Does this sound like a scam or what! I listed my 78' on Craigslist and got this email within 10 minutes of posting. Geez!!

"Hello,
Thanks for the mail, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my son and am okay with your selling price, I'm a Petroleum Engineer and currently offshore i really want this as a surprise gift for my son so i won't let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him. You can mail me back with your paypal email address so i can make the payment to you right now and if you don't have an account with paypal you can set up an account today as it's secured and reliable visit their website on www.paypal.com/us... i will be responsible for the pick up agent payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the payment to you and i will also need your full Name,address and phphone number because it will be needed for the pickup arrangement I would love to speak with you through the phone but due to my work as a Petroleum Engineer i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, We can still communicate through the email exchange for now. I will be looking forward to read back from you real soon with the PayPal email address and your full address including phone number for the pickup arrangement"

 

Sure sounds like a scam.

No questions about the condition of the car and wants to buy it immediately?

Offshore and phone service is down, but has internet access?

I would not give any personal information to this person.

 

Scam! I recieved a "very similar" email response to a CL Harley add I posted. Just for sheets and grins, tell him you have family in the oil business and you would like to know what rig he works on.

 

I just put the ad in one local CL. How did this A-hole find it so fast?

 

Danger Will Robinson, danger.

 

It's a scam. I got one very similar when I posted my Jaguar on CL. That's the problem with CL, too many scammers surfing for someone gullible. Any time I post an ad now I specifically state that I will not answer e-mails without full contact info (name, phone,etc.).

 

So a Petroleum Engineer who is currently offshore cant call, but yet can hop on the internet to your local craigslist and find this?!

:O

 

It's a scam. Just put a sentence in the google search and you will see scamwarner sites with warnings about that email.

 

For sure.
I got the same basic letter, but he was a "Sailor in the Navy" out at sea.
Wanted to buy the Vette for his son. Told him the only way he was getting possession of the vette was by cash.
Never heard from him again.
Glenn

 

What is the scam? Do they actually take your vette and screw you on the payment? Usually these scammers don't want a car, they just want your money. He invites you to open a new paypal account. Then what happens? (Clearly, 100% scam. I just wonder how it works)

 

Yep, had the exact same email before. Scam.

 

Reads like a classic Nigerian Buyer Scam to me. Scamming seems that nation's leading export, where there is even a popular song about taking victims' money called "I Go Chop Your Dollars". Flags include poor use of caps, punctuation and grammar, his overt eagerness to jump all over the deal without question or negotiation, the repetitive mention of his employment situation which makes direct contact impossible. And, most prominently is the necessary enlistment of a pick up agent and pick up agreement; the latter of which will most certainly have you fronting money to the pick up agent...

I wouldn't advise any reply, but I'm sure your local LEO/LEA would direct you to the proper channels if you wish to get this in the right hands.

 

He will send a phony payment paypal email confirmation along with the amount due for shipping and the fee for the agent. The seller will be asked to then take the money from paypal and pay both of those fees with the buyers paypal money.

They will get your car and you will pay them to do it.


As far as how fast it was replied to....there are craigslist programs that you can run that will tell you when a certain item is listed. He probably had corvette on the list and the second you posted it he got the notification of it.

 

Dear Sir,

I am a very wealthy and deathly sick Nigerian Prince who wishes to will my billions of dollars to you. I only have a few days left to live according to the medicine men of my village so you must act fast. However, you will need to pay a small charge so that the funds can be transferred to you. Please Western Union $500 american dollars to Bubba Ray Bojangles 123 Main St Podunk, MS 12345.

Regards,

Prince Adjkkdjfvui Dcejeryfvgccf of Nigeria

LOL....ignore it and wait for a legit buyer

Andy

 

Feel free to send him my ex wife's address and personal info.

 

Hey Slotehog, I get email from that guy all the time. I wonder if I can write a check against the pending tramsfer. Funny. If some weren't falling for it they wouldn't be doing it. Sad!!!

 

Ha ha,
So you guys got the same Nigerian scam artists running around over there as well , here in South Africa we get mails like that if we advertise even a lawnmower!!!!!!!!!!

 

What's wrong with that, don't Nigerian princes mow lawns?

I sometimes wonder how many Nigerian princes there are and if they all work in the internet equivalent of a call center.

 

Tell him to send somebody to pick it up with cash and you will never hear from him again.

 

That's what I did, and guess what,......no reply.