nick8086 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Car for sale.. Hello, thx for getting back to me, i'm a rotary drill operator and currently offshore, so i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work.i'd appreciate if you email me with more closeup pics for a better look since i won't be be able to see this in person, but i have a pickup agent who is going to come to your location only after payment has been made and cleared, so i've chosen to have this done via paypal as it's the easiest and safest way to pay online, i have a few questions for you below and i want you to be honest with me where are you currently located? what's its present condition? hope no issues? are you the first owner? why are you selling it? since when have you been using it? what's your firm price? you got a paypal acct? do get back to me asap. thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bamford Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 One needs to ask? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomobile Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, nick8086 said: currently offshore In Nigeria 25 minutes ago, nick8086 said: but i have a pickup agent who Classic scam 25 minutes ago, nick8086 said: i want you to be honest with me Cause I'm not being honest with you It might be legit but I highly doubt it. The dead giveaway on these is they immediately start talking about payment and how it's going to be made, that's the carrot, they dangle in front of the anxious seller. -Ron Edited April 10, 2019 by Locomobile (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Forward spam emails to spam@uce.gov, makes them go away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Any reply that says the person is "offshore" is a clear giveaway that it is a scam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipping reccomendations Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 scam. I was inquiring about buying a Cord and received the same type reply. A little different with person saying selling the car of belong to her father that passed away, checking serial numbers the car was actually sold at auction 3 years prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 This was the biggest give away.. Are you the first owner? Since when have you been using it? The stuff animal was the original owner.. That is what he email me to buy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcapra Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I had a similar inquiry when I was selling a pick up truck. I got a reply from someone who said he couldn't come and see the truck in person because he was in the navy in Hawaii, but a friend would come to tow it away to Pennsylvania! after his payment went through. I knew it was a scam for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Talking of scams , a few days ago, there was a Aston Martin DB5 on here for sale , no price or location , by Alex navi who just joined thought that was likely scam , can’t see it now , probably deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 5 hours ago, mike6024 said: If you give out your paypal account, ie the email to make a payment to you, can they somehow use that to steal from you? Not with just an email, but if you give them a password they can. At some point the scam would probably ask that. If you received the scam email, he already HAS your email! I once had a similar email, but he specifically said that he was on an oil rig off the Australian coast. I googled the field, and emailed him back saying what a coincidence, I actually worked on Rig #xyz, which rig are you on? never heard from him again.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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