Selling my car.. Possible dodgy buyer

[Gazzas86]

Gents,
just recieved this email regarding my car for sale, does this sound dodgy, or.... have i nothing to lose, as all hes after is my paypal address???

Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy it now for my son and i am not in town at the moment as i am a Military been in camp in for some time and due to the nature of my work, It hard to make a phone calls and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I insisted on PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address and the price so i can make the payments
asap for it and please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com 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 have a pick up agent that will come and pick i after i have made the payments.I hope to read back from you soon


cheers

[GKP]

Scam. Just delete it and ignore any further contact.

[oldcynic]

Definite scam.

Buyer will send cost of pickup agent to your paypal account as well so you can pay to have your car stolen. Transaction will be found to be fraudulant after car is gone and entire transaction will be revoked.

[funkyrobot]

Sounds genuine to me.

[mrmr96]

oldcynic said:

Definite scam.

Buyer will send cost of pickup agent to your paypal account as well so you can pay to have your car stolen. Transaction will be found to be fraudulant after car is gone and entire transaction will be revoked.

Yup.

The paypal account will be hacked somehow (using someone elses account/password or their card or something) so that the money will be taken back off you once you've released the car.

As the poster above points out this can get even worse when the send you "extra" money which you are supposed to send onwards to their "shipping agent" (i.e. friend). So not only do you lose your car, you're also left out of pocket by the value you've paid to the 'agent' also.

As suggested the correct course of action is no further correspondance.

[paddyhasneeds]

Oh come on! Seriously, sorry but do you really have to ask?

[*Al*]

Oh dear, is that obviously not a scam?