Almost got scammed - or still will? help!

[RaRa]

I posted an item on craigslist and a out of state buyer was setting up a fedex delivery for tomorrow and I got an email supposedly from the post office confirming that I would be getting a money order. Ok, I now know that's all not going to happen. My worry? Well, the fedex shipping invoice and label that I'm supposed to print out has an ultimate destination of Nigeria. This guy has my home address, yahoo email and home phone. Do I need to worry about identity theft and the like now?

[Samurai_Writer]

1. YES and NO

Stop all correspondence with this guy and report him to craigslist. Stop the transaction immediately. However, he can't really steal your identity if all he has his your home address. He would need a credit card number, social security number, or bank account number.

[RaRa]

3. Thanks

that's what I'm most worried about - identity theft.

[ET Awful]

2. Don't send jack. The money order may arrive, but it will almost without

a doubt be a forgery. The scam is to get you to send merchandise once you receive a money order. You deposit the money order in your account at your bank and due to banking regulations, funds are made available in a few days. Then, two weeks later, the bank elsewhere on which the money order is drawn denies payment because it's a forgery. Your bank reverses the deposit and you're liable for any fees, etc. that may be associated with any checks, etc. that might boucne as a result.

It's an old scam.

[RaRa]

4. I see, but

I don't see how this guy really benefits. He was going to pay shipping (fedex) for a TREADMILL. I feel like he's trying to get something else. But, I guess not.

[ET Awful]

6. That's the point, he wanted you to receive and deposit the fake

money order. Then after you'd already shipped the product, you find out that it's a forged money order.

He was trying to get the treadmill which he could then resell for any amount of money (anything would be a profit after giveing you a fake money order).

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Inform FedEx, too