Selling car on here, is this a scam?

[phil633]

Sounds fishy to me what do you think ? Thanks.

Im just asking about it to make sure its in good condition as im
buying it for my cousin as a surprise and he doesn't know about it, so
can you assure me i will not be disappointed? also no shipment
involved as i have a mover that will come for it.Im satisfied with
your firm/advert price, As im requesting this transaction should be
done via PayPal so the PayPal charges is on me.Payment will be made
via PayPal only if you don't have an account, its very easy, safe and
secured log on to (www.paypal.com) im present out of town for my new
project, so im sorry i will not be able to come look at it in person
and that's the only reason why PayPal is the only payment option. I
hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible?

[Jamie VTS]

Without a doubt

[Little Toast]

Scam

[phil633]

Thought so thanks.

[vit4]

Scam for sure

[All that jazz]

phil633 said:

Sounds fishy to me what do you think ? Thanks.

Im just asking about it to make sure its in good condition as im
buying it for my cousin as a surprise and he doesn't know about it, so
can you assure me i will not be disappointed? also no shipment
involved as i have a mover that will come for it.Im satisfied with
your firm/advert price, As im requesting this transaction should be
done via PayPal so the PayPal charges is on me.Payment will be made
via PayPal only if you don't have an account, its very easy, safe and
secured log on to (www.paypal.com) im present out of town for my new
project, so im sorry i will not be able to come look at it in person
and that's the only reason why PayPal is the only payment option. I
hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible?

Anything vehicle purchase related that mentions Paypal or WU, hit the spam and delete buttons, regardless of how convincing the story may appear to be.

[Pints]

All that jazz said:

Anything vehicle purchase related that mentions Paypal or WU, hit the spam and delete buttons.

Sound advice.

[BOR]

I think the problem here is that, even assuming the paypal payment was legitimate, you won't have "proof of delivery" so the "buyer" has grounds to claim the payment back from your account.

Presumably it then becomes a civil matter rather than a crime.

[martynr]

All that jazz said:

Anything vehicle purchase related that mentions Paypal or WU, hit the spam and delete buttons, regardless of how convincing the story may appear to be.

As well as Google money???

[All that jazz]

martynr said:

As well as Google money???

Yes. To put it simply, if it ain't a direct bank transfer (BACS/CHAPS/IBAN) or cash then it's probably a scam.