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Exposing a Craigslist Scammer A scammer responded to an ad I had on Craigslist. He sent me a $1650 check for a $100 item, along with a bullshit explanation about sending him the rest back. He sent me several pieces of bogus info which I think the Interwebs would enjoy knowing. I'll bet this guy would love to receive email offering to sell him stuff. It would be ironic if his fake addresses got all kinds of junk mail delivered to them as well, wouldn't it? (I presume they are just private PO boxes.) The email address he used: **khakimi65@gmail.com** The name he used: **Kevin Miller** The first "send the stuff to" address he sent me: RECEIVER'S NAME.....Dorian Roundtree Add.......................141 Washington Street City.......................St. Louis State.....................MO Zip code.................63114 The 2nd "send the stuff to" address he sent me: RECEIVER'S NAME.....Jose Flores Add.......................141 Washington Street City.......................Cloverdale State.....................CA Zip code.................95425 The name on the check he sent me: Wyoming Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, PC 2nd Street Casper, Wyoming 82609 (It turns out there are a lot of Oral Surgeons on 2nd Street in Casper, WY. I guess he did a *little* work.) The bank info on the (fake) Check he sent me: **First Interstate Bank 18006th Ave. N. Billings, MT 59101** The routing number for the bank is completely bogus. It is: **102300129** One of the ways to detect a fake check is by the routing number, which will always start with the digits 092. You can look up legitimate routing numbers at [a lot of places](http://www.gregthatcher.com/Financial/). There was yet *another* fake address on the FedEx envelope he used to deliver the bogus check. (Yes, he actually paid to send me a fake check via FedEx.) He used the name of a real person at a real company. I don't know if her info has been hijacked or she's just an innocent dupe, but I contacted her to let her know.