I just wanted to make some people aware of a new scam I just experienced from Craigslist:

I’m selling a game, and I receive this string of texts:

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Between the first set of question marks and the second set of question marks, I receive this message from Craigslist’s legitimate texting service:

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So this guy wants a security code of some sort that’s been sent to me. After some research, I’ve found that releasing the code to the scammer guy would allow him to post fraudulent ads on MY behalf.

Lol, too bad for Melvin Marty’s yahoo account. No clue who that is. It’s not my email address.

None of that information is mine. The phone number is the scammer’s. The secret code is useless unless you are the scammer requesting it, and they’re time sensitive (rendering it further useless). It’s kinda convoluted, but it’s a thing apparently.

Edit: looks like I jumped the gun assuming the scope of the scam. Had I given the scammer the code before it expired, it would’ve granted him access to poor Marty’s account. I’ve read other scenarios where the email was the actual user’s email address.

Either way, stay vigilant! Scammers are getting creative.

Bingo. Thanks for explaining it better than I could, alex.

This one caught me by surprise because I’ve never seen it before. It seems pretty unlikely that anyone would actually fall for it, but it’s still worth it to warn people here.

I’m currently stringing along another scammer who wants to send me a money order for $100 more than my advertised price and have a shipper arrange for pickup here.

There’s a lot of satisfaction to be had wasting their time!