Only put my Alfa GT up for sale and already have what I presume is a fraud email...

murphyebass

Only put my Alfa GT up for sale and already have what I presume is a fraud email...

Just want to get your thoughts on it. Just want to confirm my suspicions.

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Name: clara

Phone No:

Email Address : claramorgan256@rocketmail.com

Ref/URL: http://www.carzone.ie/search/Alfa-Romeo/GT/1.9-SPOR/201136204281465/advert?channel=CARS

Comments: I would like to enquire about the 2004 Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 SPORTIVO 3DR

Powered by www.carzone.ie

Sender IP: / 172.17.10.254

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I then wrote back asking what exactly did she want to enquire about and would she like to view the car

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Clara Morgan to me
show details 7:48 PM (43 minutes ago)

Thanks for getting back to me,i want to ask you some questions about this item,1)Why are you selling the item?2)What's the present condition of the item,3)Are you the first owner,4?Am currently offshore as am an oceanographer,and am buying it for my son as a birthday gift,so i will be paying you through paypal as i can only send money out from here through paypal i could have send you the money through Western union but am not with ma card here and i only have access to my paypal account which is attach to my bank account,i have a pickup agent that will be coming for the pickup as soon as the payment has been send for it,so kindly send me a picture of it and also your paypal email address to send you the money now,And also send me your home address and also your phone number so i can have it forward to my pick up agent which is coming for the pickup as soon as the payment has been confirmed..I await your fast response..



Clara

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I wrote back saying I'd need to meet in person and need cash or bank draft confirmed as genuine by a bank.

No reply yet. :rolleyes:

Thankfully have had a few interested but I reckon I can forget about this one eh.

-Corkie-

Send them all your bank details immediatley...:pac:

Reager

Sounds like a scam - I had the same type of email - oceanographer, birthday present, pickup agent, western union for something I was selling on buyandsell.ie about a year ago......

-Corkie-

I tried to trace the IP address but its coming up as unknown or private..

murphyebass

Ok thats that then so. I suspected as much.

El Guapo!

Yeah its a fairly well known scam.
Who actually falls for these things? Surely the scammers can come up with something more believable!

nursextreme

Its a well known scam - just google "Oceanographer Scam"

Wile E. Coyote

-Corkie- wrote: »

Send them all your bank details immediatley...:pac:

And while your at it you can pm them to me as well

nursextreme

Email her back and tell her your other car is Amphibious if she's interested :pac:

bazz26

Not another one of these scams.

PeterB11

B*stards.. who actually falls for these.. How do they actually think they would get money out of this?? Do they ask for bank details credit card details or something??

ottostreet

-Corkie- wrote: »

I tried to trace the IP address but its coming up as unknown or private..

You backtraced it? oooohhhh dangerous

Paparazzo

PeterB11 wrote: »

B*stards.. who actually falls for these.. How do they actually think they would get money out of this?? Do they ask for bank details credit card details or something??

Listen to Joe Duffy. Plenty of people fall for them. Some of them are even worse than the op's one.