I have had someone try this scam on me just yesterday 3/09/13, put my old car for sale on ebay, within literally two minutes someone had messaged me and asked me to email them instead as they dont check their ebay, found this odd straight away. Went by the name "Jodie Williams" using a yahoo account. Supposedly sent me the money via a paypal transfer, that didnt show in my account due to it being on hold (yeahhh ok!!) until i paid the pick up agent the £200 pick up fee out of my own pocket and via my personal bank account. I would then apparently get this back as the paypal payment would be released. I was also given a "paypal" phone number in my email to ring if i had any more questions. I didnt get any of these oil rig stories just said he wanted to buy, was happy with the price and condition, when i asked if he didnt want to inspect first. (Odd). I emailed back saying how transparent this was, why wouldnt he just sort and pay his own shipment/pickup as stated on my ebay. And there is absolutely no chance i would be sorting out anyones shipment for them, nor would i be stupid enough to send any money anywhere via my own bank account. Needless to say, surprisingly enough i had no response after this, despite his very pronptness previously. I feel sorry for anyone who would fall for this, people like that - scamming people disgust me!!
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