Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
#59012 by Dotti Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:59 am
From: Johnson matt
> To: xxx
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: 50cc Yamaha Dt off road bike
>
> Thanks for the response.. I am ready to buy it now for my son and i am
> not in town at the moment as i am a Military been in camp in for some
> time and due to the nature of my work, It hard to make a phone calls
> and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to
> check this advert and send you an email regarding it. 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 please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to
> set up, go to www.paypal.co.uk 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. I have a pickup agent that
> will come and pick it after i have made the payments.....

>
> --
> do you still have it available for sale and i would like to know the present
> condition..
>

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#70068 by djbcls Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:35 pm
Similar scammer: Matthew Scott, [email protected]
My posting sasys "CASH ONLY", nevertheless,
In response to an auto listing:

"Can i trust you?i'm a sailor and could you please provide me with your final price before we proceed and Also,i'll be paying you from my paypal account, so if you are still okay in selling it off to me,kindly get back to me with your full paypal email id so i can send the money as soon as i have your paypal info. and i will need you to give me your paypal email address so i can make the payment asap for the item and if you don't have paypal account yet,it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up.. looking forward to your response.


Many Thanks


Mattew"
#70189 by Bubbles Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:36 am
Welcome to ScamWarners djbcls. It is good that you recognized you were dealing with a scammer. Thank you for posting the information here for others to find. Just stop communicating with him.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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