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Avoid craigslist Scams

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WeGoLook™ sends a real person to verify existence of an item by completing a personalized report including current photos/video and more. WeGoLook™ helps buyers avoid fraud and misrepresentation. Over 7,000 nationwide "Lookers" (background check verified) travel to the item for you and validate.

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Page 1: Avoid Craigslist Scams

Avoid craigslist Scams

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1. craigslist scams2. eBay fraud3. WeGoLook™ – Independent Verification Services4. Verify and buy online using WeGoLook personal

verification service.

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craigslist is a centralized network of online communities that provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, personals, services, local community, and events.

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• craigslist can be a great tool to find good quality used stuff.• Fraudulent postings are just common on craigslist.

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• craigslist Car Scams• craigslist Apartment Rental Scams • craigslist Ticket Scams• craigslist Job scams• craigslist Escrow Service Scams

Some of the top craigslist frauds/scams:

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• Buying and selling cars on craigslist can be a huge money-saver for both the buyer as well as the seller. • Due to this, the Auto category in craigslist's For Sale section is very active, especially in urban areas.• Fraudulent postings are just common nowadays on craigslist. • Stolen checks, counterfeit checks and bounced checks are costing people their money, cars or both.

craigslist Car Scams

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• Apartment Rental scams on craigslist are targeted at those people looking for a deal and a new home. • Typically, the scam/fraud starts when a fraudster pretending to be the owner of the property, posts a great deal on an apartment and a person responds. • They ask you to make a deposit and collect some personal information to be sent via email and then disappear.

craigslist Apartment Rental Scams

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• craigslist is a great place to sell tickets to sought-after concerts,sports events,shows, concerts, festivals, fairs or even airline tickets.• You need to be very careful when purchasing tickets through craigslist as these tickets could be stolen or counterfeit or they could be priced far beyond the exact value. • The tickets may even have been used at a previous, similar event.

craigslist Ticket Scams

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• craigslist has a huge classified listing for job seekers, some legitimate and others are scams. Fraudsters have a couple of ways to trap job seekers. • One way is by using your resume and the other is personal information contained in your resume. The fraudster can use these information for any of the wrong reasons.

craigslist job scams

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Escrow services are the preferred transaction method when big-ticket items are being bought and sold on craigslist as they protect buyers and sellers making transactions.

craigslist Escrow Service Scams

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•First, a fraudster creates a listing on craigslist for something valuable, often at a bargain price. Potential buyers responding to the posting will want to know how the transaction will be handled. Responders are told that the transaction will be handled by an escrow service as it is trustworthy.

•But, in the case of an escrow fraud, the seller recommends an escrow service of their choice to handle the transaction. The escrow service will have an official-sounding name and a professional-looking website for you to visit. You may then send them your money and the seller is never seen again. This has happened to many people purchasing expensive items on craigslist.

craigslist Escrow Scams involves 2 steps:

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How many times have you wondered if what you are buying online is really what the seller says it is?

WeGolook™ can help you get independent confirmation that the item actually exists,and of the seller's claims about the item.

WeGolook™ actually sends a person to verify the product, person, place or thing.

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eBay buyers can use WeGolook’s Independent Verification

Services to verify before buying.

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WeGoLook™ Services for craigslist Buyer

• WeGoLook™ will send a WeGoLooker™ to look at the item for you.• Your WeGoLooker™ will confirm existence and location of the item.• Take a few digital pictures and gathers some basic information about the item (brand, model number, serial number, manufacturer, VIN number, etc.)• With our Preferred WeGoLook™ report, Your WeGoLooker™ can even ask the seller to demonstrate that the item is in basic working order. • With Custom WeGoLook™ report, we can guarantee that the item you purchase is delivered to the shipper.

WeGoLook™ helps you buy with confidence.

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• WeGoLook™.com will send one our representatives, i.e WeGoLookers™ look at your item on behalf of prospective buyers.  • The WeGoLooker™ will arrange to meet with you. • Takes a few digital pictures and gathers some basic information about the item (brand, model number, serial number, manufacturer, VIN number, etc.)• We complete an online report for the prospective buyer.• We do let buyers know whether you and your item for sale actually exist.

Smart sellers use WeGoLook™ to promote confidence and trust.

WeGoLook™ Services for craigslist Seller

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WeGoLook™ Service

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• WeGoLook™ will provide visual confirmation and a personalized report, completed by a real person, to verify your property anywhere in the USA.

• Over 7,000 (background check verified) Lookers who will travel in person anywhere in the US and verify the condition of your property completing a personalized report including current photos, video and more.

• WeGoLook™ customers are better informed, avoid costly surprises, plus benefit from unbiased confirmation without having to travel.

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We help prevent Online Fraud 

• WeGoLook™ provides visual confirmation and a personalized report, completed by a real person, to verify a product, person, place or thing.

• Over 7,000 (background check verified) Lookers who will travel in person anywhere in the US and verify an item’s existence by completing a personalized report including current photos, video and more.

• WeGoLook™ customers are better informed, avoid costly surprises, plus benefit from unbiased confirmation without having to travel.