ROSE LONEL AKA [email protected]

[tk1622]

Hello Everyone,
Here is the newest scammer I came across, trying to sell my furniture.
The first email simply asked how much the furniture was, but the second email was when all the red flags went up:
"Hi , Thanks for your response, just to let you know that am okay with
the condition and offer you $600 of the item, am ready for it to
purchase and my method of payment will be by PayPal.I would have
really love to come for the viewing but due to my work frame that
might not be possible as am on work inspection to south jersey in
state at the moment,but if you have more pictures, might want to have
a good look at it. I'll be responsible for the pick-up and the pick
up money will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable
pick up company to schedule an appropriate time for the pick-up at
your location after funds has been received as i have other properties
to be moved alongside with yours. all i will need is your PayPal email
address to make the payment and then I will make arrangement for pick
up I will be expecting your email.
Thanks"
I responded stating I don't use paypal, sorry- just to see what the response would be. Then I received this response from "Rose"
"Hello buddy, i have been using PayPal for the past 4 or 5 years ago
and they have never turn me down so get relax just kindly visit
http://www.PayPal.com and get registered with them and once you are through
on the site all you need is to get back to me with your paypal email
address for the quick transaction Thanks."

Too many red flags for me...
So, please take note of the name Rose Lonel and email [email protected].

Good Luck,
Tanya

[Nailgunner]

Well spotted, this looks like an overpayment scam. You recieve a payment, send on money from the courier via WU, then find out that your initial PayPal payment has been clawed back because it was made with a stolen credit card or hijacked Paypal account. Glad you caught this one

[Jillian]

As Nailgunner has explained, the paypal payment in this case will be fraudulent. The most likely scenario is actually that the payment itself would be faked, with you receiving a spoofed PayPal email created by the scammer and no actual PayPal payment will have been made.
The key to overpayment scams like this is that the scammer will need to introduce a fictitious third party - usually a fake courier or shipper, played by the same scammer using another name and email address.

@tk1622: Thank you for posting this information. Please let us know if you have any questions.

[Nailgunner]

We used to see this a lot with used cars. The difference there was that the scammer would actually pay a real shipper to take the car away too (although "their" shipper was often really expensive). So you'd lose your car, and a heap of money besides. It's a pretty scummy trick.