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[John Mags]

Hoping some one can enlighten me.......

I got my HILUX for sale on line. Nothing unusual there. BUT! I have been getting scamers SMSing me asking if the ute is still for sale and that I MUST reply by e mail only..... What gives???

What's their caper???
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[Prokiwi]

One scam they are using is , ---They offer to buy it and then pay by Paypal. they send a "broker agent" to collect the vehicle and then they cancel the Paypal payment , even though the money has already gone in your account . Paypal then debit your account at the buyers request and you have lost the money and the vehicle. There is nothing you can do about it .

make sure you get cash (no bank cheques unless you go to the bank with the person and see the cheque drawn) .

Be extremely careful, there are heaps of these guys operating through carsales etc every day .....
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[dynamitediscodave]

ebay is pretty bad with it too!!!

i've had "4 different" people at one stage with my sale of 93 hilux, pack of aholes
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[John Mags]

Thanks guys. Always carefull. Just wondering how they done their caper.

I am a cash or bank transfer trader. Works well for me..... by the way, if you know anyone who is after a Hilux...
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[triple"A"]

sometimes its so they can add your email address to a list that they then sell to spam canvassers etc. this is just annoying though not as dangerous as the paypal racquet

how was pt g johnny?

sorry i didnt answer your sms, didnt get it till midday today, we were at the "ponderosa" and reception is sketchy there sometimes, we will get your "beast" up there sometime for a flat out sprint along the airstrip i reckon, are ya keen??

[chief94]

Be careful John Boy i had the same thing trying to sell my Ktm 250 .
See the money first man

[bigjon]

Silktoyz.com wrote:

One scam they are using is , ---They offer to buy it and then pay by Paypal. they send a "broker agent" to collect the vehicle and then they cancel the Paypal payment , even though the money has already gone in your account . Paypal then debit your account at the buyers request and you have lost the money and the vehicle. There is nothing you can do about it .

How can that be legit? Once it's in my Paypal account it should stay there until I change it. I do believe you though, as I've had a mate (seller) get scammed this way.

I only use Paypal for small value <$500.
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[John Mags]

triple"A" wrote:

sometimes its so they can add your email address to a list that they then sell to spam canvassers etc. this is just annoying though not as dangerous as the paypal racquet how was pt g johnny? sorry i didnt answer your sms, didnt get it till midday today, we were at the "ponderosa" and reception is sketchy there sometimes, we will get your "beast" up there sometime for a flat out sprint along the airstrip i reckon, are ya keen??

I did not go to Pt.G. Late night combined with putting quad together and ran out of time....... Hell yeah I am keen for an air strip run
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[ashnery]

what i normally do..
is tell you i will buy it ,but im out of state so i will pay pal you and tell you the money is in your account then tell you ive paid an exta $2000 and can you pay me $2000 to my freight company at this account ....bla...bla and they will come and pick it up from you...of coarse you loose 2k ,but it works a treat...
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[bigjon]

ashnery wrote:

what i normally do.. is tell you i will buy it ,but im out of state so i will pay pal you and tell you the money is in your account then tell you ive paid an exta $2000

This is when I either hang up the phone or delete the SMS or email
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[Midwest Tone]

Had this earlier this year. I played dumb and kept asking stupid questions about Paypal 'What's Paypal?' and kept him going until he must have been convinced he had hooked a whale. I made up an email addy through gmail and used that. Got to the point of telling him I was ready to recieve payment and the details would follow in an attachment from my secretary. I then posted up a request for pictures of penises on one of the dodgy forums with his email addy.
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[JONO]

Midwest Tone wrote:

Had this earlier this year. I played dumb and kept asking stupid questions about Paypal 'What's Paypal?' and kept him going until he must have been convinced he had hooked a whale. I made up an email addy through gmail and used that. Got to the point of telling him I was ready to recieve payment and the details would follow in an attachment from my secretary. I then posted up a request for pictures of penises on one of the dodgy forums with his email addy.

hahahaa thats a good way of dealing with it