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Just wanted to warn people about a car buying scam I have come across.

 

I have my car advertised for sale in a couple of places and yesterday received an email from a person with a googlemail account saying they were interested in buying it. I replied to the email saying I would be happy to answer any questions and suggesting they made me a sensible offer. I then received this email -

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Hi,

Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buying it now as a for birthday

gift for brother in-law. I am at sea at the moment as I am a marine

engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone call making and

visiting of website are restricted but I just have to squeezed out

time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really

want the car to be a surprise package for brother in-law so I wont let

him know anything about the car until it gets delivered to him, I am

sure he will be more than happy with the car. I insisted on PayPal as

my mode of payment because I don't have access to my bank account

online and also, I don't have internet banking, but I can pay from my

PayPal account. I have my bank account attached to my PayPal account,

so I will need you to give me your PayPal email address and your final

price as I am really not good at offering so I can make the payments

asap for the car and please if you don't have a PayPal account yet, it

is very easy to set up, go to paypal.com and get it set up, after

you have set it up I will only need the e-mail address you use for the

registration with PayPal so as to put the money through. I have a pick

up agent that will come and pick the car up after I have made the

payments for the car...

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I got a bit suspicious and googled Car Paypal scam and a raft of info came up about other people receiving similar emails and it being a scam.

 

If you are selling a car please beware if you receive a similar email.

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Scam. If they can't provide the cash when they turn up to collect the car, don't deal.

 

Only an idiot or a scammer would buy a car sight unseen.

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donaldj1965@gmail.com

 

Great. am glad to read from you ,will appreciate more pictures... i am

a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.I am buying this for my son

as a surprise promise Gift so am willing to offer you the amount you

required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don't have

access to my bank account online(i don't 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 payments, and if you don't have a PayPal account

yet, you can set one up at www.paypal.com it cant take you less than

3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay

and also get back to me with your best price on this. I have a pick up

agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted.

 

l will be waiting for your reply asap

 

Regards Donald

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Total fraudster. If you see him report him to paypal.

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Anything you advertise on Gumtree Sheffield (I guess other locations too) attracts similar scam attempts.

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If you fall for that nigerian crap you deserve all you get.Why the op thinks its worth airtime is quite worrying.

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So how does the scam work? Do you just never get the money or are they able to call it back after is shows in your pay pal account?

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Some of you are just so gullible. You'll believe anything. I only deal with Nigerian businessmen. Most trustworthy imho.

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Ive Also Had Somthingf Similar From A GMAIL account. Cheers For The Heads Up

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Try to google the email , see if any one else has posted it on net

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Can't see the problem with Nigerians, myself. Some of my best friends are. I have personally received many millions of pounds, all I had to do was provide my bank details! :hihi:

 

Oh and, I am now enjoying the company of my very own personal petite lap giraffe http://www.petitelapgiraffe.com/about.php I recommend, totally!

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A gift for my girl friend would have been a bit more plausible but brother-in-law?!!

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