Carzone.ie Scammers

BrookieD

Hi All,
I placed a ad on carzone.ie selling my alfa romeo mito and just got a text from someone called janicefaye with a address of [email]ja***12@o**look.com[/email] looking for me to email more information.

Seems like a scam to me as i read something along the same lines a few months back. just a heads up in case any one else gets it.

Cheers
Darren

Supergurrier

Maybe they just want you to email more info if something wasn't mentioned in advert.

I had a similar situation when buying sent email/text/calls yo a guy selling s grey St who didn't reply and number was out of use.

Bad advert 1/2 vague pictures and very little info/no reg etc

rocky

You can't say at this early stage it's a scam. Was the requested info in the ad already?

biko

What info did they want you to email?
Just because someone asks for more info doesn't make them a scammer.

I've obfuscated the mail in case it a real buyer that just want info.

BrookieD

hi guys,
Just to expand on this i had replied to the email and this is the return i got as expected.

Fine,I will offer you 8000 just to close the deal and not selling to other buyer.?Any outstanding on it?Hope its still in good condition?However, I will not be able to come for inspection, all i need is your word of sincerity that the car is in good condition as described online please let me know if you accept my offer ?Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up and deliver it to my place after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.Can you please send me some more photos? How about the Paperwork?

Await your reply.

Other sellers please be aware.....

Nino Brown

BrookieD wrote: »

hi guys,
Just to expand on this i had replied to the email and this is the return i got as expected.

Other sellers please be aware.....

That does seem very odd, and they're probably not legit. But what's the scam? I don't get it. They can't do anything with your paypal address except give you money.

gallag

Send a fake receipt for PayPal, they will include extra for shipping and ask you to go to a fake website and pay the shipping.

thecomedian

It's the usual scam.

Nino Brown

gallag wrote: »

Send a fake receipt for PayPal, they will include extra for shipping and ask you to go to a fake website and pay the shipping.

What receipt for paypal?, money transferred to a paypal account goes straight into the account, you don't get a receipt?

PauloMN

Haha, same Janice is interested in the car I was selling. Ignore it.

djPSB

PauloMN wrote: »

Haha, same Janice is interested in the car I was selling. Ignore it.

I bet it's Janice Battersby the b1tch. :P

dr.fuzzenstein

The wording alone is a dead giveaway.

rovoagho

How can /anyone/ not be aware of this scam at this stage?

dr.fuzzenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCYUxDyl0Gc

Nino Brown

How does this scam work? Anybody?

Are they just hoping won;t check their paypal balance?

Samsgirl

I have my car on Done Deal and got a text from 19145956503 asking to reply by email to Chris.david43@gmail.com. I googled the email address & it just confirmed my suspicion. Scammer!! V annoyed that they have my mobile number now. I expect to win the Nigerian Lottery / Coca Cola lottery v soon now.

efc67

Samsgirl wrote: »

I have my car on Done Deal and got a text from 19145956503 asking to reply by email to Chris.david43@gmail.com. I googled the email address & it just confirmed my suspicion. Scammer!! V annoyed that they have my mobile number now. I expect to win the Nigerian Lottery / Coca Cola lottery v soon now.

Sorry to dent your hopes about winning the Nigerian lottery, but you are out of luck, as i had a email today informing me i won it

bigboss1986

Samsgirl wrote: »

I have my car on Done Deal and got a text from 19145956503 asking to reply by email to Chris.david43@gmail.com. I googled the email address & it just confirmed my suspicion. Scammer!! V annoyed that they have my mobile number now. I expect to win the Nigerian Lottery / Coca Cola lottery v soon now.

Next time pick up free Tesco Mobile or Lyca Mobile sim card and u will be sorted.Last time I used my private mobile on DD 2 years ago and amount of scam and stupid texts was unreal.

lway

Nino Brown wrote: »

How does this scam work? Anybody?

Are they just hoping won;t check their paypal balance?

From Yahoo Answers, describes it better than I could:

"There are plenty of scams using Paypal's name
1 - they send you an email saying money has been sent but due to new security measures it will not be credited until you send the tracking info. So you send the item, email the tracking info, then check Paypal and there is NO money in your account. You call Paypal who tells you they never emailed you, there was no transaction and they NEVER ask for tracking info before crediting your account
2 - they send you money from a hacked Paypal account, you ship the item, then the real account holder discovers the theft, reports it to Paypal and the money is refunded from your account
3 - they send you a fake Paypal email saying money has been sent but you have to click on a link to verify the transaction - which leads you to a fake but real looking Paypal log-in page that you log into -- and you just got your account hacked
4 - they send you money from a real Paypal account, ask you to ship to a certain address, then file a chargeback. If you did not check with Paypal that the address they gave you was the "verified" address and you sent anywhere but the verified address, they claim they never received the item and Paypal refunds them. It doesn't matter if you have proof it was delivered to the other address along with an email from the buyer telling you to ship to that address. If you ship anywhere but the verified Paypal mailing address, you have NO protection and Paypal will always side with the buyer "

corktina

Nino Brown wrote: »

What receipt for paypal?, money transferred to a paypal account goes straight into the account, you don't get a receipt?

that's the scam...it's a fake message saying non-existant money is in your account. They will have sent too much and ask for a refund of the balance. They hope you wont check

ewj1978

Just had Mr Chris.David text me. Ditto on the scammers.
Also had a Kim "Hi, Ms Kim. Will like to know if your Motor on Donedeal is still for sale? If Yes! Reply her back to ( lovendcare789@gmail.com) Thanks"
Who's now just emailed saying she's a marine engineer at sea and will buy my 20k car without ever seeing it.
Sheesh.

traco

I have mine up and got an email. English was OK, not perfect so emailed on some more info even though it was all in the add. Two emails later he's buying the car, wants to collect on Friday and wants and emailed copy of the logbook.

I replied asked him how he was paying and to send his number to call him. An hour later I get a call from a UK number and he's requesting the log book to verify I am the owner of the car as he needed to check with the Gardai.

Told him to do the checks on cartell etc, logbook was here in my name, be delighted to drive to local cop shop with him and log book, then bank to lodge money then back to cop shop if it he still needed reassurance. He got snotty so told him I wasn't interested.

Any idea what this is? Seems really odd to me but maybe I'm missing so something??

ironclaw

traco wrote: »

Any idea what this is? Seems really odd to me but maybe I'm missing so something??

Its just a scam. Nothing more. Anyone with an iota of sense would know the Gardai can't do anything with the log book anyway, so its not a genuine query on their behalf. But with a scan of a log book its far easier to produce a forgery as you can match details, VIN's etc. Makes it more legit to an unsuspecting buyer or cursory look over.

traco

ironclaw wrote: »

Its just a scam. Nothing more. Anyone with an iota of sense would know the Gardai can't do anything with the log book anyway, so its not a genuine query on their behalf. But with a scan of a log book its far easier to produce a forgery as you can match details, VIN's etc. Makes it more legit to an unsuspecting buyer or cursory look over.

Thats what I suspected, particularly since the crackdown on the Gardai using pulse to get info etc without a vaild reason.

CatFromHue

ewj1978 wrote: »

Just had Mr Chris.David text me. Ditto on the scammers.
Also had a Kim "Hi, Ms Kim. Will like to know if your Motor on Donedeal is still for sale? If Yes! Reply her back to ( lovendcare789@gmail.com) Thanks"
Who's now just emailed saying she's a marine engineer at sea and will buy my 20k car without ever seeing it.
Sheesh.

These Marine Engineers buy alot of stuff when they're out at sea. It's a popular one for bikes too.

ewj1978

They logbook one is basically so as to clone the vehicle and flog on a nicked motor with fake plates.. clever buggers arent they.