The craigslist daycare scam

August 4, 2010 in Craigslist, Scams by Trench Reynolds | 2 comments

Woman falls victim to Craigslist check fraud:

This reminds me a lot of the tutor scam but both is a variation of the fake check scam.

Anyway what happened is that a woman in Clarksville, Tennessee was scammed out of $2,950. She had posted an ad on craigslist for her daycare service. The scam artist claimed to be from the UK and that he would be there on business and would pay $600. The scammer sent a check for $3,600 and asked the overage to be returned.

No wiring this time as the scammer met the victim in person. The victim had cashed the check and had given the scammer the money. Of course the check was fake.

However an arrest has been made. Police arrested 26-year-old Tarrance Kerry Freeman who allegedly tried to fake a seizure at the time of his arrest.

Remember people, a check for over the asking amount is fake.

But you can win a very real CCL t-shirt.

Craigslist crime post #1273
Scam post #190

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  • Annecnunes

    My daughter almost got caught the same way. She answered an ad for a man looking for a nanny for his two young daughters. He was relocating to our area in a month and sent her a check to buy toys for the children (so he wouldn’t have to pack and move them; the children would have toys when they arrived) and towards her first week’s paycheck. She responded many times to his email address, asking him to call her so she could discuss the details of the arrangement, but he never called her. Luckily she told me about the deal and I immediately destroyed the check sent. Smelled like a rat to me from the beginning!

  • http://thetrenchcoat.com Trench Reynolds

    She’s lucky. Not only have their been victim’s of nanny scam but at least one woman was killed after responding to a craigslist ad for a nanny.

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