I'm reselling that Fairlane I bought a few months back.
The listing ends in a few days - I got a text message at 03.01 this morning from "tiny.cool73" (not a phone number), which read
"Hi, what is the asking price for your car listed on eBay.com.au?Please contact me at sargedude522gmail. com .Regards"
Alright, I thought, this is a scam. Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
To the email address above I sent "$1000 would end the auction early" (the starting bid is $800).
I then get an email from "Erik Nyberg" (same email address as above),
"[FONT="]Thanks for the response,i will take it for $1,200 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won't be be able to see this in person,what's the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay in ASAP.
Erik"
[/FONT]Uh huh. eBay chargeback scam I'm guessing - they pay me via Paypal, then organise a flat bed to collect the vehicle, then tell PayPal they never received the vehicle, get a refund from PayPal, and vanish.
I only had to get to where it says "$1,200" to work this out.
Remembering that all I've got from them is an email address, anybody got any ideas for how I can f*** with this guy?
The listing ends in a few days - I got a text message at 03.01 this morning from "tiny.cool73" (not a phone number), which read
"Hi, what is the asking price for your car listed on eBay.com.au?Please contact me at sargedude522gmail. com .Regards"
Alright, I thought, this is a scam. Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
To the email address above I sent "$1000 would end the auction early" (the starting bid is $800).
I then get an email from "Erik Nyberg" (same email address as above),
"[FONT="]Thanks for the response,i will take it for $1,200 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won't be be able to see this in person,what's the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay in ASAP.
Erik"
[/FONT]Uh huh. eBay chargeback scam I'm guessing - they pay me via Paypal, then organise a flat bed to collect the vehicle, then tell PayPal they never received the vehicle, get a refund from PayPal, and vanish.
I only had to get to where it says "$1,200" to work this out.
Remembering that all I've got from them is an email address, anybody got any ideas for how I can f*** with this guy?