Tried to sell something on Gumtree in Singapore and got a ready buyer within a day. Her name is Xan Barry. Asked for my paypal acct and contacts. Price was ok for her. Got a Whatsapp msg this morning which I have since blocked. Saying: I have just receive an alert from PayPal Customer Care with the confirmation email that the payment has been made,a total of $900.00 SGD was sent,$350.00 SGD for the ITEM purchased and the extra $550.00 SGD for the shipping charges and am sure you notice that, Also the additional $100.00 SGD in the ITEM cost is for paypal surcharges so you will be sending $550.00 SGD to the address below via MoneyGram. Name: Annette Garcia City: Cedar Creek State: Texas Zip code:78612 Country: United State of America With the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the pick up agent so you don't have to worry about that.My shipper would be coming around to your area to have the item picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee to them,as i need you to let me know what time you want them to come for the pick up . I advises you to check your inbox or spam/junk folder for the pay-pal confirmation email if you can't find it in your inbox I will be waiting to hear from you once the money has been sent to my shipper. Thanks for the business. Checked my Paypal account, nothing came in. Got this email from a RICHARD Smith claiming to be from PayPal. Begin forwarded message: From: Service-paypal.com© <pay_pal_mailintel-consultant.com Date: 20 January 2016 at 07:52:50 SGT To: xxx Subject: ***You Are Safe *** Proceed With Transaction (Transaction ID-:6W334298754387UK49) Powered by PayPal Dear xxx We are the PayPal Department in charge of you and Mr Xan Barry. Thanks for using PayPal teams we are still contacting you regarding your Transaction with Xan Barry. My name is Richard smith, and it is my pleasure to assist you and explain to you in regards to the transaction between you and Xan Barry. You don't have to make the payment to the shipper online...All you have to do is to go to a MoneyGram store close to you with the cash of $550.00 SGD from your pocket and get the transfer done to the shipper's address given to you below. I am very happy to be assigned to tell you that the transaction is 100% secure and legitimate,We want to use this medium to tell you once again that the amount has been made to your account by Xan Barry. The total funds of $900.00 SGD will be credited into your account immediately after the western union money transfer is sent to us for verification. The Reference Number PayPal demands from you is a 8-digit number on the MoneyGram receipt that will be given to you after you might have sent the said amount of $590.00 SGD via western union transfer at any post office or any western union transfer Money transfer outlet. This is to inform you that as part of our policy, We do not credit funds made for a transaction in parts, We will only credit the money into your account after the successful completion of the whole transaction. Refusal to complete this transaction will only lead to a self-caused delay of our crediting the money into your account. The total funds have been deducted from the account of Xan Barry need you to do before we credit your account is to send the sum of $550.00 SGD to the address provided by Xan Barry Money Gram money transfer money transfer and get back to us with the Money Gram money transfer details by replying back to this e-mail for accreditation of your account without any further delay. And the total amount of $900.00 SGD will be credited into your account immediately we received the Money Gram details of $550.00 SGD from you for the shipper's fee. So kindly get back to us soon with the transfer details so that we can credit your account with the total amount of $900.00 SGD. Below is a step by step way of sending the money to the bearer: 1. Go to any Money Gram Office close to your home. 2. Ask for a Money Gram money transfer form. 3. Fill the form with the address details provided by the buyer 4. Tender the cash of $550.00 SGD and you will be issued a receipt after the money has been sent 5. Attach and email to PayPal a scanned copy of the receipt If you don't have a scanner, you can email PayPal with the following details written on the receipt: 1. Reference number (which is the 8 digit number) 2. Sender's full name The address where the money will be sent to again is as follows: Name: Annette Garcia City: Cedar Creek State: Texas Zip code:78612 Country: United State of America Thank you For Using PayPal. PayPal Account Review Use the equity in your home to borrow for less. you may contact PayPal customer service by Clicking Here or reply directly to this email by using the reply button in your e-Mail Box and Quote the Above Transaction ID for quick recognition of this transaction. Copyright © 2016 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal Email ID PP307 I believe Xan Barry and Richard Smith are the same person. When I told Xan Barry that I will be verifying if Richard Smith is from PayPal, Richard Smith immediately replied. We genuinely needs to sell our items and we get trash like these. Sellers beware. Thanks.
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