Audiogon sellers, please stop and read this thread

Awww.... thank you(!) member Jedinite24 for the acknowledgement: just tryin' to get a handle on what the implementation of the "new" a'gon has wrought on us all, regardless of length of term.

Between the numerous offerings from zero feedback members with "stock" photos - as someone previously noted in this thread - the scamming (two out of three of my recent offers were summarily "attacked",) has increased. After the decade+ existence of this venue, it seems more than coincidental: whereas my previous tracking blocker yielded from the "cgi" (cgi.audiogon.com) implementation of this site no more than one per page, the "app", i.e. app.audiogon.com, is up to nine(!) I'm unsure if this is coincidental, which I why I hoped that someone more technically savvy than I would contribute...

I believe, though, there was something of a misinferrence regarding member Tholt's post, or a misimplication: C'list allows one to flag a post/offering (of goods/services) that one deems to be fraudulent...(?) (that's a whole 'nother can of worms other than the obviously redundant/prostitutional/"other" categories. There is no way, in my most recent experience - as most people are contacted through their hidden emails - that one can alert C'list to warrantedly fraudulent contacts (someone please correct me if things have changed in the last several weeks...)

Thanks again Jedinite24,

operatenore

I had an offer to buy from a guy with zero feedback, who just moved from Calif. to Canada. He would have his assistant mail me a Cashier Check from his Bank in New York. He told me to take my AD off Audiogon since he going to buy my item. I email him back that I will only take a US Postal Money order for payment. He has not responeded back. This is another version of the same scam.

I won't make the mistake of even responding to the email request next time. Thanks for letting us know about this scum.

One of the older scams in the book. NEVER respond to anyone claiming overpayment and asking for $ back.

I have an item for sale and received yet another inquiry from what I now call a "FRAUDIO-PILE" , these guys are
relentless. And again they meet the same MO as all the other that have been mentioned here in this thread.
Sellers beware!

05-02-12: Operatenore

I believe, though, there was something of a misinferrence regarding member Tholt's post, or a misimplication: C'list allows one to flag a post/offering (of goods/services) that one deems to be fraudulent...(?) (that's a whole 'nother can of worms other than the obviously redundant/prostitutional/"other" categories. There is no way, in my most recent experience - as most people are contacted through their hidden emails - that one can alert C'list to warrantedly fraudulent contacts (someone please correct me if things have changed in the last several weeks...)

Operatenore, there is indeed a way via a link on the Craigslist generated emails to flag the responder as spam. Perhaps this is a recent addition. I used it a couple times on an item I had for sale within the past few weeks.