Yes- sad indeed- We had an elderly couple murdered by some punk Rapper-from an Craig's list ad, they had a nice Cadillac as a second car they wanted to sell-lived in East Grand Rapids and were trusting to the nth degree- he wrote them a bogus check, they signed over the title, then while in their house, he shot them both dead in cold blood, robbed and looted their nice home in a very nice neighborhood, then drove off with the Caddy, which he later abandoned and torched. I just listed some Patton library of mine books on Craig's list, including the rare book he wrote prior to his untimely death "War As I Knew It"-and got one hit- Two things tipped me off that it was a scam. His e-mail came in at noon-he wanted to meet at 1:30 that day, and wondered if I'd take less than the listed price. I am assuming he wanted to meet here at my residence- Ooops- that's a clue as to a possible "case the dude's home and neighborhood recon" and secondly, the "urgent" time table tipped me off. I never list my address, home or cell number or e-mail address on Craig's list-any response to an ad goes through their PMS e-mail deal. Caveat Empetor--indeed- and as fellow Mick Irishman Ronnie Reagan once said: "Trust is OK, but always cut the cards". I also e-mailed him back and told him we could meet at a known downtown coffee shop I frequent, and added- "It's right next door to a bank where I do business, so we can have the teller check your bills against possible counterfeiting-- Needless to say, I never heard back from him again. Call me old-fashioned, and you'd be deadnutz right, but I only do business CIF- cash in fist-
