potential scam message, but not sure

[SgtMarshal]

I have my 2014 Chevy Cruze for sale on the local classifieds, and I got this text message this morning.

Hi, I'm interested in buying your vehicle. Can you send me your e-mail address because I have some questions but can't really talk right now. John

The cell number was local, but it seems strange he would ask for my email.

 

[J57ltr]

Scam leave it alone. It's those damn *****ians. Lol N i g e rians

 

[CrazyGuy03]

Dude mess with em back

say - sure what's your email and keep fishing till you know it's s real or not
If not then troll em to death

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Email fishing for spam

 

[stealthee]

Stuff like this is yet another reason why I don't put my number on Craigslist ads. People can email me if they are interested in what I have to sell. If they don't have an email, then they are pretty damn useless anyway.

 

[SgtMarshal]

The thing that confused me is that when I searched the number, it came up as being local, even though the area code was wrong.

I figured out that they try to get you to email them because their account was already banned

 

[CrazyGuy03]

Idea is to use a text free number

 

[willie14]

Take your number off the ad and spell out a few of the numbers. Bots cant translate letters to numbers so I weeds out like 90% of the bull**** responses

 

[idrivejunk]

Take your number off the ad and spell out a few of the numbers. Bots cant translate letters to numbers so I weeds out like 90% of the bull**** responses

This. I used CL plenty with zero scammer interference, but always spell out the number and / or email in a sentence buried in the ad text someplace. The thing about scammers showing local numbers is one of the newer tricks, just a caller ID mod. My Dad answers any and every call and tries to have frank discussions, lol. I don't respond to anybody not already in my contacts because if they can't leave a message they for sure ain't a person needing to speak with me.