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| + Pyrus | Jun 15 2013, 08:39 PM Post #1 |
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I'm selling my car and some lady responded through email selling interest in it. I responded to her and then she sent me this:
The things that immediately popped out to me were the restrictions of not being able to call, not being able to personally inspect the vehicle, and the request of Paypal (when I specifically said "cash only" in my ad). The spelling and punctuation is better than most scammers I've encountered, but still. I checked on the tips and policies of Craigslist and I'm thinking this is a scam. http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams What do you guys think? EDIT: The lady's name shows up as "Johnson Kate" in the email, which looks backwards and similar to another scammer I've dealt with in the past. A detective's told me that the guys in charge give these IDs to the actual scammers who can't really read or speak English that well, and that's why they sometimes use the last name before the first name as if that's how it should be. Edited by Pyrus, Jun 15 2013, 08:43 PM.
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| Mourinho | Jun 15 2013, 08:45 PM Post #2 |
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seems pretty legit to me, but then again, it's up to you if you want to risk it or not. |
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| * Kid Buu | Jun 15 2013, 09:47 PM Post #3 |
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This is a scam. Why? Because it's happened to me, over the exact same thing, i was selling my car on Gumtree and i got a e-mail about a person interested in asking for the exact same info you have been asked for, i gave everything and person agreed to take my car. So i handed over my Paypal details and received a sum of £1800 (full amount). A person came to my door to collect the car a week later and i'd handed it over not knowing what was going to happen next. 20mins later after i had given the car, i checked my bank account through online banking and saw the payment had been recalled from Paypal the whole amount £1800 and strangely enough because it was still in the process of transferring according to the Paypal representative, he had the full right to recall the payment, so i ended up with no car and no money long story short but i luckily got it back in the end according to police. My advice to you is do not risk this even if it is legit. It's not worth the time and effort believe me. Just sell it to a person that will come directly to you and collect it, cash in hand. |
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Jun 15 2013, 09:54 PM Post #4 |
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However amount of money there is.. It's car worth. That needs to be settled in person. I don't trust anything like that, especially with a large amount of money involved. If they can pay for it via PayPal, they can pay for it via at your doorstep, cash, if they really want the car bad enough. I suggest you don't do it. I'm not gonna flat out say, SCAM, but I think you'd feel better at the end of the day if you didn't go through with this. |
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| + Pyrus | Jun 15 2013, 10:12 PM Post #5 |
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Yeah, it seems that way. I told her I only accept cash, so we'll see what she says to that. |
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| * Crashbreaka | Jun 16 2013, 12:51 AM Post #6 |
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Seems to have the makings of a scam. Not only does she not want you calling her or want to see the car herself (which doesn't really make too much sense in the first place), but she then responds in the way of a 'leading statement', where she already assumes you've agreed to go through PayPal (which is generally the closing point for me). Sometimes I get weird emails exactly like this that are so obviously a scam But yeah, see what she says about the cash only thing. |
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| Sky | Jun 16 2013, 04:45 AM Post #7 |
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Well, to me, it definitely sounds suspicious.. I mean, I'm rather.. very young and I'm sure I don't understand much of it, but I wouldn't take it.. Especially after reading through these posts.. Though, then again, I overreact.. I stay away from risky things (One exception was made for Dragonball because.. it's Dragonball <3) like this, but again, what do I know about any of this x3... |
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| Copy_Ninja | Jun 16 2013, 05:06 AM Post #8 |
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Best thing to do, no matter how trustworthy or nice someone seems, always deal in cash for when they pick up the car for these things. I'd never deal in any other way. |
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| Goddess Ultimecia | Jun 17 2013, 05:31 PM Post #9 |
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I think the fact that after you said "cash only", and she insists on over paypal should be evidence enough for a scam. It's not worth it. My dad always told me. "Never sell anything on someone else's terms" |
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| + Pyrus | Jun 17 2013, 07:19 PM Post #10 |
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She hasn't responded so I'm sure it was a scam. Thanks for the advice, guys. |
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| Sam | Jun 20 2013, 11:23 PM Post #11 |
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Just the grammar and word usage of the email screams phishing scam. I wouldn't trust this at all. |
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