Advice on advert response

millsd44 · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:29

So, I'm selling my car (don't worry I'm not advertising on here or anything) and I have received a response to my advert. I'm skeptical, sounds like some sort of scam to be honest. What do you guys think??

This is the email I received after first confirming the car is still available:

Hi there, Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that the
vehicle is in good state and that i will not be disappointed with
it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to
buy this for my Dad and he is a mechanic, but the issue is I'm a
marine biologist and i do have a contract to go for which starts
tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly
no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to
access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest
payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since
I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be
responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if
you don't have an account with paypal,its pretty easy, safe and
secured to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com. I hope we can make
the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it
once payment clears and they will be handling the title for me.
So i look forward to hear from you.

rodenal · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:31

Yeah, standard scam

Wonder if these guys have ruined any chance for someone who actually does work remotely / without a decent signal

rotters · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:32

That could be read as completely innocent. But as you have doubts, follow your gut instinct.

unrealrocks · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:32

http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/articles/avoid-this-car-sales-scam

Looks like a pretty common scam, not come across it before however!

Theophany · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:34

So let's just get this straight:

Dude will buy the car for his dad.
Dude is shipping out to the Bermuda Triangle tomorrow, but wants to buy the car regardless.
Dude will have no phone signal, but magically access to the Internet.
Dude wants to pay through PayPal, just as you would at a main dealer.

Yep. Seems legit.

unrealrocks · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:35

Theophany said:
So let's just get this straight:

Dude wants to pay through PayPal, just as you would at a main dealer.

LOL! I would love to see the guy at a dealers reaction to that!

millsd44 · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:36

Just read up on Paypal a bit more, I had no idea they favoured the buyer so much....

thanks! Definitely stay away, this is pretty much copy & paste from the confused.com link

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:43

Its an obvious scam, ignore it.

Theophany · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:44

rotters said:
That could be read as completely innocent.

Sure, if you had brain damage.

Duke · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:50

[TW]Fox;24417251 said:
Its an obvious scam, ignore it.

Firestar_3x · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:53

millsd44 said:
Just read up on Paypal a bit more, I had no idea they favoured the buyer so much....

thanks! Definitely stay away, this is pretty much copy & paste from the confused.com link

PayPal is one of the worst excuses for a company ever, as a seller you are hosed basically.

Scania · 8 Jun 2013 at 16:55

I hope you reply with something absurd and post the response.....

unclelonghair · 8 Jun 2013 at 19:45

As they are a marine biologist a picture of something starfish related should be requested to show they are serious