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08-21-2011, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Detroit MI
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this has got to be a paypal scam...
Got this email today after I replied to an email saying this person was interested in an engine i am selling.. after seeing that he has already used 3 different email addresses , I think
I will pass. Thanks for the prompt response to my mail, I am a Marine Engineer, I am at sea right now. I am buying this for my personal use so am willing to offer you the amount you required.(I don't have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay, All i will need is your PayPal email address so that i can expedite the payment asap, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at www.PayPal.com it can't take you less than 3mins to do that, I will be expecting your PayPal email so l can expedite the payment at once. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap. please include your final price for the listing. Best Wishes Mark. Seems like paypal will refund money for any reason at all so I think this one is a no go .... |
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08-21-2011, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Big Spring Tx
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
I use paypal a lot. As soon as the money hits my account I transfer it to a bank account I setup for just paypal. In fact just finished a mustang from the ground up bought everything off of ebay using paypal.
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08-21-2011, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Doodah Kansas
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
DO NOT SEND HIM YOUR PAYPAL ADDRESS
this is a scam, they have you send your email address, they send you a payment email with a link, when you click the link it is a fake site that looks just like a paypal login page. They will now have your paypal password and will start sending themselves money. Its a scam. For goodness sake google any part of that paragraph.
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08-21-2011, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Detroit MI
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
Yeah , it's not my first day getting emails like this one ... It was a big REDFLAG when he didnt want to talk me down or see it .I have a friend that was dating a girl that did one of the scams where you send money in response to getting a money order for thousands of dollars......... she did time in jail for it cause she could not pay the bank for the money she lost..
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08-21-2011, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Gordon, GA
Posts: 723
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
It's a SCAM. They're usually very vague in their description & pricing. Like "the item" and "the amount listed" .. etc. Got a few of those when I was selling my '82 Jeep.
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08-21-2011, 11:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Big Spring Tx
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
Sorry guess I misunderstood thought they were buying something from you.
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08-22-2011, 11:14 AM
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the pollock
Join Date: May 2008
Location: abilene, texas
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
total scam bro
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08-22-2011, 11:17 AM
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I am a Referee of life.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Greensboro N.C.
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
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08-22-2011, 05:04 PM
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20' Daredevil (Ret)
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Jefferson State
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
Sounds awfully similar to the ones in this recent thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=478954
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08-22-2011, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: kannapolis, nc
Posts: 528
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Re: this has got to be a paypal scam...
I have gotten that same email. I never even replied back
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