Crime & Safety
Potential Craigslist Scam Averted
Brookfield woman called police when potential Craigslist buyer asked her to send extra money via Western Union to a Mississippi address.
A Brookfield woman called police about a potential Craigslist scam when a prospective buyer asked her to forward extra payment to another address via Western Union, reports say.
The Brookfield woman said she was selling a Craftsman pressure washer for $400 on Craigslist when she received an offer to purchase from a man named "John Thomas," according to a police report.
She received a $2,300 check in her mail on Friday, with instructions to send the remaining $1,900 to an address in Mississippi via Western Union, the report says.
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The woman did not cash the check, forward any money or mail her pressure washer to the prospective buyer.
The complaint was at least the third Brookfield police have taken about Craigslist in the last month. Also from Patch's Brookfield police blotter were these stories:
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