This a scam

Roger Hassenforder

Friend (seriously!) is selling a child buggy on done deal.
Offer came in from abroad looking to do business by PayPal and they will arrange a courier to pick up.

Legit?

Tom Mann Centuria

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Friend (seriously!) is selling a child buggy on done deal.
Offer came in from abroad looking to do business by PayPal and they will arrange a courier to pick up.

Legit?

Shenanigans

stimpson

Oldest trick in the book.

stimpson

Here's more info

http://www.antifraudnews.com/paypal-scams/

Setup a new gmail account and have some fun with them.

1874

Completely above board,
I just require your credit card details, date of birth and any other personal details to confirm all this

Cee-Jay-Cee

I string them along. I'm about 8 emails into a deal to sell my car (which I have inadvertently forgotten to mention is already sold) to a man who is currently on business in Spain but wants to buy my irish registered 2005 car for his wife in London. It's all going well so far and he's going to send me the bank draft tomorrow (to my work
Address) and I'm giving him bucket loads of info on the car even though he hasn't actually asked one single question about it yet but being a very busy business man he most likely forgot.

I'm expecting the money order to be more than the amount I was looking for and he'll want me to wire the over payment by western union but I will refuse and insist on giving it to his agent who is supposed to collect the car. That drives them mad especially when you tell them the money order has cleared and send them a photo of a wad of cash. It's very very entertaining. The last time it happened I was threatened that the governor of my country was a personal friend of theirs and would deal with me and that I'd also be reported to the FBI.

mackeire

The way these scams work is they pay you through PayPal.
They organise collection.
But because you have no proof of delivery, they then complain to PayPal and get the money back.
If you organised the delivery, you might actually get the sale!
But in fairness, why would anyone in a foreign country want to buy something that they can get in a shop near their home for a lot less hassle.

MilesMorales1

No its scamming.

wandatowell

I'd one of these scams tried on me years ago when I was selling my '99 Opel Astra. Fella wanted to ship it to Canada :D:D

idunno78

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I string them along. I'm about 8 emails into a deal to sell my car (which I have inadvertently forgotten to mention is already sold) to a man who is currently on business in Spain but wants to buy my irish registered 2005 car for his wife in London. It's all going well so far and he's going to send me the bank draft tomorrow (to my work
Address) and I'm giving him bucket loads of info on the car even though he hasn't actually asked one single question about it yet but being a very busy business man he most likely forgot.

I'm expecting the money order to be more than the amount I was looking for and he'll want me to wire the over payment by western union but I will refuse and insist on giving it to his agent who is supposed to collect the car. That drives them mad especially when you tell them the money order has cleared and send them a photo of a wad of cash. It's very very entertaining. The last time it happened I was threatened that the governor of my country was a personal friend of theirs and would deal with me and that I'd also be reported to the FBI.

Brilliant! Let us know how it turns out!!

idunno78

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I string them along. I'm about 8 emails into a deal to sell my car (which I have inadvertently forgotten to mention is already sold) to a man who is currently on business in Spain but wants to buy my irish registered 2005 car for his wife in London. It's all going well so far and he's going to send me the bank draft tomorrow (to my work
Address) and I'm giving him bucket loads of info on the car even though he hasn't actually asked one single question about it yet but being a very busy business man he most likely forgot.

I'm expecting the money order to be more than the amount I was looking for and he'll want me to wire the over payment by western union but I will refuse and insist on giving it to his agent who is supposed to collect the car. That drives them mad especially when you tell them the money order has cleared and send them a photo of a wad of cash. It's very very entertaining. The last time it happened I was threatened that the governor of my country was a personal friend of theirs and would deal with me and that I'd also be reported to the FBI.

Brilliant! Let us know how it turns out!!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Well the cheque arrived and as I suspected, its for €1350 more than I was asking for the car. Apparently he was going to buy a different car and the deal fell through just as he wrote the amount but not the payee and he was able to put my name on the cheque which is just so damn lucky for me! He wants me to lodge the cheque and let him know as soon as it clears. I told him I haven't managed to get to the bank just yet as I have three cows ready to calf and I cant leave them for very long but hope to get to the bank on Monday or Tuesday next.

Its written on an AIB cheque (which a friend of mine who works for AIB has taken and passed on to their fraud dept) She said its a genuine cheque but has been tampered with but couldn't give me any more details other than that)

I am stringing him along telling him how I have cleaned the car and sending him photos of the interior all spick and span, he hasn't twigged that I have so far sent him pictures of three different car interiors but I suspect that he is so impressed with the cleanliness that he simply didn't notice the completely different instrument dashes on two of the pictures. I have also sent him pictures of the inside of the boot all clean and tidy. I also sent him details including dates of every service and what was done during the service. I have asked him loads of questions about his wife and asked if she had any sisters as I was looking for a wife.

Tomorrow I am going to send him loads of photos of the engine bay and the underside of the car including the wheels and tyres. He is going to be sooooooo impressed with how clean the car is.

GerB40

Fúckin marvellous stuff...

Noddyholder

Push him on the pictures of his wife's sisters...

Capt'n Midnight

you'll need to verify the identity of whoever's picking up the car

can't be too careful

better get a photo of them holding up a sign

KungPao

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

you'll need to verify the identity of whoever's picking up the car

can't be too careful

better get a photo of them holding up a sign

Or the more traditional shoe on head.

You're a scam

The_Valeyard

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Tomorrow I am going to send him loads of photos of the engine bay and the underside of the car including the wheels and tyres. He is going to be sooooooo impressed with how clean the car is.

Send him a picture of the inside of a jet engine. See if he figures it out.

COH

Send him a picture of a toy car - tell him you wanted to make sure it was spotless but that you accidentally washed it at 60 degrees instead of 40 and that it shrunk and if he still wants it you could probably post it to him for an extra few quid

Squeeonline

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Send him a picture of the inside of a jet engine. See if he figures it out.

Or the inside of a Vayron or Tesla, a little more subtle maybe. Just to see if he twigs.

DubDJ

Let him know you noticed a small dent on the car, but that you seemed to sort it out with a few taps of a hammer.

KKkitty

DubDJ wrote: »

Let him know you noticed a small dent on the car, but that you seemed to sort it out with a few taps of a hammer.

And then send him the photo of the car in Father Ted

20silkcut

There is some classic scam baiting on this site here http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

From the 00's when the Nigerian prince scam was all the rage.

Some guys really went deep and got the scammers to carve Commodore 64 keyboards out of wood and transcribe the London A-z in full colour for them

Samsgirl

One of the funniest

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056779897/1/#post81228641

Capt'n Midnight

Bait the hook, wait for the bite and reel them in.

http://www.419eater.com/html/cyril_ifey.htm

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