i receive them? I know this is an old thread, but if people see it now, some helpful info. Just saw PINK tonight, barely. My daughter bought two tickets in Section 3, and then found 2 tickets in Section 2 on Craigslist.
She went back and forth with this guy with all the assurances that they were real, then she went through Paypal to pay him! Apparently not. So we ended up going to the concert, showed them the printed out tickets on paper and voila! They let us in! We were pretty excited. Sold the other 2 tickets in the upper level through Craigslist 45 minutes before the show because two other people had just gotten scammed.
They were so bummed, they took a chance with us and got in to see the show. This means that your transaction will be online and most likely, legitimate because a broker owns the tickets. For the listings that are listed ' tickets by owner', you will be dealing directly with an individual. For those of you that haven't seen Craigslist's FAQ page about scams, here it is in summary.
There is also the possibility that you could have a "verbal agreement" to purchase tickets only to be stood up when the transaction was supposed to take place.
This can put fans in a tough spot as game time approaches. Although I also don't recommend purchasing tickets on the street from scalpers I've done that too , doing so would be a safer alternative than Craigslist. For a long list of reliable ticket brokers , check out our ' Buy Tickets ' page on the main toolbar.
Share on Thumblr. Dealers who post their new and used cars on Craigslist can successfully drive direct traffic to their website and gain leads from telephone calls and online contact forms. But Craigslist marketing can also cost you: dealers have to find time to manually post their cars and optimize how regularly they re-post. Preventing listings from getting flagged is another major problem for many managers, and it becomes costly for dealerships to repost ads on a daily basis.
On top of getting your posts flagged and removed by random Craigslist users, you also have to be wary of competitors who may use black hat tactics like a program to automatically flag Craigslist posts. To avoid having your Craigslist posts flagged, follow these best practice strategies. Depending on your target area, every one of your posts stays live between days.
For dealerships with a large inventory of cars, it's best to set up a schedule to spread out your Craigslist posting over several days. This practice regulates the frequency of posting, and prevents flooding Craigslist with your posts, which is often the key reason why listings are flagged for removal or "ghosted". It usually begins with a seller listing a car at an unbelievable price. But because the seller is out of the country, the buyer will have to wire funds to them in order to take possession of the car.
You can imagine what happens next: The seller disappears with the money and the car is nowhere to be found. Con artists know this as well as anyone. They tell the buyer to send funds via Western Union to the escrow account where they will be held until the buyer picks up the car. The problem comes when a spoof email — one that mimics a legitimate site — is sent to the buyer from the supposedly secure escrow site. From there, you can guess what happens: The seller disappears with the money and the buyer is left with no money, no car, and wounded pride.
Fake escrow sites entrap online buyers seeking all sorts of big-ticket items. Proceed with extreme caution whenever a seller suggests conducting the transaction through a particular escrow site or other secure intermediary, especially if they seem fixated on pushing it on you. Other popular car-buying and -selling websites, such as eBay Motors , are less susceptible to fraud.
Unfortunately, many offers of tickets and event passes for sale on Craigslist are fraudulent. Well-funded con artists with access to high-quality printing equipment can easily create tickets or passes that look exactly like the real thing, sometimes down to the hard-to-duplicate watermark or reflective backing. When genuine, these credentials are worth many hundreds or even thousands of dollars — for example, season tickets and sideline passes for an NFL franchise — and the seller prices them accordingly.
Looking for a job is tough enough, but if you get scammed in your job search, it can be downright disheartening. Some scammers post jobs for nannies and babysitters, targeting the young and inexperienced. They generally offer a nice salary, but not outrageous enough to ring any alarm bells. These instructions might be things like buying groceries for the new house, taking out an amount for their salary, and paying the rent to the new landlord.
Of course, the received payments will bounce and the person will be out any money they wired.
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