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Username: chriscooper1890 - Classifieds Buyer Scam

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The following scam has been reported:

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On 23-Jan-2014 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 => chriscooper1890

Name => Wilfred Peterson

FromEmail => [email protected]

City =>

Country => USA

Comments => Is your CYPRES 2 still available for sale?I will like to know the final asking price and 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




Click here to read more about these kind of scams.

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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When these responses show up I've started searching for the username on this site. They always show as "no results found".
Would it be difficult to attach a required posting number or similar requirement for responses to adds? It's not a huge deal either way we all need to do the appropriate research to protect ourselves.
"You don't get many warnings in this sport before you get damaged"

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This fool just sent me a reply for my canopy. STAY AWAY FROM THIS IDIOT...


Username => chriscooper1890

URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/jump.cgi?Detailed=155740

Name => Wilfred Peterson

FromEmail => [email protected]

City =>

Country => USA

Comments => Is your canopy still available for sale?I will like to know the final asking price and 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

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Got him to:


Username => chriscooper1890

URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/jump.cgi?Detailed=155684

Name => Wilfred Peterson

FromEmail => [email protected]

City =>

Country => USA

Comments => Is your velocity 84 still available for sale?I will like to know the final asking price and 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


After i wrote him back i got this:

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 Washington, 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

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.

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The guy just try to get the same on me.
The same story the offshore and the pick up agent and western Union.

when i told him he was a scam he reply:


this is not a Scam and please i don't want you to insult me because am
OK with what i have and i don't see any reason why i will scam you OK.
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Yeah yeah so send me the money first.... asshole

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