The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of a local citizen being ripped off for $3,600 dollars by a scam artist posting on Craigslist.

The scammer offered for sale a utility ATV and the local resident believed they were buying from a person in Carroll County, Missouri. After all the email communication the buyer wired $3,600 dollars to the seller.

Now they’ve learned the posting was from a scammer and the person claiming to be from Carrollton was actually in the United Kingdom.

Sheriff Cox warns that with this type of crime there is very little chance of recovering any money for the victim. Cox says this serves as a classic example for people to be extremely cautious when doing business online. These criminals have evolved over the years to use all kinds of trickery to make their ploy to appear legitimate and safe.