Fraudster buying vehicle on Gumtree SA

kjraman
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Hi guys just to alert to of this scam, guy claims to be from overseas working as a oceanographer says he wants to purchase my R500 000 vehicle without even seeing it. Don't know what exactly he wanted to achieve but I've read about these scams. See email below. "Thank you for getting back to me. Am really satisfied in buying your AD.I'm ready to pay your asking price including the PayPal transfer charges,How i wish i could come to inspect this item but currently i'm working away from the country... But the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract now so am presently on sea.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal charges on this transaction and if you don't have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to &lt;a href="<a href="http://www.paypal.com" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com</a>" target="_blank"&gt;<a href="http://www.paypal.com&lt;/a" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&lt;/a</a>&gt;. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me.I need your PayPal Full name and email address so i can send the money now. Your PayPal e-Mail Address : Your Full Name: Your Mobile Number : Full Address: Many Thanks HIS name used was **** ****

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kernowlass
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@kjraman

 

Been ongoing for years, all over this forum and internet, glad you were not caught out.


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