Scams

[twinturboboy]

Hi there you may know I have my other GTB Legacy on Trademe http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/subaru/auction-520201469.htm

I got a txt from a weird person saying; \'\'is your car on trademe still for sale? pls reply me on [email protected] - not knowing it was a scammer i replied to his adress - this is our conversation so far

Me: \'\'Got your txt - yes it is still for sale\'\'

Abolas: \'\'Thanks for your response, I am really interested in the immediate purchase, what\'s your best price you want for it and how neat is the body condition of it?\'\'

Me: \'\'The best I would do is $7500 and the body is in good condition there is two things one slight scrape on back left corner, a tiny dimple on the door otherwise it is in great condition please refer to photos on trademe for better viewing\'\'

Abolas: Hello ,

Thanks for your response.I\'m satisfied with the condition of the merchandise and Agree with the price,I need to let you know that my shipping agent will be coming for the pick up as soon as the payment has been complete and approved by PayPal and the shipping agent will be the ones to help me handle all other necessary details to complete the deal when they get to your home address for the pick up. .so i\'ll be buying the merchandise without seeing it, i\'ll arrange the pick-up of the merchandise with a Private Courier Service as soon as you get your payment and if you don\'t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com, I need you to provide the following details so that i can proceed with the Payment...

Your PayPal e-Mail Address :

Your Full Name:

Your Mobile Number :

Soon as i make the payment and you get the funds, the Courier Service will come and pick up the merchandise at your home at your convenient time also the courier will help me sign the required papers.

Have a nice day.

Me: Hi there thanks for that can I please have your name and number and adress before I do this I just want to be sure of who you are

I checked up online and found that other people have had the same problem so I now know that what he does is get your Paypal details and that instead of depositing money into your paypal account he hacks it and rips you off

If decided to play him along now and see if I can get anything out of this piece of shit of a guy any suggestions on what I should say?

I mean hes got to be thick as shit to think i would give some guy who I dont know where he lives or what his name is, he says is your car still for sale on Trademe well he only contacted me two days after I listed the car so its obvious it is still for sale!!!!

What a effing W***ker

[smithcd]

I\'ve had the exact same thing happen when I sold my wrx..

Take a few ideas from this website, http://www.419baiter.com/games.html

Lead him on, say you rang whatever number he gives you, or you have deposited the money so where is the courier etc, that would work him up

Lot\'s of potential for this lol

[whatchain]

same thing happened to me when selling our skyline. some phucking phaggot overseas pretended to be interested in the car and wanted me to help ship it to the uk. he wants you to pay for the first $1500 while shipping cost is being cleared. even tho the car is worth like $1500 LOL. message to everyone i guess. if anyone txt you asking for paypal purchase like that, just send them a playful little message telling them exactly what you think about their email. thats what i did Lol

[twinturboboy]

hehe - give me some nasty ideas guys

[reaperblitz]

Get IP address, give him police address for pick up lol

[twinturboboy]

Great Idea how do you get the IP adress - remember he could use a public library or change his IP adress

[Joker]

lol IP address only relevant if they are IN NZ : your wasting your time

[twinturboboy]

Yea thats tru - hes probably in india or something - just wish I could do something about this scum, when he sent me a txt it the number is a big long number which is 3688426637 when you call it it just says number is invalid

[subieboy]

He will be Nigerian or Russian

And you are wasting your time, just mark it as SPAM and move on. Been around now for several years

[twinturboboy]

He actually got quite angry and demanded my Paypal details so I told him he was a F*#@n W#*%er and told him where to go basicly - ;D so I dont think he\'ll bother me now ;D

[spuddling aka IMPRZF]

Yeah we had this last week. Thought it sounded a bit weird so googled it and it\'s on their a bit. Defanitly of non English decent as can\'t write properly and leaves out words In a basic sentence etc. I just ignored it

[pedro]

Some common mistakes people make...

Their for there..

Defanitly for definitely..

Decent for descent..

Cheers