scammers

[rick31797]

I have had scammers contact me through items i would have listed on Kjiji.You can always tell they are scammers because, for one thing, they never argue about the price and also they will say, i will send a shipper to pick your item up...Now they include Paypal.

They ask if you have a Paypal account and if so they want the information, reminding you that it is safe and secure..If you don't have an account they incourage you to sign up..

Ok so you have an account and you give them the information, and they send money to your account, then somebody comes and picks up the item you are selling...

The scam is ????   The only thing i can think of is the buyer claims they did not receive the item and does a charge back... what do you think the scam would be and how Paypal is handling this scam that has them involved.

[bizman]

Ya iam selling a car and a guy contacted me by email,exactly what u said no bickern about price and he would send courier to pick up car,i told him car wasnt leavn till i had payment out paypal i might give him my paypal account and hide car till i have payment in hand

[R_A]

Interesting.....I have a listing on Kijiji and had the very same thing happen to me today.

This person didn't even try to get a better deal from me, said he would pay what I was

asking....wanted to pay through paypal, actually insisted I accept payment through pay

pal, and instructed me on how to set up a pay pal account if I didn't already have one.

Have not heard from him since I told him the only method of payment I would consider

was certified cheque, money order, or an email money transfer. This person also stated

that he would be sending someone to pick up the item. As I received emails from him

from a couple different emails addresses, the first being very different or strange to say

the least, I have decided to make kijiji aware of this, and would suggest if anyone else

has had a similar situation happen I would suggest they contact kijiji.

[pianocatz9090]

iM DEALING WITH THIS AS I RITE THIS ITS ON A BOAT MOTOR SO FAR HE WONT GIVE ME A PHONE NUMBER OR CONTACT NAME WITH THE SHIPPING COMPANY. IS IT TYPICAL FOR PAY PAL TO REQUEST THAT WE PAY PAY OUT OF OUR POCKETS AND THEY WILL REIMBERSE US?

[pianocatz9090]

iTS INTERESTING THAT ON MY PHONE IHAVE BEEN SENT A CONFIRMATION OF FUNDS BEING HELD BY PAYPAL bUT WHEN I GO TO MY ACOUNT ON LINE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY. IS THIS COMMON PAYPAL PRACTICE?

[nazaghloul]

I just had the exact same happen to me today upon posting my bike on Kijiji, the emails and insisting on paypal only.

What is the action from paypal regarding this...!

How can we verify its a legitimate person..!

[vulcan2002]

Amazing  how people try these things. I am trying to sell a motor cycle myself and i just posted about 9o'clock last night Sept. 16 and have had 2 replys back wanted to pay what im asking and they will pay the paypal fees and have there delivery service pick up the bike. i repied back telling them to send me a certified cheque and belive it or not i have not had an e-mail back go figure. I know there are some people out there that will except these offers but PLEASE check into something like this yourself before you give out any information . 

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@R_A wrote:

Interesting.....I have a listing on Kijiji and had the very same thing happen to me today.

This person didn't even try to get a better deal from me, said he would pay what I was

asking....wanted to pay through paypal, actually insisted I accept payment through pay

pal, and instructed me on how to set up a pay pal account if I didn't already have one.

Have not heard from him since I told him the only method of payment I would consider

was certified cheque, money order, or an email money transfer. This person also stated

that he would be sending someone to pick up the item. As I received emails from him

from a couple different emails addresses, the first being very different or strange to say

the least, I have decided to make kijiji aware of this, and would suggest if anyone else

has had a similar situation happen I would suggest they contact kijiji.

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[capcraig]

Just listed a piece of furniture this morning and received a response from a possible scammer within two hours, wanting to pay me through paypal with visa and to "send my shipper" to pick up the item. This immediately raised my suspision. I've replied "only in person, only cash". Haven't heard back since. I recommend everyone be wary of this approach!

[Pammer]

LOL!!! ME TOO!!! Like literally in the last 15 minutes....

Except mine was through buysell.com for a motorcycle.  When the person offered me MORE than I asked I looked into the PayPal policy and found that line that says your money isn't protected from dispute if the person picks up.  So I emailed her to tell her that and that I would be happy to work out a method of payment that was secure for both of us. 

No reply.  I can't believe there are people out there trolling around trying to steal my motorcycle...and your car, and your boat motor.  Geesh.  Glad I'm not an idiot and decided to check in the comments.

[slim_jim]

yeah i have had the same thing happen to me about an hour ago they offered me more money then i wanted and was told that he sent 500 more to go to western union to give to his shipping company and then the money would be released to me. i cancelled the money request and locked my paypal account