Scammers, am I doing this right?

[dome]

Afternoon all. Advertising a car on Gumtree and I receive this response.

Scammer said:

Hello,
Thanks for the quick response, there is no doubt about it, i like the vehicle and ready for the immediate purchase... have actually tried to get this vehicle here earlier from here but most of the ones I got either have one huge mechanical fault or the other and some have even had accidents in the past while some are extremely exorbitant.I am pleased with your price but I want you to get back to me with pictures and all dents on the vehicle if there are any because i am not local. I am presently in Malaysia on business and could not come over to check it out,but no worries as i am willing to handle the pick up of this vehicle through a legitimate shipping agent that has their headquarter situated in Malaysia, it will be picked up after payment,i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the car and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I'd like to know certain things too...

Are you the first owner of the vehicle,
Does the vehicle have any mechanical disabilities presently?
What is your reason for selling it?
I'm sorry, just want to be sure about the sale before i proceed.

Nothing suspicious there, eh? And with a stroke of good fortune I'll be able to deliver the car to them, here's my reply...

Dome said:

Hi there
I can't believe my good fortune-the car will actually not be available for a few weeks as I am using it to take part in a charity fund raising drive to-Malaysia! What are the chances of that? The plan was to drive there and drive back and then sell the cars with all proceeds going to a charity close to my heart, Terminal Nymphomania Research.

This is charity that means a lot to me since my late wife died from a combination of Terminal Nymphomania and an axe wound to the head.

This amazing stroke of good fortune means I would be able to deliver the car to you in person and collect the cash, you would obviously get the full receipt and the chance to get your photo taken for the charity newsletter, Charity United for Nymphomania Terminal reSearch, or S for short. I am very flexible with my travel arangements so let me know where and when in Malaysia suits.

Thanks in advance and I look forward to working with you to raise awareness of S

Brian

Think they'll bite?

[The Riddler]

Good Effort!!

[Thom987]

As soon as they get a reply they'll send another badly worded email, usually ignoring anything you have said.

[FraserLFA]

Haha excellent!

[fwaggie]

Thom987 said:

As soon as they get a reply they'll send another badly worded email, usually ignoring anything you have said.

This.

If you feel inclined, set up a dummy paypal account and play along. Just waste as much if their time as you possibly can.

[Emeye]

[Rickyy]

"Terminal Nymphomania and an axe wound to the head."

[Onzlouk]

Hope you can follow this one, we are selling a car at the minute in a few places, it amused me for a little while today


Hello,viewed your listing and hope it is still up for sale.
>>
>> Thanks


Hi there, yes it is, cheers, Loz



Thanks for the email, do let me know how much you are willing to sellto
>>>> me
>>>> and you need to assure that it is in perfect condition and iwould love
>>>> to
>>>> see more pictures if you have. I will be paying with mypaypal account
>>>> which
>>>> is the safest online payment mode. So please doreply me asap with your
>>>> paypal account or send me a payment requestfrom your paypal account so i
>>>> can
>>>> effect payment to you rightaway. Youcan easily open an account with
>>>> paypal
>>>> if you don't have one atwww.paypal.co.uk. its safe, simple and reliable
>>>> also
>>>> do get back to meso we can arrange for pick up as i will like it to be
>>>> picked by my pickup agent, so no shipping included. I await your reply.
>>>> Hope
>>>> to hearfrom you soon.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
Oh wow, thats fantastic, ill drop to £10k if youre serious as we need to
>>>> get
>>>> rid of it as soon as possible due to us emigrating. The Dodge is in
>>>> perfect
>>>> condition, who will be collecting it?
>>>>
Am really okay with the price and my pickup agent will be doing the
>>> picking up so kindly get back to me with your paypal email address so
>>> that i can effect payment.
>>>
>>> Thanks


Too many fees with Paypal, just send a cheque and your agent can collect
>>> when its cleared?
>>>
>>>
>> I will be responsible for all the paypal charges so kindly forward me
>> your paypal email addres so that i can effect payment mate


>> I got scammed once where the buyer bought the item from me and then did a
>> chargeback through paypal, youre not a scammer are you?

> Am not a scammer and will never be and if i could get hold of a
> scammer i will kill him...so kindly get back to me with your paypal
> email address so that i can effect payment and paypal will lead you
> through after payment as been made.
>
> Thanks
>

Ok, heres my newly registered Paypal address:
>
> [e-mail]
>
> Cheers


Your papa


Your mama

[Bolognese]

I had a laugh with scammers selling my car a few months ago. Its good just to lead them to waste their time. Check out some scam baiting sites for wind-up ideas

[fwaggie]

I set up my paypal account years ago. A while after I set it up they tried to get me to link it to my bank account which I refused. They still nag me every now and then but like hell am I going to.

As far as I'm aware, these long standing PP accounts cannot just pull money from your CC, they can only do that with linked bank accounts. (I haven't authorised the payment so can get the CC company to reverse it from PayPal)

Do they insist all new accounts are bank linked now?

Hmm, it'd be fun if one of these scammers actually had an address in the UK - you could open a bank account in *their* name & address, create a PP account linked to that bank account, let them do their scam and sit back in the knowledge the bank would be after them for the clawed back £10k or whatever.

[gshughes]

I have had many variations on this scam when trying to sell my car recently. How do they work? Do they overpay into the paypal account and then get you to pay the balance to the shipper by some method that can't be reversed (unlike paypal) ?

[redstu]

I've had my car for sale on gumtree for over a month now,and not a single scammer, they must know that alfa owners are not stupid!

[Dids444]

That's brilliant OP

Let us know what you get back!

[tangerine_sedge]

They should spot your wind-up as soon as you said your wife died of terminal nymphomania. As any man knows, women stop wanting sex as soon as they get married....

[dome]

Well sadly no reply from my Malaysian friend, however I did receive this by email last night



i mate have any chance to put im in portugal?
i pay 1000 in portugalMy Email Address: [e-mail]

However his email address won't let me reply so I can't play with him him. Idiots. .

[FraserLFA]

dome said:

Well sadly no reply from my Malaysian friend, however I did receive this by email last night



i mate have any chance to put im in portugal?
i pay 1000 in portugalMy Email Address: [e-mail]

However his email address won't let me reply so I can't play with him him. Idiots. .

That one could be genuine. No scammer uses English that bad.

Out of interest, What car is it?

[rolando]

dome said:

Scammers, am I doing this right?

If you want to confirm your e-mail address to the scammers, yes, you are doing this right... but I agree with you, they are Criminally Useless Nogood Trds and deserve your quality of response