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Title: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 12 July 2013, 19:20
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Thanks for the swift response. I'm very much interested in your advert and will like you to get back to me on it's condition and final asking price. I will be requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal,so the PayPal charges is on me. Kindly send me your PayPal email address or send me a money request so that i can proceed with the payment asap as am very busy with my United Nations Missionary project and do not have much time around me.

What do you think?
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: Gavv8 on 12 July 2013, 19:24
United nations missionary project?....who's the buyer Nelson Mandela?....total spam.
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: justalex81 on 12 July 2013, 19:25
seems legit...
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 12 July 2013, 19:39
seems legit...
:grin: :grin: really
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: tweed on 12 July 2013, 20:47
What can go wrong?
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 12 July 2013, 21:00
What can go wrong?

I know right!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 12 July 2013, 21:26
What can go wrong?

I know right!  :laugh:
please tell me you have not fell for this  :grin:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: Jimble on 12 July 2013, 21:32
Whens he picking it up? ;D
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: scarr89 on 12 July 2013, 21:37
What can go wrong?

I know right!  :laugh:

Srsly though, what can go wrong if you send him a request via paypal?  :lipsrsealed:

I love how all of the spam emails they have something to do with missionary work or finding that you are owed 67 trillion!  :grin:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 12 July 2013, 22:01
What can go wrong?

I know right!  :laugh:
please tell me you have not fell for this  :grin:

No lol

Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 12 July 2013, 22:06
What can go wrong?

I know right!  :laugh:
please tell me you have not fell for this  :grin:

No lol
dont even reply to things like this  :smiley:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 12 July 2013, 22:08
I haven't dw, he emailed asking if the car was available, I said yes, then he sent this. Lol thort I'd post it hear Insted of replying, 
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: GOLF-MK3-GTI on 12 July 2013, 23:06
Lol, tell him carry on with your United Nations Missionary project.
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 13 July 2013, 00:07
Very odd email but like mentioned,  what can actually go wrong apart from a payment not been sent to you and a sale fallingthrough? It's not like the guy has the keys or even address of you car is it...
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 13 July 2013, 00:18
Very odd email but like mentioned,  what can actually go wrong apart from a payment not been sent to you and a sale fallingthrough? It's not like the guy has the keys or even address of you car is it...
your pay pal account gets raped maybe your bank too  :wink:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 13 July 2013, 00:19
Not mine.   :whistle:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: Granta Gti on 13 July 2013, 08:39
I wouldnt do it. It all comes down to the distance selling act. Basically he can buy it without seeing it but if he says he was misconceived by you on condition or anything he can reject it and PayPal will give him his money back. It's either security by him or a scam he can say to PayPal he has returned the car and how will they now so you could be a car and money down.

The best thing for distance selling is a bank transfer, if he has pay pal he must have a bank account. Ask him for a transfer that way he doesn't have a come back or he can't scam you, the money is in your possession And not in an online account. If he is not willing to do a bank transfer (which is free) I think it's a scam.
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: kodkod.84 on 13 July 2013, 09:16
When I was selling my Audi I was constantly getting emails along the line of

'I'll give you full asking price but I need the car container shipped to Africa for my daughter- payment on delivery'

Yeah right....
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 13 July 2013, 21:14
Got another one today

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Thanks for getting back to me i have check the listing and am okay with it so I'm satisfied with the Price. I really want this to be a surprise for my friend so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him .i have a shipping agent that do pick up for me, they will be the one to pick it up for me after the payment has been made to your account. I will be paying you through PayPal which is a fast, safe and reliable method of payment. .If you don't have a PayPal account just logon to www.paypal.com and setup  your PayPal account, after setting up your PayPal account you locate the  request money button located at the top of your PayPal account home page, use it to request money directly from my PayPal account which is paulwalker190@yahoo.ie once I receive your money request from PayPal, I will submit payment to you immediately via PayPal asap.

Thanks
Paul Walker.
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 13 July 2013, 21:17
Got another one today

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Thanks for getting back to me i have check the listing and am okay with it so I'm satisfied with the Price. I really want this to be a surprise for my friend so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him .i have a shipping agent that do pick up for me, they will be the one to pick it up for me after the payment has been made to your account. I will be paying you through PayPal which is a fast, safe and reliable method of payment. .If you don't have a PayPal account just logon to www.paypal.com and setup  your PayPal account, after setting up your PayPal account you locate the  request money button located at the top of your PayPal account home page, use it to request money directly from my PayPal account which is paulwalker190@yahoo.ie once I receive your money request from PayPal, I will submit payment to you immediately via PayPal asap.

Thanks
Paul Walker.
:grin: :grin: they must think they are on to a winner
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: trog_nfs on 13 July 2013, 22:45
Paul Walker? Have you told him that the floor of a golf doesn't fall out when you use the NOS?


Danger to the Manifold!
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 14 July 2013, 00:20
Ok so I did a bit of googling and found this. The first guy that emailed me the dodgy email was named "larry brown"

This is what I found

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Larry-Brown/internet/Larry-Brown-Collector-Car-and-Parts-Exchange-Reneged-on-sales-agreement-nd-kept-my-deposit-1036075

Coincidence?

Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: murraymint on 14 July 2013, 00:25
And found this for 'Paul walker'

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/597966-car-buying-scam.html


Dw people, alarm bells rang as soon as I saw the emails, just thort I'd post on here, then desided to dig a little deeper, think it would also be good for people to see who are selling up in the future
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: barrym381 on 14 July 2013, 00:30
 :grin: :grin: told you its been going on for way to long now but some ppl do fall for it  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car
Post by: DubFan on 14 July 2013, 01:11
I got several of these scam emails from supposedly different people, all giving different reasons why they couldn't come and view the car ("buying for my daughter, I'm on a navy ship, etc") but would still be willing to pay the full price via paypal.

The first one looked suspicious, so I did a quick google and found several reports of the scam.
After rejecting the first "offer" I still got more emails the same.
I've only got these when advertising on Autotrader.

I would never accept paypal for a car, even if the person was legit.