what kind of scam is this?

[vqdriver]

found a fishy cheap CL listing that wanted phone calls or texts (but no email) and searched for their address and came up with all this.
stolen bikes? do they hit you over the head and take your cash?


http://losangeles.craigslist.org/search/bia?catAbb=bia&query=1730+w+jefferson+blvd&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=&maxAsk=

[wc1934]

···!

[nighthawk]

The phone numbers in the ads are for this place, which has an address next door to the one listed in the ads:

http://www.doucetteprinting.net/contactus.htm

I'd be suspicious... but strange that a legit business would use their phone number in an ad selling possibly stolen bikes.

Go check it out. hehe.

[blessthismess]

Looks like someone with a lot of stolen bikes who is getting impatient/greedy and listing them all at once

[bloody sunday]

It sounds and looks like a scam to me. I recognize some of those CAAD's from Ebay listings when I was shopping for my CAAD 10. They're just making ads with stolen pictures, phishing for contact info.

[donevwil]

It sounds and looks like a scam to me. I recognize some of those CAAD's from Ebay listings when I was shopping for my CAAD 10. They're just making ads with stolen pictures, phishing for contact info.

Yup, no two pictures use the same, or even similar for that matter, backdrop.

[bloody sunday]

Yup, no two pictures use the same, or even similar for that matter, backdrop.

that, too.

[eippo1]

Also hilarious that the Allez with the Tiagra is only $40 cheaper than the Tarmac SL2 with Super Record.

[josephr]

Also hilarious that the Allez with the Tiagra is only $40 cheaper than the Tarmac SL2 with Super Record.

whats funny about that??? sounds right on target! :eek:

scammers phishing for idiots to send cash....
Joe

[cmg]

call them and see if they have the stolen Gaulzetti and custom Hampsten that was reported earlier.

[Saint Vitus]

Ad states you can visit the place through the back, Google Maps indicates that as well. Could be legit in the sense that you can purchase a bike, but are they clean?

Pass this on to the appropriate authorities maybe?