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#71848 by tabathafraz Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:49 pm
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Wedding Gown - $1000 (Coleman,Tx)

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FROM: Pat Oman
TO: [email protected]

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:48 PM

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** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
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Is this still for sale.

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Re: Wedding Gown - $1000 (Coleman,Tx)


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FROM: Pat Oman
TO:xxx

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Saturday, October 22, 2011 6:57 AM

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Thanks for your response, I need you to understand that i am willing
and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider
me as your favorite buyer, and Please note that i have a shipper/mover
who handles my shipping arrangement anywhere in the world and i will
add extra $900 for the shipping fee and he would be coming for the
pickup, after you have received payment, which would be through
paypal, If this is acceptable, advice soon as i work as a petroleum
engineer and am currently offshore, i am at work right now .I can only
pay through PayPal at the moment as i do not have access to my bank
account online,but i have it attached to my pay pal account, and this
is why i insisted on using pay pal to pay,all i will need is your
paypal email address to make the payments,and if you do not have a
paypal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at http://www.paypal.com,i
will be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for
the pick up after payments has been sorted. I want you to provide me
with the following information for me to proceed with the Payment...

Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Your Full name:
What is the condition?
Are you the Original Owner?
Your Picked Up Location Address?

I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made
the payments.


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Is this still for sale. Get back to me with your firm price and pics

The second e-mail made me a wary but I sent my information to the person anyway. He can't get into my PayPal and even if he did the only thing on it is a pre-paid debit card, my way of ruining the plans of potential scammers. After that I recieved an e-mail saying that PayPal had recieved payment but it was put on hold until I paid the transporter. The wedding dress I post was only $1000 but he/she wanted me to Western Union $900 to his transporter. What is really scary is that the e-mail from the faux PayPal is hard to tell if it is real or fake.

PayPal #1

Notification of An Instant Merchandise Payment Received from Pat Oman (Transaction ID: 0TR19308DU070732T)








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FROM: [email protected].
TO: xxx
BCC: xxx

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Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:14 PM

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Dear xxx

This email confirms that you have received an Instant payment of $1,950.00 USD from Pat Oman via PayPal MERCHANDISE Payment Service.


Reversals : This method of payment can not be reversed.

Status : Pending - Transport Company Awaiting Payment.


View the "NOTE" of this pending transaction below

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Payment Details

Merchandise Amount:
$1,000.00 USD

Shipping Agent Charges:
Western Union Charges:
Total:

$900.00 USD
$50.00 USD
$1,950.00 USD




Transaction:0TR19308DU070732T



Quantity:1

MERCHANDISE Title:Wedding Gown

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Transport Company: "AUTO SHIPPERS International"


Address:

Dennis Jones
500,North logan ave
Nebraska 68045
USA.

Address Status:
Confirmed

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NOTE: This is to confirm to you that the said amount has been successfully transferred by the Sender and been deducted from his Account which is ready to be credited into your account, been that this Payment has been subjected to be a Payment for an MERCHANDISE purchased from you, we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured also to verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.

Note: You have to send the Shipping Fee of $900.00 USD upfront through Western Union Money Transfer before the full funds can be CREDITED into your PayPal account.

Note that this transaction is only available and can only be tracked and traced via email, so do reply back to us if you have any question about the transaction and not via phone call.

The above sum has Included the transport charges and taxes as we and the Transport Company quoted for the buyer (as per PayPal MERCHANDISE PAYMENT POLICY). You will receive a Message from the PayPal Customer Verification Department Shortly informing you on how to send the Transport fares and taxes to the transport company with the above details as soon as possible.

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You may contact PayPal customer service by Clicking Here or reply directly to this email by using the reply button in your Mail Box and Quote the Above Transaction ID for quick recognition of this transaction.



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Sincerely,

The PayPal Team.
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PayPal Email ID PP307


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Important Information On How To Complete Your Recent Transaction (Transaction ID: 0TR19308DU070732T)


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FROM: [email protected].
TO: xxx
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:19 PM

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Dear xxx,


You have received a PayPal Payment of $1,950.00 USD from Pat Oman([email protected]).


A Temporary Hold Has Been Placed On This Transaction


As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees. In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the $900.00 USD to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt (in .JPG Format).



This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction. Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.


Transport Agent Details :

Jim Gardner
RR5 box 266, Duncan
Oklahoma, 73533
USA.



Address Status: Confirmed

Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:Sender's Name; Receiver's Name; MTCN; Amount Sent;



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We assure you that this is a safe and approved transaction and your account will be credited immediately we verify the Western Union details. You can contact us anytime if you have any question(s) about this transaction. We want you to understand that the money payment can't be reversed nor can it be canceled or split, so we assure you that you are 100% SECURED doing this transaction.


Questions? Go to the funds verification center at: Click Here or call +447024083659 a representative will attend to you or leave a voice message quoting the Transaction ID.


Thanks for using PayPal.
The PayPal

Instead of playing the game his way I sent an invoice via Paypal for the dress and his $950 in shipping costs. I also sent an e-mail explaining that I could not pay the upfront shipping costs. As I sit here and tell you about my story I recieved another e-mail from the "buyer" and the added bonus of an e-mail from his transport company.

Today's e-mail #1-


Re: Western Union

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FROM: Pat Oman
TO: txxx
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Monday, October 24, 2011 1:32 PM

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Hello xxx,

Thanks for the mail... I really understand you, but i want you to
know that there is no way PayPal could credit your money to your
account if they don't receive the Western Union information from
you...I have also email PayPal on your behalf and they assure me that
they will credit your full funds to your PayPal account once they
receive the Western Union information from you as valid... So kindly
go and look for the $900 and send it out now to the Shipping Agent
address and once it has been send out, kindly email me with the
Western Union information so i can forward it to PayPal for
verification and confirmation and i assure and guarantee you that your
full funds will be credited into your PayPal account asap.

Thanks.

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Is this still for sale. Get back to me with your firm price and pics.

Transport company e-mail #1-


Shipment and Delivery Fund Request For (Wedding Gown)








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FROM: Auto Shippers
TO: xxx
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Monday, October 24, 2011 1:41 PM

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Dear xxx
We have successfully calculated the pick up cost according to the Delivery Address given to us by your purchaser and your own pick up address. The total pick up cost is $900.00 USD. However we have been told to expect the pick up cost from you by PayPal through Western Union Money Transfer. You will have to send the pick up cost to our Shipping Agent who will be coming for the pick up. Below is the Shipping Agent address.


Jim Gardner
RR5 box 266, Duncan
Oklahoma, 73533
USA.

You will need to send the money through Western Union Money Transfer, you can easily do that by going to any nearest Western Union office. You will need to send the following information as soon as you have sent the money:


Mtcn Number :
Sender's Name :
Amount Sent :
Western Union Scanned Receipt :

We will be looking forward to read from you so as to know when we should expect the money and to arrange for the pick up date and time.

For further information, Please contact us.
Lisa Xavier,
Manager.
Auto Shippers International.
Removals & Excess Baggage Specialists.
http://www.autoshippers.com
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This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents.To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform the sender that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you.
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So here I sit. I am not sure what's really going on. There are so many levels to this that I have lost sense of reality and don't know what to believe anymore. What do you guys think?
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#71850 by Megan Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:37 pm
Hi tabathafraz, welcome to ScamWarners.

It is a scam. The PayPal emails are fake - they have not been sent by PayPal, they have been sent by the scammer and are designed purely to persuade you to send money via Western Union to the shipping agent. The shipping agent is also fake, it is another role played by the scammer.

Please do not send any money via Western Union to the shipping agent. If you were to send any money, the scammer will have achieved his goal, which is simply to steal your money.

The best thing to do is to stop replying to the scammer, which includes any further emails that he sends you from PayPal and the shipping agent.

For more detailed information about these type of scams, you may find it helpful to read this link:


viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3224

To protect your privacy, I will ask a Mod to remove your personal information from your post.
#71851 by Dotti Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:51 pm
Welcome Tabatha,

I removed your name and email address from your post so that it isn't picked up by more spammers and scammers.

As Megan has indicated, this is a definite scam. If you look closely at the paypal emails, you may notice the errors in English that are a dead giveaway.

But more importantly, paypal does not, and NEVER will, have a payment arrangement like the one the scammer has made up. For starters, paypal does not get in the middle of transactions like an escrow service. Second, and most important, Paypal is a money transfer service. Western Union is a competing money transfer service. Both services collect fees and/or a percentage of your transfer. If you transfer money by Western Union, Paypal misses an opportunity to collect those fees. They are in business to make money, not to send you to give someone else your money! Paypal will never send you to western union, moneygram, or any other competing money transfer, period.

In addition, any time you receive money, you can log into paypal.com, go to your account, and see the money. If you can't, it hasn't been transferred. Even if it is on hold for some reason, you will still see the balance listed, though you won't be able to withdraw it..

Any time you are in doubt about a paypal email, you can also forward it to [email protected] and they will let you know if it is real.

Can you also post the email address the scammer used for the fake shipper?

Need to post photos? http://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219
Are you a victim of a romance scam? Read here for advice and FAQ's.
#176937 by shieldskills Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:58 pm
I am trying to sell my motor bike on gumtree and a scammer using the name [email protected] was offering me £1600 for an advertised £825 bike asking me to pay auto shippers international I have not paid this as I did a little homework they are using an address in Nigeria all the info they got from me is my PayPal email address will this be any use to them?

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