A response to a ad on PH classifieds, is this a scam????

[welshsurferdude]

I have had a reply to a land rover defender I am selling on Pistonheads classified and this is it verbatim.

Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least
amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for Dad and
due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come
for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i
have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.As for
the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay
online(PayPal).I have a private courier agent that will come for the
pick up after the payment have been made ...

You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and
also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal
account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com and sign
up its very easy... i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i
work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to
bad weather,that was why but for now we can only communicate through
the same mailing channel.await your reply asap


Doesnt this smack of a nigerian scam?

[Highrisedrifter]

welshsurferdude said:

I have had a reply to a land rover defender I am selling on Pistonheads classified and this is it verbatim.

Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least
amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for Dad and
due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come
for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i
have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.As for
the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay
online(PayPal).I have a private courier agent that will come for the
pick up after the payment have been made ...

You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and
also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal
account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com and sign
up its very easy... i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i
work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to
bad weather,that was why but for now we can only communicate through
the same mailing channel.await your reply asap


Doesnt this smack of a nigerian scam?

Yes! Very much so. Classic scam text.

[Crease]

tell him where to stick it!

[5705]

No - it's entirely genuine.

I'll bet that in the almost 6yrs you've been here, you've definitely never read about such a scam!

[welshsurferdude]

I always thought it was western union and not paypal! I can imagine that the money can be reversed after the cars gone? is that how the scam works?

[AndrewW-G]

welshsurferdude said:

I always thought it was western union and not paypal! I can imagine that the money can be reversed after the cars gone? is that how the scam works?

scammer said:

All I need to do, is to hack into a PayPal account, send a bogus payment for a car, have somebody pick it up . . . . safe in the knowledge that I’ll be long gone, by the time PayPal, have reversed the transaction

[Garlick]

Scam, please avoid. Report it to us too please

[welshsurferdude]

Ill report his email now thanks garlick!

[TankRizzo]

If ever in any doubt even given the appalling spelling, use of Paypal, claims of buying for a relative and using a courier, Google the wording. They nearly always just copy/paste.

Example:

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&...

[Sifly]

''Our phone is down right now''..........

umm, but your internet connection is working perfectly??!!

well thought out!!