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Re: Oceanographer scam on Craigslist

by FayeGirl Member in About Protections
‎Aug-10-2011 05:22 PM
‎Aug-10-2011 05:22 PM
I also got one today, from a gmail account, the first email simply said: do you still have this up for sale? (with the item name in the subject line) to which i replied: Yes, it is still for sale I then got this email: Hello, Thanks for your response, I am quite okay with your price, I need you to understand that i am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, and Please note that i have a shipper/mover who handles my shipping arrangement anywhere in the world, he would be coming for the pickup, after you have received payment, which would be through paypal, If this is acceptable, advice soon as i am an hydrographer, I am at work right now .I can only pay through pay pal at the moment as i do not have access to my bank account online,but i have it attached to my pay pal account, and this is why i insisted on using pay pal to pay,all i will need is your pay pal email address to make the payments,and if you do not have a pay pal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com,i will be expecting your email and also get back to me with you last price of the item and your paypal email id .I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted. ARGG!!! i just want to sell this car, this is so frustrating. It's not even an item that can be shipped, so this guy is out of his fricken gourd, but i'm just so angry!   is there any reason to fear now? i will delete the emails and block the address, but he has my real email address now...   I want to email him back with a long string of swear words, and or a 'nice try, jackhole!'... but I won't.   ... View more
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