How does this scam work !

Darsad

Ok I have a transmission for sale online and get this below e mail its obvoiusly some kinda scam just curious how it works or if I can have a little fun with them !


Hello,Thanks for the mail,How i wish to view the ITEM,but due to my
job i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am
in Bermuda coast in said ship...so i close to use PayPal because of
the distance between us...and i will be making the Payment without any
delaying...i hope you can read this mail an understand me
better...please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy
to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up...after you have set
it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration
with PayPal so as to put the money through. As for the pick up,my pick
up agent will be accessing that and they will also be coming for the
pick up immediately the payments have been made to you..Please send me
your address so that my pick up agent can figure it out and come for
the pick up and other necessary things after the payments have been
made,they will also be coming with all the information needed,my
details and transferring the name of ownership to me will be done by
the pick up agent so you don't have to worry about that.Send me your
registered email address with PayPal so i can pay in

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rebel.ranter

Ask him to send you some pictures of his ship & of the Bermuda triangle!

doOh

Make him pay you and quickly transfer money to your bank account so he cant get it back and then give him address :P

laois hibby

I had the very same email last week. for my 37 foot mobile home! told him where to go!

stealthyspeeder

Tell him that as the 10000th person to make an offer, he has just won the Irish/Nigerian lottery, and once he pays the small administration costs you will transfer all the monies to his account.

Whyme

Darsad wrote: »

,but due to my job i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am in Bermuda coast in said ship
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Perhaps the misspelling is stealing instead of sailing !

vectra

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

Tell him that as the 10000th person to make an offer, he has just won the Irish/Nigerian lottery, and once he pays the small administration costs you will transfer all the monies to his account.

ROFL
Good one

ligertigon

Why not try a new sport.

Scambaiting

http://www.419eater.com/

Dangerdunf

A friend was selling his car online and got this email. The sender stated he was on a ship and buying the car for his son as a suprise. Total scam!!

Midnight_EG

Seeing as it's PayPal he wants to use, get the money transferred over and see what happens

baalthor

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Seeing as it's PayPal he wants to use, get the money transferred over and see what happens

I would imagine that the Paypal is for you to send money to him; he will probably offer to send you a "cheque" for more than the value of the part then ask you to return the balance via PayPal. (What was wrong with Western Union Money Transfer? - the Scammer's Favourite:D)

Midnight_EG

baalthor wrote: »

I would imagine that the Paypal is for you to send money to him; he will probably offer to send you a "cheque" for more than the value of the part then ask you to return the balance via PayPal. (What was wrong with Western Union Money Transfer? - the Scammer's Favourite:D)

Darsad wrote: »

Hello,Thanks for the mail,How i wish to view the ITEM,but due to my
job i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am
in Bermuda coast in said ship...so i close to use PayPal because of
the distance between us...and i will be making the Payment without any
delaying...i hope you can read this mail an understand me
better...please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy
to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up...after you have set
it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration
with PayPal so as to put the money through. As for the pick up,my pick
up agent will be accessing that and they will also be coming for the
pick up immediately the payments have been made to you..Please send me
your address so that my pick up agent can figure it out and come for
the pick up and other necessary things after the payments have been
made,they will also be coming with all the information needed,my
details and transferring the name of ownership to me will be done by
the pick up agent so you don't have to worry about that.Send me your
registered email address with PayPal so i can pay in

--

Read the bolded words :pac:

seanybiker

one of me mates is selling his motorbike to some one over in south africa working for the world cup, she is buying it for her son as a surprise birthday present. Me mate sent on all his details and has the bike down as sold on donedeal even though I told him its a scam. Lol

baalthor

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Read the bolded words :pac:

They don't always do as they promise in these emails just like in the other emails the sender might not really be a Nigerian prince who wants your help in transferring $100 million dollars out of the country. It's an email from a scammer after all and not a contract with a Financially Regulated banking institution. Although maybe that wasn't the best comparison ...

Anyway, the purpose of the email is to gain the mark's confidence and to give them a false sense of security. Having them think the scammer will send them money is a good way to do this. And of course this makes sense as he's supposed to be buying something.

I could be wrong though, maybe there's some way the scammer can send money via Paypal to the mark without the risk of losing money himself?

Sorry if your post was supposed to be ironic and it went over my head: it's 3.20 AM and I should be in bed by now.

daveharnett

Darsad wrote: »

i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am in Bermuda coast

Cruel b*****d. Don't do business with him.

Max Power1

baalthor wrote: »

They don't always do as they promise in these emails just like in the other emails the sender might not really be a Nigerian prince who wants your help in transferring $100 million dollars out of the country. It's an email from a scammer after all and not a contract with a Financially Regulated banking institution. Although maybe that wasn't the best comparison ...

Anyway, the purpose of the email is to gain the mark's confidence and to give them a false sense of security. Having them think the scammer will send them money is a good way to do this. And of course this makes sense as he's supposed to be buying something.

I could be wrong though, maybe there's some way the scammer can send money via Paypal to the mark without the risk of losing money himself?

Sorry if your post was supposed to be ironic and it went over my head: it's 3.20 AM and I should be in bed by now.

Hijacked account? Paypal will return the funds to the account as soon as its proven and BAM your left without the money. Dont see the point though, wheres the "gain" from the scam

baalthor

Max Power1 wrote: »

Hijacked account? Paypal will return the funds to the account as soon as its proven and BAM your left without the money. Dont see the point though, wheres the "gain" from the scam

Good point, that's why they prefer WU. The OP should play along and see what happens, then report back here :-)

giant_midget

OP

I got these email before, Paypal never comes into it.
If you send him your email address for paypal payment, Say you are selling you "item" for 1000euro he will send you an email back saying that he sent you 1500euro by mistake and that paypal are now holding the money in his account,He will try to get you to send him the balance via western union.

I played along with one of these clowns and gave him a false western union transfer number, Just to inconvience him so he looks like a fool when he goes to the western union office to withdraw the money

my reply emails usually end in verbally abusing him.

My advice...waste his time and play along with him, This will annoy him more

Max Power1

jesusinaglanza wrote: »

OP

I got these email before, Paypal never comes into it.
If you send him your email address for paypal payment, Say you are selling you "item" for 1000euro he will send you an email back saying that he sent you 1500euro by mistake and that paypal are now holding the money in his account,He will try to get you to send him the balance via western union.

I played along with one of these clowns and gave him a false western union transfer number, Just to inconvience him so he looks like a fool when he goes to the western union office to withdraw the money

my reply emails usually end in verbally abusing him.

My advice...waste his time and play along with him, This will annoy him more

But obviously dont reveal any real personal info, even your real email

Darsad

Ok so ill try to play him a little ! Just sent the following !

Hi Todd

Thanks for the e mail

I already have a pay pal account under this e mail address.
If you can make the payment as agreed that would be great.

I will have the item ready for collection by your agent
and he can pick it up from my girlfriends pub she will be
expecting his call.

Mary Lykes
The Stickitwell Inn
Tillet
Herts
B-IN- B469
UK

giant_midget

forgot to mention that, it kind of goes without saying...

mickdw

I got the bermuda triangle email when I had car on carzone. I played along alittle. Said I wasnt sure how to use paypal & could he send me €500 cash to hold the car. I kept at this kind of crap & he kept replying too. I also said that things have a habit of disappearing in the bermuda triangle & that I wanted the 500 cash in case he disappeared. He still kept replying. I finally said that I had sold the car last week also to someone who sent me 2000 more than I was asking & wanted me to send back the extra cash but that I decided to just keep the money & sell it again.
He was replying within minutes each time & the answers were proper responses to my queries not just automated crap so I figure this is a full time job for these guys.