Dumb Scam

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Ads on Craigslist are now drawing spam (too bad). I'm certainly not going to click on a mystery link in a spam email, but I suspect that someone is doing so.

The last one I got said they wanted to buy my house, but they'd had trouble with fraud, so before they made an offer, they wanted me to send them a copy of my credit report.

Oh, you betcha, Bubba. I'm going to email a copy of my credit report to a total stranger who spammed me.

Seriously, is anyone dumb enough to fall for that?

[Mitch Kronowit]

It doesn't even sound like a "good" or "clever" scam. Why on Earth would they need YOUR credit report to buy YOUR house? I could understand YOU wanting to see THEIR credit report! Next time, ask them to send it to you along with 2 years tax returns, 6 months bank statements, 50 pay stubs, a note from their mother... ;-)