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Craigslist Buyer Gets Big Discount on Pricey Camera — By Using Counterfeit Cash

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A man selling an expensive camera on Craigslist was able to get the full $2,475 negotiated price, in cash, from a buyer when the two met at Starbucks in downtown Darien. Except that the cash was phony. ______________

Editor’s note:

Beneath this article is a sidebar on the Darien Police Department’s safety tips and a description of its “Internet Purchase Exchange Location,” meant to make it safer to make exchanges for Internet-based sales. It’s got video surveillance. For our editorial on video surveillance at Darien train stations, go to this article and scroll down.