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Re: Being paid via PayPal - can this be a scam?

by Digital26 Member in Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive)
‎May-28-2010 01:58 PM
‎May-28-2010 01:58 PM
  Here is another e-mail version that they sent you if you selling items via CraigList. I am selling the car now on GraigList in Monroe, LA  and this is the e-mail that I've got:   " I would have come to pick it up but am not in the state Right Now am in adelaide in australia you know the Kind far away and due to my work so that is why i suggest we should go through paypal cos it very secure and fast for online transaction to avoid Fraud so whatever you think you can get back to me with your paypal email id so i can make the payment asap   Thanks and hope to read back from you soon   -- do you still have it for sell?" The name on e-mail was  Thelma Gracia and that was gmail account   Unfortunately, I deleted the first e-mail, but she started as she want to buy a car for her brother who is in US right now to surprise him, but she is overseas working as marine engineer... bla... bla ... bla... ending her letter with "can you give me your paypal email or ID" ..... I posted right here her second letter to me after I asked her why she want to buy a car not even try it or look at it first.... It did make no sense to me... besides car purchase is not that simple, title transfer, financing, I was asking 11,000 ... I don't think that anybody would just go and spend that kind of money in cash to surprise their brother with the car they have even seen yet.... Nonsense... However, Thelma Garcia in her e-mails to me never mention Nigeria or Africa.... I guess the scammers changing their tactics a bit....             ... View more
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