What scams to watch out for????????

Help Needed!!, I'me selling my dads car over the net for him, got it on australian carsales, Gumtree etc. Been getting heaps (7 actually) emails from people saying i want the car i'me on an oilrig ,want it for my dad, Im'e on a boat near tasmania blah blah. Now they want to pay via paypal and require my paypal email address,and have an agent or someone to come and pick it up!!! I rang paypal and they said its safe to give the email address to pay into via them, Then they said to ring them once payment has been made to see if its in. Is this some type of scam!!?? to get details etc. I'de never give bank details out!. Cant work it out dunno wether to say yes to one of them, Dunno, Anyone heard of this before???

They can't get your bank details from your paypal account, so the way I figure it is if they are willing to pay site unseen, an you get the funds BEFORE you hand over the keys, then the onus is on them ... always need to use caution, but what else can you do??

iF YOU HAVE RECEIVED 7 EMAILS ON ALONG THE SAME LINES I WOULD SRONGLY SUGGEST IT IS A SCAM.
DONT KNOW HOW BUT DONT DO IT.

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

I've heard of similar scenarios and I wouldn't reply if I were you. I believe they are scams.

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I agree. I've heard of the "I'm on an oil rig" scam many times.

Tony

Thanks fella's I think i'll leave it! Another thing was all there email addresses were gmail ones! Its just another free one like hotmail etc. but weird!!! Bloody hell one of them offered 34 grand be spewin if he was lagit!! LOL

Man if you believe half of whats on the net youll get done,if they truely want the car they would call and make arrangments to see test drive and pay for it
if its by cheque dont let it go till its cleard by the bank

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Originally Posted by 89GQ

Thanks fella's I think i'll leave it! Another thing was all there email addresses were gmail ones! Its just another free one like hotmail etc. but weird!!! Bloody hell one of them offered 34 grand be spewin if he was lagit!! LOL

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Sorry - let me rephrase - everything I said above EXCEPT if it's through gmail - I don't care how much they try to clean up their act, gmail is a scammers paradise.

Thats it , dont even want to see it!! Dodgy as. Cheers.

Its a scam dude dont give em squat, tell em to sod off that you are wise to their bull.

Scam, was looking at a GQ for a mate today and the seller had the same thing happen to him, enquired more about it and they (the so called buyer) had to receive $800 dollars before they would pay him, I told him to ignore those sort of scumbags.

I would ignore the contact as they are usually all scams I sell about 5 to 8 cars a year online and all email contact have been fake. The best give away is the grammar and content read the email out loud to yourself also consider what aussie says they will use an agent to pick it up.... I would call you and ask if my mate could get it. It makes me sick the amount of scum bags out there waste my time and time of others with bullsh$t scams. I looked at a GQ on carsales about 2 years ago but the car and him were apparently on a base in Italy BS!!! good luck with it all anyway mate but wait for a call sometimes an email address is more than enough to cause you hassle.

Dont go near them they are scammers with out a doubt have had the same these clowns are based usually in london or africa and are nigerians dont give them absolutly nothing

As everyone says 100% scam mate.

Anyone that is not coming to see the car and you face to face is a scam.

Cheers all!!! Iv'e responded quite rudely to all of them and have changed all my passwords on another computer. Efin A-Holes they should be shot! I Imagine alot of people get sucked in by them. Thanks again. Jeff

The old oil rig senario is a scam
Heres how it works (yep nearly got done myself)

Ok you have a car for sale lets say 10K
They offer to pay sight unseen this amount (sometimes more ???)
The say an agent will pick up or its for a gift (whatever)and offer to pay you an extra lets say $800 for frieght
So the grand total is $10,800
They offer to pay this amount into your paypal account (upto this point all seems legit)
BUT
Once the $10,800 is in your paypal account they get paypal to freeze this money (as in DO NOT RELEASE)until they tell paypal to do so
For this to be released you have to pay these scumbags the $800 for the frieght
When you pay the $800 you let these scumbags know
They then tell paypal your all good to recieve the $10,800

BUT
After you pay the $800 (In an offsore account i mite ad)
The scumbags tell paypal they no longer want the deal to go thru and want their $10,800 back ,which paypal duly do

See the scam ???
You just got dupped $800
They dont want the car at all

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Originally Posted by MQ MAD

The old oil rig senario is a scam
Heres how it works (yep nearly got done myself)

Ok you have a car for sale lets say 10K
They offer to pay sight unseen this amount (sometimes more ???)
The say an agent will pick up or its for a gift (whatever)and offer to pay you an extra lets say $800 for frieght
So the grand total is $10,800
They offer to pay this amount into your paypal account (upto this point all seems legit)
BUT
Once the $10,800 is in your paypal account they get paypal to freeze this money (as in DO NOT RELEASE)until they tell paypal to do so
For this to be released you have to pay these scumbags the $800 for the frieght
When you pay the $800 you let these scumbags know
They then tell paypal your all good to recieve the $10,800

BUT
After you pay the $800 (In an offsore account i mite ad)
The scumbags tell paypal they no longer want the deal to go thru and want their $10,800 back ,which paypal duly do

See the scam ???
You just got dupped $800
They dont want the car at all

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Yep thats exactly what just happend with one of them,Can you take care of the agent pick up fees $1980. even after sending them all an email saying F-Off and die. as i said ive changed all my passwords on another computer, just incase! Cheers.

It's a well thought out scam isn't it...lol.....I reckon loads of people fall for it though!

Yeah many people do fall for these style of scams
Considering its on every forum known to man , many dont know about these scams
But then again how many people are upto date with the interweb n stuff
Maybe theres really an honest person left in the world

The ol saying
"Money talks BS walks"

I don't put my email address on any adds. If they want it they will ring, but in saying that I sold a car recently and the number of text messages from scammers was unbeliveable. They all wanted me to email them back and gmail was their email address.

Welcome to the forum Andy.
When you get a minute drop by the introductions section and tell us a bit about yourself and your Patrol.

Tony