Selling my eg and recieving payment via paypal

[soopaman]

hi guys sold my eg to a guy whos out at sea and he is paying via paypal, but in order to complete the transaction the payment is being held by paypal until i transfer the pick up fee to his pick up agent via western union, i've never done this before so was wondering if anyone knows of this method or is this some dodgy scam please need some info on this cheers

[Chernoby1]

Sounds like a massive dodgy scam.

[soopaman]

yea thats what it looks like to me too, also the emails i got from paypal dont have the green shield with the tick on it, indicating that the email is from a trusted sender

[Symphorced]

I hope you're not being serious...

Its a very common scam method.

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[soopaman]

really... ok geez, so i should jus ignore it

[charliebrown]

lol... 'out at sea'

have you read the 'scammer ownage' thread?

[soopaman]

no i havent read it think i should do it now, i havent sent any money or anything so its ok i had a feeling it was fake so thought i'd check up

[talha.k]

can you show us what he exactly wrote? because i once received a similar mail from some scammer:

Neill Erdrossy

Dear seller,

i was just glancing through ebay.com.au because i need to buy your
item,it a very lovely stuff you have gotten here and I am interested
in buying it outrightly.For a quick sale, I will pay you 1100.00aud
for it. I was planning going on physically to purchase it but could
not due to the nature of my work as i am always on the move cos I am a
marine engineer and I work with an International shipping company.it
will be picked up at your location by my pick up agent I will be
paying with my paypal account.so please do reply me asap with your
paypal account or send me a payment request from your paypal account
so i can effect payment to you rightaway.I await your reply
NB:Honestly, I do not know the actual worth of this item because I?m
always busy sailing. If my offer is not ok, Let me know so i can shoot
up abit or bring it down as the case maybe.Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards

[charliebrown]

dont trust seamen ever :P

[u mad?]

obvious scam is obvious

[dougie_504]

This is a very common scam, the bloke is out at sea, something about a dying father, will pay you a great price over 'safe' paypal but you have to make a commitment of some sort first. I've heard that these people are operating out of Nigeria but don't take my word on that and there's no racism intended.

Ignore it and keep your money safe. Sell the car to a person handing you a wad of cash of bank cheque only.

[soopaman]

this is what he sent me after contacting me on my mobile

''Thanks for the prompt response..I want to buy it now as a Present for my Dad and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the car to be a surprise for my father so i wont let him know anything about the car until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the car. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the car and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com 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 have a pick up agent that will come and pick the car up after i have made the payments...''

Thanks

Byron