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Old 04-24-2014, 04:25 PM
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Question SCAM or not??

Hey guys, I have put for sale my 5th gen Camaro on the internet last Tuesday and this guy contacted me the next day asking a couple of questions about my car, then today thats what I received from him:

Thanks for your response.Im Mr (Alex Mike), I'm ok with the price and condition you gave me and i will be paying through paypal(www.paypal.com).. So i will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and i hope you have a paypal account and if not you can easily create your PayPal account on their website at www.paypal.com and send me your PayPal email for the payment,You do not have to bother yourself about the shipping. I'll instruct a Shipping Co Agent to come for pick up at your door,when i must have pay you and here is my details below to show you that am seriously interested in your Item

Mr Alex Mike
Address:lot 104 woodland terrace,
City: Morgantown
State: West Virginia
Country : USA
Date of Birth:
11-01-1960

So kindly get back to me with your PayPal details like this below

Full Name:
PayPal Email:
Phone Number:
Amount:

As soon as i receive this details from you, i will proceed with the
payment immediately and i have already arrange for a private shipping
agents that will come for the pick up of the item at your house door
step and they will take care of the picking up document including the
full information to pick up the item at your house door step. So I
will need your home address as soon as the payment is made to you..

Thanks


Looks like a scam to me, what do you think? is there a way to scam people this way I mean through paypal that I should be aware of?
Old 04-24-2014, 04:29 PM
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Scam.
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Scam indeed. Tell him you don't have a paypal account but you have a wallet, and it accepts cash in person.
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Scam. Never trust a man with two first names.
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That whole thing says scam all over it. I would send a fake email and other info just to see what they do. Lol
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It reeks of a scam but you could google the address and see what comes up, also ask him for a phone number...
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Google the address and this pops up as the top result

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/vie...hp?f=9&t=64262
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Originally Posted by orion4096
Scam. Never trust a man with two first names.
Old 04-24-2014, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by playtoy
Google the address and this pops up as the top result

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/vie...hp?f=9&t=64262
Gotta love the internet
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big time scam.
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run away!!
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yep big scam when I saw this email, and I sure will not reply to it, how can you be scammed this way money being sent first through paypal and by just giving the paypal address? just wondering, thx.
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Seeing this kind of **** pisses me off. F***ing people need to man up, and earn their money/belongings the right way, like most of us have.
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Scam and sadly this country doesn't care about tracking these people down.
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Scam!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by orion4096
Scam. Never trust a man with two first names.
Unless its Ricky Bobby.

To the OP. Its a scam.
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if you have to ask its a scam
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Originally Posted by danieloneil01
Scam and sadly this country doesn't care about tracking these people down.
Amen Brother.
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I asked for his phone number and here is his response: Thanks for the mail..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. call me here +17603626177
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don't call, I had this same thing happen to me when I was selling my Harley, it was a google number and it charged me $35 just to call, found out later that month when I got my phone bill!


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