is this a scam what do you think

smokin ace

first i am sorry if this is posted in the wrong section but i am selling a nokia n97 mini and advertised it on gumtree and i got a reply off a lady asking about asking price even though it was posted on the add any i replied with the asking price and heard nothing for a few days and this evening got a email off the lady again and this is what was in it


hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £330
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is *********@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to
you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.

If you dont have a paypal account just logon to www.paypal.com and set
up 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 ********@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.

Get back asap.
Jennifer Joley .....



is it just me or do i smell a rat

Joley or Foley? Stung.

starbelgrade

smokin ace wrote: »

is it just me or do i smell a rat

I dunno - did you fart?

Westwood

send her a money request its free if she pays bonus if not then who cares?

dlofnep

smell a rat

thetonynator

If you don't pay any money or give any financial details to her or send the phone before getting money then it can't go wrong.

Btw, you prob shouldnt have her email posted up on this page.

Gummy Panda

She could dispute the payment within 45 days and you lose the money.

starbelgrade

Abrasax wrote: »

You should remove the lady's e-mail address.

I've just e-mailed her a link to this page.

smokin ace

Abrasax wrote: »

You should remove the lady's e-mail address.

yes your right the ladies email address is now removed

Killer Pigeon

uber-scam, keep away.

starbelgrade

smokin ace wrote: »

yes your right the ladies email address is now removed

Too late dude!

alwaysadub

330 quid for a 2nd hand n97 mini? :eek:
Sure once she doesn't ask for your details,or you send her the phone before you get the money,you should be alright..see how it goes sure.

Squarewave

smokin ace wrote: »

hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £330
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is *********@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to
you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.

If you dont have a paypal account just logon to www.paypal.com and set
up 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 ********@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.

Get back asap.
Jennifer Joley .....

paypal

Fremen

You can work out someone's location if they send you an e-mail.
This guide should show you how to do it.

You could also try googling the e-mail address. If it has years' worh of stuff associated with it, it might be safe. If it's newly set up, I'd be worried.

STBR

All I had to do was copy and paste the entire 2nd paragaph into Google and I got a link to this page:

http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/

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Andrew says:
Saturday, 12th June 2010 at 12:35am

Hi all i’ve had dealings with this scammer are they having a laugh though?
Hello there,Thank you for the fast reply.I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £230 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select therequest money button located at the top of your paypal accounthomepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account idwhich is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to youvia paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send andreceive money online. If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com andset up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account youlocate the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount home page, use it to request money directly from my paypalaccount which is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com once I receive your moneyrequest from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap. ThanksMrs. Linda Halbert.

As you can see, that's almost the exact same email you were sent.

Apparently the scam is that they send you €0.00 and pretend PayPal is holding the funds until you send the goods to the buyer.

So clearly it's a scam. But sure go for it if you want to, and see if that's what she [or he] says!

EDIT: I've left in the copied email address so you can see they use different names for the same scam, and since it's a scammer I feel no need to protect their email address from bots or spam. But if the mods feel it should be removed please work away.

MagicMarker

Why do you even need to ask ffs!?

smokin ace

MagicMarker wrote: »

Why do you even need to ask ffs!?

why not ask and get the opinion of other people because i am not one of the people that will jump into it with both feet and then when get stung complain and moan about it anyway why not have it out in the open

STBR

smokin ace wrote: »

why not ask and get the opinion of other people because i am not one of the people that will jump into it with both feet and then when get stung complain and moan about it anyway why not have it out in the open

Did you read my post?

smokin ace

SirDarren wrote: »

All I had to do was copy and paste the entire 2nd paragaph into Google and I got a link to this page:

http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/

Scroll down to the comment:
Andrew says:
Saturday, 12th June 2010 at 12:35am


As you can see, that's almost the exact same email you were sent.

Apparently the scam is that they send you €0.00 and pretend PayPal is holding the funds until you send the goods to the buyer.

So clearly it's a scam. But sure go for it if you want to, and see if that's what she [or he] says!

EDIT: I've left in the copied email address so you can see they use different names for the same scam, and since it's a scammer I feel no need to protect their email address from bots or spam. But if the mods feel it should be removed please work away.

thanks for that and yes thats very fishy alright but i am not going to reply or go ahead with the transaction i have googled the second paragraph like you did and wow was there a lot of people saying it was a scam

MagicMarker

smokin ace wrote: »

why not ask and get the opinion of other people

Because it's as clear as day.

smokin ace

and why not put it out there and let people know because there has been many people that has been stung and conned with simpler scams

Gang of Gin

An N97 for 330 quid?

Is this not the scam?

smokin ace

Gang of Gin wrote: »

An N97 for 330 quid?

Is this not the scam?

i was not selling the n97 for 330