Username: grandwilliams4 - Classifieds Buyer Scam

[Meso 38]

The following scam has been reported:

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> On 27-Apr-2013 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly.
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> Username => grandwilliams4
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> Name => grand
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> FromEmail => [email protected]
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> City =>
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> Country => USA
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> Comments => I want to purchase your Safire2 230 still available for sale,What is the last asking price,I will like to pay using PayPal,After payments has been made,I will arrange for the pick-up and will you let my pick-up agent to come to you house for the pick up?Because i don't want you to worry yourself about the shipment,Kindly get back with more pictures.
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> Regards

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Remember:

• DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance.


• Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer".


• Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa


• If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check.


• If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.

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[Uri 0]

I got the same thing.......

On 27-Apr-2013 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly.

Username => grandwilliams4

URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/jump.cgi?Detailed=143635

Name => grand

FromEmail => [email protected]

City =>

Country => USA

Comments => I want to purchase your KATANA 135 still available for sale,What is the last asking price,I will like to pay using PayPal,After payments has been made,I will arrange for the pick-up and will you let my pick-up agent to come to you house for the pick up?Because i don't want you to worry yourself about the shipment,Kindly get back with more pictures.

Regards

[treiparinti 0]

Same here:
[email protected]> a
> scris:
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>> I want to purchase your Aerodyne Diablo 150 still available for
>> sale,What is the last asking price,I will like to pay using
>> PayPal,After payments has been made,I will arrange for the pick-up
>> and will you let my pick-up agent to come to you house for the pick
>> up?Because i don't want you to worry yourself about the
>> shipment,Kindly get back with more pictures.
>>
>> Regards

[treiparinti 0]

His english got much better :) This is what he answered after I asked a couple of questions about his identity:

I appreciate your response,I'm an marine engineer and at this moment am presently working offshore,Sometimes access to regular emails and phone calls is very poor offshore due to inefficiency of the immarsat service,I located in Pacific WA, and i want you to know that I am ok with the condition of the canopy and the asking price as well,I am buying the canopy as a gift for my father and I want to surprise him.I don't have access to my bank account on-line as i don't have internet banking but i have my bank account attached to my PayPal account and this is why i insisted in paying you through PayPal,kindly get back to me with your PayPal email address and if you don't have PayPal account yet,it is very easy to set up at your bank or online 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 can proceed with the payment and after the payment has been done,I have a pick up agent that will come around for verifications and to pick the canopy after i have made the payments for the canopy.So I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the making of the payment.

1.Your PayPal full name.
2.Your PayPal Email Address.
3..Your phone number.

Once again ,I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping. I will have my pick-up agent come over as soon as you have receive the payment confirmation.

Regards.


Pretty funny. I supose the katana listed in the post above was for his grandpa :)