Everything about this says SCAM
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Advertised a vehicle (in fact 2, one car, one bike) and got an SMS from a name, that I couldn't reply to (invalid recipient entered)i.e. no phone number, but with an email asking for photos and bottom price.
I replied saying that ALL of the info he needed was in the advert. Below is his reply.
"Thanks for getting back to me and i appreciate your prompt reply..I am
presently out of town now.. I am buying this for my son as a surprise
gift. However,does it
have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling if you
don't mind my asking and I will really appreciate if you can email
more info and if possible more photos. I can only pay through paypal
at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i dont
have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my paypal
account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will
need is your paypal email address to make the payment, and if you dont
have a paypal account yet, you can set one it cant take you less than
3mins to do that, i will be expecting your paypal email so l can pay
and your phone number. I have a pick up agent that will come for the
pick up after payment has been sorted, l will be waiting for your
reply asap."
Everything about that says SCAM to me, and I've sent him a response saying no, I'll not be taking paypal, or having someone collect the "vehicle".
I replied saying that ALL of the info he needed was in the advert. Below is his reply.
"Thanks for getting back to me and i appreciate your prompt reply..I am
presently out of town now.. I am buying this for my son as a surprise
gift. However,does it
have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling if you
don't mind my asking and I will really appreciate if you can email
more info and if possible more photos. I can only pay through paypal
at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i dont
have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my paypal
account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will
need is your paypal email address to make the payment, and if you dont
have a paypal account yet, you can set one it cant take you less than
3mins to do that, i will be expecting your paypal email so l can pay
and your phone number. I have a pick up agent that will come for the
pick up after payment has been sorted, l will be waiting for your
reply asap."
Everything about that says SCAM to me, and I've sent him a response saying no, I'll not be taking paypal, or having someone collect the "vehicle".
Say you are also presently out of town now and you should meet!
Ask him where he is? You won't get a reply.
If you do, no matter where they say they are, you say "Cool, me too, I'm also an oceanographer! What ship are you on? Let's meet in port and do the paperwork!"
My scammer just kept avoiding the question and asking the same questions.
I eventually told him I was sad to see such a lack of effort in a scam and that I'd hoped I was worth more.
I finally suggested that maybe he should not take on so many cases if he doesn't have the time to dedicate to each one.
Ask him where he is? You won't get a reply.
If you do, no matter where they say they are, you say "Cool, me too, I'm also an oceanographer! What ship are you on? Let's meet in port and do the paperwork!"
My scammer just kept avoiding the question and asking the same questions.
I eventually told him I was sad to see such a lack of effort in a scam and that I'd hoped I was worth more.
I finally suggested that maybe he should not take on so many cases if he doesn't have the time to dedicate to each one.
Edited by Matt UK on Sunday 1st March 20:10
Tell him to send you £1,000 deposit using PayPal so that you can transfer it to the escrow company you are using. Then when the funds arrived tell him the funds have been seized by the Metropolitan Polis of Londinium (Nigeria Branch).
His PayPal will be from a stolen/compromised/cloned card which will recall the funds.
His PayPal will be from a stolen/compromised/cloned card which will recall the funds.
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