Too good to be true? [Archive]

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 08:20 AM

I think someone is scamming me, should I play along

I listed my car in the Quokka for 3K and this is an email I got

A Contact has been requested by:

Email Address: nathywilly@yahoo.com

User Message: I will like to make an offer of $3200 for your car, pls let me know if you accept my offer, payment for the car will be through paypal and the pick up will be arranged.

Best Regards,
The Staff of Quokka

Dont anyone Email him incase its a million to 1 genuine offer.

TJ

17-07-2009, 08:21 AM

Yeah reply, and see how you go. Should be fun.

Is this related to your belguim sweepstakes win or my nigerian prince friend wanting to send me 34.2 million usd?

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 08:23 AM

Yeah reply, and see how you go. Should be fun.

Is this related to your belguim sweepstakes win or my nigerian prince friend wanting to send me 34.2 million usd?

No, I think they are genuine cases, we need to help these people.

miss_petepie

17-07-2009, 08:28 AM

meh fark that! i wouldnt except payment through paypal...

cash on pick up :)

ben351

17-07-2009, 08:29 AM

reminds me of Murray off Flight of the Conchords hahaha

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 08:39 AM

I sent him an email asking if he wanted to look at the car, he replied

Thanks for the mail,i am buying the car for dad and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and i really want the car to be a surprise for dad so i wont let him know anything abt 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 dont have access to my bank account online as i dont 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 so i can make the payments asap for the car and pls if you dont have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com.au 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.

I rarely use Paypal, but can he put the money into my account then withdraw it?

The guys name is Nathan Wilcox

Riggs

17-07-2009, 08:41 AM

Its a scam.

You will bounce emails back and foward for a bit. He will tell a story about getting a relative or some shit to pick it up. Then he will tell you that he has paid the amount to paypal.

You will get a letter from paypal saying he has paid in too much and you will need to pay back the difference, then they will credit you the whole lot (inc his over payment).

You ring the real paypal before doing so to check and they know nothing of it.

You then send abusive email to nathywilly and be on your way...

Happend to a mate.

Joe

17-07-2009, 08:44 AM

Paypal... dodgy.

It'll be a stolen account probably, the payment will be made, and then Paypal will rip the $3200 back off you to refund it to the person whose account was stolen.

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 08:47 AM

Yeah sounded too good to be true
Who offers 200 bucks more for a car without even looking at it
I wonder how I can scam him back
any ideas?

yeahlow34

17-07-2009, 08:49 AM

Doesn't make sense mate. He has set up a pay-pal acopingpingpingping, but doesn't have internet banking? Not only that, the paypal is linked directly to his account. Yeah fuck off. Don't risk it, reply and tell him how easy it is to set up internet banking.

On another note - My sister put a T.V in the quokka for $300, then some dude called and said he'd take it for $340. Anyhow he came, picked it up and payed $340. Absolute tripper haha. It does happen I guess.

Dirty32

17-07-2009, 08:50 AM

Try get some more details on him - Try find an address and fuk his sister!

Be a good scam

[RX2]

17-07-2009, 08:50 AM

fuck pay pal there's another thread on here about pay pal ,
its a scam , plain & simple .

also if this dickhead says he has his bank acc linked to pay pal but doesnt have internet banking .... hmmm i dont even think that would be possible ?

ask him how he expects to sign the transfer papers & show a west australian drivers licence which is required on the transfer papers .

better yet , go a head with the deal & when the dodgy pingpingpingpings turn up beat the piss out of them

RICEY

17-07-2009, 08:56 AM

lol yes get the pingpingpingping to meet you somehow and flog the pingpingpingping

ben351

17-07-2009, 09:00 AM

better yet ... fuck his dad !!!

no ?!!?

_oz

17-07-2009, 09:02 AM

yeah this exact thing happend to my mate when he had his bike on ebay for 12.5, he got an offer for 16k

exact same scenario, worked at "sea" as an oceanographer or sum bs

he managed to send a fraud email from paypal too saying the 16g was in his account, then my mate contacted paypal, they had no clue about the money and he found out it was a scam.. lol

RICEY

17-07-2009, 09:03 AM

better yet ... fuck his dad !!!

no ?!!?

Im keen.

YOUR MATE

17-07-2009, 09:13 AM

Tocchi works at sea, and is a dodgy pingpingpingping. Bash Tocchi.

Give them a fake Paypal details and get them to meet you somewhere public and flog the shit outta them. Pretty sure you'll get alot of us willing to come lend a hand with the dodgey pricks too. Say your mum's sick so you'll meet them at the local woolie's or soemthing.

[FFOUR]

17-07-2009, 09:16 AM

Tell him the car has a heap of problems and you'll only accept $1500 as what hes doing for his Dad is so nice. See if he is still interested.

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 09:20 AM

LOL, I could use the cash to buy a Hyosung like yours :)

[FFOUR]

17-07-2009, 09:24 AM

I'll sell you my Hyosung F4 for $1200.

Just paypal the money to me.

TJ

17-07-2009, 09:26 AM

Bretts busy under the sea being a scuba engineer, I will pick bike up. PM me your address and times you might not be home

Brett_J

17-07-2009, 09:27 AM

Since its in good nick no doubt from what I was told by the guy at my local shops, I will give you $2500 instead .

brynj

17-07-2009, 09:30 AM

Tell him you would like to deliver the car for him as you feel he's a nice guy doing such a thing for his dad. Ask for a simple deposit to your western union account that is verified by the australian embassy before the paypal transaction, find out address, pay towie to pick up a wreck from somewhere and proceed to drop off present at location.

Tocchi

17-07-2009, 09:35 AM

Tocchi works at sea, and is a dodgy pingpingpingping. Bash Tocchi.

works for me

ben351

17-07-2009, 09:52 AM

miss_petepie

17-07-2009, 10:12 AM

lol love how he gives you the incorrect web address for them also... its not .au lol!

Jazza

17-07-2009, 10:18 AM

Brockas

17-07-2009, 10:24 AM

Definitely go along with it and agree to meet the guy at an abandoned warehouse with 30 of us waiting.....

_S9_

17-07-2009, 12:16 PM

lol love how he gives you the incorrect web address for them also... its not .au lol!

it is too .au!

[RX2]

17-07-2009, 01:27 PM

ask him if he's the bloke that contacted you a few days ago & has the GTS with backfire

Turbo2.6L

17-07-2009, 01:36 PM

cplagz

17-07-2009, 01:53 PM

google Scam the scammers ... there's a site, the guy might do it for fun.

Or ---- go get a no fees bank account, sign up for a new paypal account, see if any money goes into your paypal, transfer the funds to bank, withdraw cash... close all accounts and tell him he can pickup the car.

RICEY

17-07-2009, 01:58 PM

Would work if they actually put money in your account but they dont, they just say they have, then someone posing as ebay says they paid in too much and you need to pay back the excess. Thats how they scam the money out of you.

cplagz

17-07-2009, 03:21 PM

Only if you dumb enough not to see what your PayPal balance says :)

RICEY

17-07-2009, 04:05 PM

this is true haha