Scam or not.
#12
With all the scammers out there I think if I ever do sell something big on RJ I'm just gonna let one of you guys sell it for me. I'm supprised you don't hear of a killing on the news every now and then about internet fraud.
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 414
Re: Scam or not.
Originally Posted by fla1976
Need some input. Is PayPal a safe method to sell on Craigs List? Here is the email I received.
Hi thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.
i am buying this for my personal use 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 payment, 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. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap.
plz include your final price for the listing
i am buying this for my personal use 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 payment, 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. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap.
plz include your final price for the listing
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Chelsea Oklahoma
Posts: 556
{ it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, } it really takes 1 to 2 days,, pay pal deposits a very small amout in your acct, and you have to reply to them, and tell pay pal how much the deposit was,,that way pay pal know you are using a valid e mail acct, and that u are the user of that pay pal acct,
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 414
Not only is this a scam to get your item, but its a scam to get your identity. Im guessing the link would redirect to a site that looks like Paypal, but in the URl would be a different site. You would then proceed to fill in all of your personal information, which I hope you did not do already,cause that would be bad :shock:
#16
I got this today, the wording is almost identical!
Thanks For Getting back to me ..I am buying this item for my son as a
Birthday Gift and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer
and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of
website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert
and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise
for my son so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets
delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with 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 I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up
after i have made the payment.
Thanks
:lol:
Thanks For Getting back to me ..I am buying this item for my son as a
Birthday Gift and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer
and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of
website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert
and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise
for my son so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets
delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with 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 I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up
after i have made the payment.
Thanks
:lol:
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