Was it SBP who posted the London mugging scam?

[eclaires]

My husband just got an email from the realtor who sold us our house saying he and his family had been mugged in London and they needed $2k.

I told him to email them back.

[Deleted]

Hahahahaha, yeah, that was SBP. Let us know what they say to your H's email ;-)

[ttt]

Ha! Along those lines, we're trying to sell some stuff on Craigslist, and we got someone asking if the stuff was still available. When H said yes, we got this reply:

Hi,
How are you doing,hope fine.Your payment have been sent already but i just noticed there is a mix-up in the payment my assistant sent to you.After reconciling my account, I discovered that She sent an over payment to you. The payment meant for another item was sent to you in error. I have been trying to retrieve it but to no avail. I am very worried. Please as soon as you receive the money order, get it deposited at your bank, deduct your payment and send the balance via western union money transfer to me . Please let me know if i can count on you to do this for me.Expecting to hear from you soonest.
Thanks


So H replied with:
Do people really fall for your bullshit scam? Do me a favor and go fuck yourself you stupid asshole!

[redheadbaker]

I got Facebook messaged by a scammer posing as a Facebook acquaintance (not someone I know very well, the real person definitely would not have contacted me if they actually were in trouble) with the London mugging story.

I had a foster dog that I was trying to adopt out and posted her on Craigslist (our shelter does it with all animals in the shelter and in foster care), and I had someone message me saying they had a "elegphant yorkie teacup" that they wanted to sell me from Africa.