It’s a scam, just ignore him. His English is shit so it’s not his mother tongue. The grammar is awful too. As @laava says he’ll either overpay you or he’s working on the basis he can manipulate the way PayPal operate; that can and do, for large ticket items, hold funds in escrow until they receive confirmation the goods have been delivered and are as described. If not they refund the purchaser and expect the purchase to return the goods. However, I suspect it will be a fake PayPal email you’ll receive as most scammers don’t have several thousand they can transfer. Walk away.
That is a cracking little car - and a fair price. just wish I had a spare £10k to hand. But - as a marine engineer, that works out of the UK for half the year, I would still want to look at it before I bought it. The guys contacting you is a scammer. Most places, ships and offshore facilities have decent internet connections these days. If he can email he can phone...
Just received this, thought it worth sharing Action Fraud is warning people selling items online to be on the lookout for criminals sending fake PayPal emails. Between January 2020 and September 2020, 21,349 crime reports were made to Action Fraud about fake PayPal emails. Victims reported losing a total of £7,891,077.44 during this time. Those targeted included people selling jewellery, furniture and electronics via online marketplaces. Reports of fake PayPal emails to Action Fraud made up a third of all reports of online shopping and auction fraud during this period. How does it happen? Criminals have been targeting people selling items online, by sending them emails purporting to be from PayPal. The emails trick victims into believing they have received payment for the items they’re selling on the platform. Typically, after receiving these emails, victims will ship the item to the criminal. This leaves them at a further disadvantage having not received any payment for the item and also no longer being in possession of it. How can you protect yourself? Sellers beware: If you’re selling items on an online marketplace, be aware of the warning signs that your buyer is a scammer. Scammers may have negative feedback history, or may have recently set up a new account to avoid getting poor feedback. Don’t be persuaded into sending anything until you can verify you’ve received the payment. Scam messages: Don’t click on the links or attachments in suspicious emails, and never respond to messages that ask for your personal or financial details. How to spot the difference: A PayPal email will address you by your first and last name, or your business name, and will never ask you for your full password, bank account, or credit card details in a message. If you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, report it to Action Fraud online at www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. Message Sent By Action Fraud (Action Fraud, Administrator, National)
On the subject of scams.. I had a recorded message from Agent Carol Jones of HM Revenue Services, a warrant will be issued for my arrest if I or my legal representative do not contact them within 24 hours to arrange payment of my outstanding tax bill. @Zhed46 are you available to get me out of chokey when they come a knockin' ?
I’m afraid not, because I had the same message a few months ago and so they might slap the cuffs on me too when I turn up
see this a lot on gumtree, sold my grandmothers car on there for my dad after she'd passed away. Got many similar messages from people who worked off shore and couldn't phone etc but wanted to buy the car for the full asking price without seeing it and would arrange a carrier to collect the car etc. All b0ll0cks, walk away.
Already have walked away mate. It smelled a bit funny from his first email. Thanks everyone for the scam confirmations. I think he's gone away now, I haven't heard from him for a few days.
Action Fraud are utterly useless. My elderly neighbour was conned out of most of her life savings and was then conned again with a ‘recovery fraud’ for which she had to pay taxes and fees to get her original money back. Luckily I stopped her before she lost any more but she’d already lost a 6 figure amount buying ‘Carbon Credit’ shares. Hence why she was desperate to get it back. The sad thing is she still thinks the shares are exist, but of course they don’t though. Action fraud were no help, no advice on the recovery scam. We even had the details of the people trying to run the recovery and they weren’t even interested in trying to arrest them. I’d kept them keen for a few days in the hole we could get them arrested. The con men are ruthless heartless bastards
