Scammer after my car - Shall we have some fun?!
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Have a car for sale here in Oz up for $4500.
Car listed yesterday afternoon. Within 2 hours get the response 'is the car still for sale?'. Quite brief but hey, you never know. So respond with 'Yes it is, if you are interested feel free to call me tomorrow to discuss it'.
So wake up this morning to this from my hopefully soon to be good friend Racheal Dolphin:
'hi mate, thanks for swift, i will like to offer you $4,700, i am buying this for my Dad as a 50th birthday gift, i am a petroleum engineer and i am on rig right now, i have been trying to reach you but i later discover that our phone is currently scramble due to the problem of service provider please bear with me .I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i dont have access to my bank account online,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 payments,as you dont have a paypal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com.au , i will be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been
sorted,'
I haven't responded to it yet...
Car listed yesterday afternoon. Within 2 hours get the response 'is the car still for sale?'. Quite brief but hey, you never know. So respond with 'Yes it is, if you are interested feel free to call me tomorrow to discuss it'.
So wake up this morning to this from my hopefully soon to be good friend Racheal Dolphin:
'hi mate, thanks for swift, i will like to offer you $4,700, i am buying this for my Dad as a 50th birthday gift, i am a petroleum engineer and i am on rig right now, i have been trying to reach you but i later discover that our phone is currently scramble due to the problem of service provider please bear with me .I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i dont have access to my bank account online,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 payments,as you dont have a paypal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com.au , i will be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been
sorted,'
I haven't responded to it yet...
Why is he offering more than you have asked? I always find it strange that someone would offer more money without even seeing the car.
Sounds like a scam, make sure the money is in your account for 7 days before releasing the car, and be wary of making payments for shipping the car...
Good Luck
Sounds like a scam, make sure the money is in your account for 7 days before releasing the car, and be wary of making payments for shipping the car...
Good Luck
Good suggestions - keep them coming.
I havent responded as yet. Part of me wants to do the Paypal thing, take the cash, close the account then give them the car, but the grief if it goes wrong could be a real pain. The other part is just play silly buggers with email till they get bored.
I havent responded as yet. Part of me wants to do the Paypal thing, take the cash, close the account then give them the car, but the grief if it goes wrong could be a real pain. The other part is just play silly buggers with email till they get bored.
It's all borderline, all except for the $200 extra Aussie dollars on offer. Nobody in the history of the world has ever voluntarily paid more than the asking price for a second hand car. Well, except maybe Chris Evans.
If your time is worth less than $200 over 7 days then maybe you want to play it, but it's not, is it? You'll find a cash buyer soon enough.
Also, girls on oil rigs. Is that allowed?
If your time is worth less than $200 over 7 days then maybe you want to play it, but it's not, is it? You'll find a cash buyer soon enough.
Also, girls on oil rigs. Is that allowed?
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