WOW - so very glad I came to check this out! I got almost word for word the same email, but from a different party.
"Thanks for your quick response, Am trying to know condition because am buying asap,so can you assure me that i will not be disappointed,also no shipment involved as i have a mover that will come over for the pick up and am satisfied with your firm/advert price, as am requesting this transaction should be done via PayPal so the PayPal charges is on me and Payment will be made via PayPal only(if you don't have an account,its easy,safe and secured just log on to (www.paypal.com) i m presently out of town for my new project,so am sorry i will not be able to come over to look at it in person and that's the only reason why PayPal is the only Payment option. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I want you to get back with the following details 1: Your Paypal email ID or a paypal
2.Your last asking price
3.Your contact address
I will be waiting for you mail.Thanks"
Original email came from: Pamela ***** ... **********@**************
Follow up emails have come from: Pamela ***** .... *********@********
The 2nd email is the one she provided as her PayPal info. I wanted to try and verify if it was legit or not.
I have emailed back and forth with "Pamela" a few times, at first thinking this was on the up and up...but still leery about giving out any of my information without getting more from her. She would answer some questions I asked, but always seemed to miss giving the information I was asking for.
I asked for more information from them, as my attenae went up. I asked for their PayPal account info and a phone number that I could call her to discuss. She came back with "give me your number and my husband will speak to you". Lucky for me, I had just arrived at work, so gave my office number. Her "husband" had a very strong Indonesian type accent and was hard to understand, said his name was "David". The caller ID screen on my phone showed the call as coming thru on a Bell South local 801 - usually a sign it is an out of area blocked number. My antennae were vibrating before I even answered the phone.
He told me they were in Russia (I am in Florida) and were looking to relocate and find jobs in New Jersey and would have the powerchair shipped there. (Ya mean nobody in New Jersey has a power wheelchair for sale????) So my attenae went crazy. When I asked for a phone number so I could call back if I had any questions, he told me he would call me, and I should "not worry". He kept repeating "Don't worry, Linda". At some point in the conversation, as I was trying to ask more and understand what he was saying thru his accent, I thought he mentioned something about shipping the chair to China??? I have emailed Pamela back and told her I am not comfortable with the fact that I would have to disclose personal information to them, and yet cannot even get a phone number to call her. I did not understand why I was not able to speak to her, but had to speak to her husband and I told her I had a hard time understanding him and was totally unsure about this entire transaction. I have not given them my paypal info, but since it is the same email as she was getting my emails from , that would not be hard to fingure out..in fact she did ask me if that was the right email and I did not answer.
At least I have learned to listen to my instincts. But dang it, I had really hoped to finally have sold this item!
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