Scam western union money transfer

[harrietgriffey]

This is definalty a scam:

The money does not go into your paypal account until you have payed the agent with your own money - WATCH OUT!

I was just about to make t he payments when i had this little problem with the picking up of the item , I am currently on sea and i am buying the item  for my Dad a s i explained earlier on and i tried to book pick up with my pick up agent, but they asked me to pay first before they can make the booking, and they only acceptwestern union money transfer for payments and they don't accept PayPal and I tried to send the money online but i couldn't and I am on sea and there is no way i can find a western union agent to make the transfer to my pick up agent, so i wanted to ask if it was OK for me to include my pick up agent's fees in the payments I am about to send through Bank Transfer.  my pick up agent charged 200 plus insurance and all of that, please can i include their money in the payments I want to send then after i have made the payments you will help me forward the 200 to my pick up agent through western union money transfer, this I would have done myself and not bother you but the for the fact that I am currently on sea, so after I have made the payments you will help me send 200 to my pick up agent through western union money transfer, I just wanted to seek your consent before going ahead with the payments,I will more than appreciate if you mail me back, and I will be making the payments shortly.

PS:the shipping company's Head quarters and any pick up fees to be paid is sent to their head quarters by the payee, so the money for pick up will be sent to their head quarters  through western union money transfer(this can be done from any post office)western union or money grams..

Regards

[StorybookJana]

THANK YOU ALL for the warning!! Gloria just emailed me about a horse I have posted for sale ... I thought it was odd when she kept asking me for details that were already in the ad - price, size, history, etc. She hasnt mentioned a pick up agent yet - but 'she' was setting the scene for sure - so I Googled 'Gloria Labrado' and found you guys!! Thanks!

[Flowontheroll]

yeah, thanks for writing this. Same happened to me with a guy named Nelson (from Finnland). He accepted the price right away and with the shipping cost it would have been more expensive than buying this instrument new!! WATCH OUT, SCAM!

[Maya2003]

Hi all I have been contacted by Vicky Bullings with the same request of using western union. Hello i will like to tell you that you call paypal uk and i want to tell you that am using paypal usa to transfer the money i want you to be rest assure that once you get the pick up fees deposit am promise that my paypal department use will credit your account without no delay have been working with my US paypal and they dont disappoint so all you need to do now is to get the pick up fees send and get back to with the western union receipt yo receive from your local post office in order for my paypal usa department to verify and credited your account immediately okay..i look forward to read from you soon...

[jane8171]

Yes this is a scam. We were selling a van and had the same emails of wanting to purchase for Richies son and would sent a pick up agent, we were nearly drawn in as well until hwving a day off work today gave me the time to look more imto the emails that do look like official paypal emails.mary is also the paypal lady directly replying to my emails supposedly working for paypal. I can see how people get drawn in as we all understand how we have paypal protection on money transfers ! Paypal need to act to stop these scammers who pose as them. WATCH OUT for these thieves.

[scompher88]

Scam still active...

Hello,
  Thanks so much for getting back to me.I am about make the payment to your PayPal account and as i have told you earlier that i have a pickup agent that will be handling the pickup of the item at your location,but unfortunately the pickup agent don't accept PayPal as a mode of payment expect Western Union Money Transfer and i am trying to send the money online but it's not going through and there is no way I can find a agent to make the transfer to my pickup agent since am on the sea,so i wanted to ask if it will be okay for me to include my pickup agent's fees together with your payments through PayPal,So you can help me wire the pickup agent fee to them via Western Union Money Transfer immediately i pay you and you got the payment confirmation email from PayPal.I don't mean to bother or inconvenience you but I'm sure you understand situation and there is nothing i can do to that.The bottom line is after i made the payments to your PayPal account you will help me wire my pick up agent fee to them through Western Union Money Transfer,I just wanted to seek your consent before going ahead with the payments The sum of $600 will be added to the payment that will be send to you,$550 is going to be for the Pickup Agent while the remaining $50 will be the transfer fee to send the pickup agent fee to them. I hope you can understand my explanation and i will be looking forward to hear from you.

[PayPal_Siobhán]

Thanks for sharing @scompher88

Siobhan

[vecsy90]

It has just happened to me today. Someone ' Sarah Greene' was on about to buy my car which I posted onto gumtree. Our email conversation was looking alright till we got to that point when she wrote she is on recovery after an accident and she can't leave the bed but the courier requested a payment of Ł400 through western union before the delivery and she offered me to send and extra Ł400 on paypal if I can pay that to the courier through western union. Hopefully I googled it and found this website where I found out this is a scam. So I sent an email back to her saying I don't have Ł400. Then she answered as she may report it to the police as the money has gone from her account. All my answer was is a link to this website and a question "Should I report it to the police then?" . I got no answer till then... 😄 😄  So thank you guys and please everyone be careful.

[vecsy90]

Actually should I report it to the police? Because they know my full address, mobile number and email address... 😕 

[minty1]

 Hi vecsy90

Report it to http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud

Watch out for fake emails never click on any links in your private emails

U can block mobile numbers

Dont worry too much they have probably moved on to the next person now

[minty1]

Try this one not the other one

http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report-a-fraud-including-online-crime-questions