Con or Not???
Hi All I'm selling my Santa Fe on Gumtree and received the email below is it a con or real?
Hello,
Thanks for the swift reply, What is your asking price and i want you
to get back to me with more pictures because i am not available at the
moment, i am in Malaysia and i will be using the car here in Malaysia.
I will be handling the pick up of this merchandise through a
legitimate shipping agent that has their headquarter situated in
Malaysia . Please note that i will not be needing the vehicle
registration because it will be invalid over here so please remove the
registration. The car will be picked up after you receive the full
payment, so i really need to know the mode of payment because i need
this car urgently. Hope to read from you asap.
Kelly.
Jody
Posts: 1578
Date Joined: 19/04/07
WTF
weird
Gotta be a con
TWiZTED
snappermiles
Posts: 2102
Date Joined: 05/11/10
just be carefull
there was a scam going around with boats and they done the same thing put the money in your account then when they took the car/boat the money dissapears! that was using paypal though!! and arent the cars in malaysia cheaper than ours anyway??? so why would they want to import a car when i think they are cheaper over there!! BE VERY VERY CAREFULL!
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
Still, everyone likes a
Still, everyone likes a challenge, why not try and con the conner?
Pezdog
Posts: 204
Date Joined: 09/11/10
Fake!
Hi Kelly
Yeah I have seen a heap of these fake things go through. Especially on Motor Bikes and Cars. Simply because of the cost of these items and they can offer to pay for shipping (which would be costly)
Basically when you respond they will ask for your bank details and that they cannot use Paypal. After they have your details they ask for you to give them a small fee to cover the excess shipping (or something to the like of this) Once you have given them the $200, $300 etc you never hear from them again.
If you are curious just write back asking more details but do not EVER give them ANY personal details, name, address, bank accounts etc.
Also google "Paypal car scam" or "Gumtree car scam" and read a little up on that to see if it is similar to your situation.
Good Luck!
Cheers
Pezdog
Aaron Santos
Posts: 300
Date Joined: 12/11/10
definate con, but like till
definate con, but like till said try and reverse the role and have some fun with it. just dont give your details out.
Still trying to catch fish!
West Coast Eagles Supporter and Proud Member.
Pezdog
Posts: 204
Date Joined: 09/11/10
Oh
Oh Ledge, is your name Kelly or the conner? LOL!!!
Appologies if not. hehe
Cheers
Pezdog
ledge64
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Date Joined: 24/11/09
The conner....
The conner....
Shorty
Posts: 1549
Date Joined: 10/05/08
Yes its a scam, it can work
Yes its a scam, it can work different ways but i would say that you say its $5000 he will put $7000 in and then he will say oopps i over paid you can you send the difference back ASAP, the bank says the moneys there so you do,,but the money has not cleared your the bank yet and in the end it does not and you lose $2000 or whatever,,
Overpayment scams are the biggest ones going at the moment, he is not interested in your car at all tho they pretend there are,,
Man Overboard
Posts: 957
Date Joined: 16/01/10
Surely once you receive
Surely once you receive money through paypal or whatever, and it is in your account they cannot then take it out.
I wouldn't be giving them any banking details though. Get the money through Pay Pal, withdraw the funds and away you go. They have to sign the rego transfer papers anyway, and what they do with the plates is up to them.
Gricko
Posts: 109
Date Joined: 09/07/10
like snappermiles said there
like snappermiles said there was a scam around involving cars, with over seas purchasers claiming to put money into an account. I would be very careful about giving any account details over the net. One way of weeding out cons is ask for cash on pick up! If they come back with some bullshit story then theres your answer!
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
Shorty
Posts: 1549
Date Joined: 10/05/08
Oh i just remember they are
Oh i just remember they are smarter than that,,some do go thru paypal,,they have the logo and everything that looks legit that they send to your email account which says payment has been confirmed etc so you say great and send back the "overpayment"or you send the goods out,,,
So remember just because paypal says tthe moneys been recieved does not mean anything,the crooks are getting smarter,,
I like how Kelly says he needs the car urgently,yeah right i need a car so i will import one from Australia this week,lmao
nightfish
Posts: 327
Date Joined: 18/10/10
If it smells like crap its
If it smells like crap its usually crap,
thats my motto
Indiana
Posts: 307
Date Joined: 15/12/09
Definate Scam .....
Ledge64 ........Mate this is a definate SCAM.
I recently sold a complete kitchen I had just removed .
I had the same sort of details ..........
" IF YOUR NOT GOING TO EAT IT ......PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU CAUGHT IT"
Starbug
Posts: 563
Date Joined: 27/08/09
Scam Scam Scam! This is a
Scam Scam Scam!
This is a classic scam that is rife on a lot of internet based selling websites.
roberta
Posts: 2773
Date Joined: 08/07/08
thats why I
don't do any banking, selling etc online, don't trust anybody with my hard earned money that goes for credit cards as well. Yes its a total scam.
I'm registered with scamwatch and they up date you with all the scams at the moment, its really interesting reading all the scams going around at the moment especially now its coming up for Xmas and people travelling on their holidays.
Ginger Tablets Rock
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
Really? I've been online
Really? I've been online banking forever, as well as using credit card. Its easy to avoid scams if you think a little.
jono.s
Posts: 440
Date Joined: 27/07/09
Definatly a con, a mate got
Definatly a con, a mate got this same email last week while tryin to sell his dirtbike on gumtree.
grayzeee
Posts: 2283
Date Joined: 09/07/09
yep con. we advertised a car
yep
con. we advertised a car and had 3 virtually the same as yours all wanting to buy from long distance.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
bungeye
Posts: 90
Date Joined: 10/06/09
yeah mate forsure
I was selling an mercruiser motor on gumtree had an email from a guy that was interested in buying it but was currently working overseas at the moment , he payed for it using a fake fully legit looking b-pay account - homepage etc and even had the cheek to send me another fake email supossivly from bpay saying payment recived and money is in youre account please forward item to so and so address overseas somewhere ,,, i knew from the start it was a scam but they go to alot of effort to try scam ya and im sure a few people have been had ,, there is some f###en pricks out there ..
derp000
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Date Joined: 22/02/10
Hi
Wow! I just had the same a few days ago for our Accent on Gumtree
Scam for sure!
Derp
I Fish because.............
Shorty
Posts: 1549
Date Joined: 10/05/08
And now you can't go out in
And now you can't go out in public with credits cards,anybody see current affairs show tonight ? they just brush past you down the street and get all your details with some electronic gizmo they have,,its called electronic pick pocketing,,