I can't believe I nearly fell for this! I'm selling a car on Autotrader in the UK, have a had a lot of genuine interest and this person emailed me asking if it's available still, so I said yes. He then sent this... "Good,I will offer you £3695 .Any outstanding on it?Does it have a current MOT ? Hope its still in perfect condition?What about the AC?Hope you operate PayPal.If no, do go ahead now and set up one and get back to me with the detail while i get the money arrange. I will be paying the PayPal charges (3.4%) from my account and will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay and i will make arrangement for pick up after payment, Thanks" Sent from AlexWilliams371 using a gmail dot com email account. I was concerned about receiving so much money via paypal, so my instinct said to phone paypal. I asked them if there is a limit as to how much money you can receive. I said it was for a car I'm selling and the lady very kindly explained that I wouldn't be protected by Paypal Seller Protection, because there would be no evidence of the transaction or the buyer receiving the car. The Scam: She said, "what could happen is he could send the money, you would receive it into your account, he would then contact paypal saying he hasn't received the goods, then the money would be taken straight out of my account and refunded to him". I have to say, the lady I spoke with (didn't get her name) was extremely helpful and knowledgable. She also saved me from being a victim of fraud! Like someone else said - CASH ON COLLECTION - and have the buyer next to you when you deposit the cash into your bank!!
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