December 10, 2007
Cash - and Beating - On Delivery
When a deal is too good to be true, remember, it might not be true - that it might be a nightmare. On Long Island, there have been two incidents where people are enticed by a Craigslist ad selling a Porsche, only for "sellers" to beat up and attempt to rob the potential buyers.
Newsday reports that two Suffolk County residents were interested in buying a 2002 Porsche, which was listed on Craigslist for $44,000. The sellers requested they bring $22,000 in cash to a location in Baldwin, and when the buyers arrived at a home on Thursday, "a group of five young men approached them from behind and punched them and knocked them to the ground."
The robbers only managed to take $50, as the victims yelled for help. (The home's residents were not involved in the robbery.) This robbery is similar to a November 26 robbery in Freeport, where potential buyers were robbed by three or four men, who took a cell phone and a few thousand dollars.
Craigslist has personal safety tips, as well as tips to avoid scams. The site craigscrimelist details crimes across the country that stemmed from Craigslist.
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well c'mon - anyone fool enough to bring $22,000 in cash with them anywhere - much less actually take it out of the bank and walk outside, deserves to get the shit kicked out of them. I say good job to the muggers for weeding out what natural selection should have done a long time ago.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Those Craigslist safety tips seem to be aimed mainly at people responding to personals ads, not the sort of ad in this case.
hmmm...wanna buy a bridge? just bring 10k (cash only!) and meet me on 59th and Second.
haha more nominees for the Darwin Award...
more kar kulture, fools lookin for a cheap porsche.
if one has learned anything from listening to h. stern, it's this, avoid Roosevelt, Freeport and Baldwin.
if you saw the ad, they actually took pictures of some guy's porsche.