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Hey Everybody!
In an effort to make things easier to find and research, I'm going to consolidate as many threads as possible where we have examples of people trying to defraud hard working sellers (Craigslist emails, 'PayPal' emails asking you to send money outside of PayPal, etc). This will also be used as a master thread for future posts regarding this same situation.
When you post your examples here, please remember to not include last names or contact information of whoever is sending these emails. There's no way to confirm if that person has been defrauded as well and the name is being used fraudulently.
Thanks for your cooperation and remember, keep the conversation productive, on task, and above all, keep it clean. I know these things can be difficult and frustrating, but bleep filled posts or posts that look like government redacted files will never benefit anyone. 😄
Andy
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I almost fell for this! But something in my GUT said "don't do it"! I called PayPal, got a real person and they told me it is a SCAM! I then found this thread and to my surprise, the e-mail I received has the same name as the one your referencing!
Here is the e-mail I received - BEWARE!!!
Dear David xxxz,
You have an Instant Payment of $250.00 USD from mark xxxxx. Please note that it may take a little while for this Transaction to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview.
Note from merchant: i have just sent you the payment for the Goods the postage to my cousin,please quickly post it out to my cousin and let me know the tracking number |
Payment Details
Purchased From :David xxxxx |
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Transaction ID : 3W492637HE3368307 |
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Shipping & Handling via USPS Express Delivery to 23401: |
$90.00 USD |
Shipping Insurance (offered): |
$10.00 USD |
Total |
$250.00 USD |
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Important Note: This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has
been "APPROVED"but will not be credited to your account until the shipment reference/tracking
number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.
Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited.
Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail xxxx and our customer care service will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Once item has been shipped and the tracking number sent to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" from PayPal® Team informing you that the Fund has been credited
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Copyright © 2012 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.\ PayPal Email ID PP1557
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Okay, I have the exact same situation. Fortunately I didn't send item yet (got tracking # from local PO and sent to buyer) and now waiting to see if funds will be released to me ($400). I am VERY tempted to just cancel the transaction (how do I do that?) and relist my item (iPhone) on ebay. First time on CL and very uncomfortable w/this transaction. Please help.
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hello! very important... go with your gut,if you feel it is not right dont do it. do not ever send $$ to a buyer,wire transfers or any thing like that.. good luck. jeff
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I have had contact from someone interested in an item I am selling. Their last email, however, has raised my suspicians. Here's what he said:
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I received a very similar sounding e-mail in reply to an item I'm selling on Craigs List....can you share the buyer's fist name? It is rather unique... I'm not comfortable with the offer either...
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Mine came from a "Bent", but after some research, this is a scam. I just copied and pasted his whole message into a Google search and found several articles where the very same language had been used in various scams on Craigs List....an attempt to steal account info, apparently. Good luck!
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I had a similar email from a gavin *removed* but since i refused have not heard from him.
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I received the same thing, almost word for word, from Amazon. I sent it to their "spoof" department and was told that it was definitely a scam. So sorry you got one too.
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