Scam or not.

[fla1976]

Need some input. Is PayPal a safe method to sell on Craigs List? Here is the email I received.
Hi thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.
i am buying this for my personal use so am willing to offer you the amount you required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i don't have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay,all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payment, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap.
plz include your final price for the listing

[Harbone]

SCAM!!! I have received that same form of email god knows how many times on my Craigslist ads, if you reply "cash and carry only" you never hear from them again!

[Tod74]

What is the scam? A person must have your email address to paypal the money to you so that part sounds correct. What is their "angle"?

[Harbone]

look at the wording, who uses that kind of terminology like "pickup agent", I have gotten that email with almost word for word before from 5 or 6 different email address's. sometimes the link will take you to a fake paypal site so they can get your bank info. just reply to it and see what happens.

[Harbone]

they will also post a payment, wait till they receive the goods and then file a claim, paypal gives them their money back, they close the account leaving you with no way to get any money back or legal action.

[Ron612]

When I sell something and use paypal I ask for there E-mail and send them a bill (using paypal) for the price that we agreed on, then you know that they are serious about your parts or just want your E-mail for fraud or a scam, Thanks Ron612

[mopar1968]

It's a scam i also have recieved the same e-mail :!: Anyone that sell's would know this :!: :!:







JMO Mark

[Tod74]

Wasn't doubting you that it was a scam just wondered what they did if you "took the bait"

I would never click on a link like that. Got my ebay account hacked falling for that once. live and learn.

[fla1976]

Wrote him back, Said "Sorry, cash only."

[mopar1968]

That's good thinking on your part, Would hate to see you loose anything :!:

[fla1976]

I appreciate the heads up from everyone.
There is a section on PayPal that lists the same basic letter.
Thank you.

[TheRabbit]

With all the scammers out there I think if I ever do sell something big on RJ I'm just gonna let one of you guys sell it for me. I'm supprised you don't hear of a killing on the news every now and then about internet fraud.

[Incognegro]

Need some input. Is PayPal a safe method to sell on Craigs List? Here is the email I received.
Hi thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.
i am buying this for my personal use so am willing to offer you the amount you required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i don't have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay,all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payment, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap.
plz include your final price for the listing



SCAM! and do not click on the link its going to redirect you to a phishing site that looks like paypal but is not.

[bigray]

{ it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, } it really takes 1 to 2 days,, pay pal deposits a very small amout in your acct, and you have to reply to them, and tell pay pal how much the deposit was,,that way pay pal know you are using a valid e mail acct, and that u are the user of that pay pal acct,

[Incognegro]

Not only is this a scam to get your item, but its a scam to get your identity. Im guessing the link would redirect to a site that looks like Paypal, but in the URl would be a different site. You would then proceed to fill in all of your personal information, which I hope you did not do already,cause that would be bad :shock:

[Harbone]

I got this today, the wording is almost identical!

Thanks For Getting back to me ..I am buying this item for my son as a
Birthday Gift and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer
and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of
website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert
and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise
for my son so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets
delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with it. I
insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account
online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal
account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give
me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments
asap for it and I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up
after i have made the payment.

Thanks

:lol: