Buyers' special request to withdraw portion of funds to arrange for special delivery
grandmadenice
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Jun-16-2011
02:23 PM
I am selling an antique stove and received following email request and am not sure if this is a appropriate....? I am sending pictures of course, but what's with Western Union?
...And also ,I need to inform you about this,just received an email from my pick agent...am most sure i did not include that in my previous email,They said they won't come for the pick up unless i pay him the agent commission fee first in order to be able to schedule a pick up time.I am a Chief Engineer as my position on the sea here,the ship i am on is the (ADVENTURE HORBLOWER).I am so busy and can not pay the agent fees from here as they Requested that i pay them with Western Union.So what i will do here is that i will send the payment in the total amount of $3,400.So once you receive the confirmation of the payment from PayPal,you will deduct the promised amount for the good which is $2,600 and the remaining $800 will be send down to my agent By Western Union.I have tried to paid it direct here but there is no Western Union on the ship,So i believe you can handle this for me.
Get back to me so that i can go ahead and send the payment now" this is my first transaction and am unsure.
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casey68thomas
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Jun-18-2011
08:03 AM
I have the same thing going on with a car the guy wants me to do the same thing same ship same chief engineer story think its some kind scam .have you done business already is it a scam or for real
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Jun-18-2011
08:28 AM
TOTAL SCAM! First clue is Western Union is Pay Pal competitor. Totally unethical and unreal request by buyer - is setting you up -- DON'T DO IT.

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