Auction site scammer after your goods

Hi,
I just found this forum and wanted to contribute to this thread. I had a similar thing happen, through Craigslist, and thankfully realized, after not really getting it for the first few days (and giving the guy my shipping address) that this was a scam. These were the emails I received from "Paypal":

Dear (my email address),

My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Alex Woollam([email protected]).
Kindly reply to this message if you have any question regarding this transaction and I will be happy to help you.
We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.

Sincerely,

Scott Thompson
President
PayPal Inc

And:

Dear (my email address),

You have received a PayPal Payment of $1550.00.00 USD from Alex Woollam([email protected]).


A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.


In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the $500.00 USD to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt.

NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.


Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.

Transport Company

Address:
Lakesha Boyer
2712 Furrs St
Arlington,
Texas
76006
USA.

Address Status:
Confirmed

Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; MTCN; Amount Sent; Security Question and Answer.

Along with a few others.

So add this email to the list: [email protected]
As well as the "Paypal" address that was used: [email protected]

You'll noticed that the emails from "Paypal" had a bunch of spelling and grammatical errors, something I doubt Paypal would allow.

However I worry a little because he has my email address and home address (he had "the shipping company that would be picking up my stuff" get in touch with me, it looked official and I gave him my address). Is there anything to be worried about with regard to this? This is somewhat scary stuff and though I realize that there's no real worry, the idea of someone who's trying to scam me having my address and my email is a little bit disconcerting.

Thanks.

After trying to tell me that hes put money into my paypal and me calling paypal and them saying that theres no money even pending in my account i was well aware i was being scammed the scammer probably a fake nae (jason robin) then sent me the following


As per the PayPal email. You are required to pay the £450 to the
shipping agent thru Western Union from your own pocket and then send
the western union information to PayPal for verification. Once they
receive the western union from you, the total amount would be released
into your account. So you should go ahead with sending the payment
ASAP and then send the western union to PayPal for verification, so
that you can get your money and we can finalize this
transaction...Respond to me soon

The money will only reflect in your account until you reply back to
the confirmation email you received from PayPal by sending the MTCN
number of the £450 that is to be send to my pick up agent so that they
can come for the pick up..if you have gone through the email you
received from PayPal very well regarding the payment i made...you must
have been notify about all this so i hope you understand and go ahead
and send the £450 then get back to PayPal with the western union
information so that they will release the whole fund into your account
without any delay. I will advice you to check your inbox or spam mail
of junk am sure you will find the PayPal confirmation email in one of
those box.

Please advice asap..

Thanks.

Hi gayle,
congratulations on spotting a nasty scam!
Could you please post the email addresses the scammer used and the address you were supposed to send the money to? This will help other victims who do a Google search.
Thank you!

Am happy to inform you that am done with the payment. I just completed
the payment via PayPal and am sure by now you should have received the
payment confirmation in ([email protected]) from PayPal. A
total of £1,200 GPB was sent, £750 GPB for the merchandise and the
extra £450 GPB for my shipper's charges,which you will be sending to
the address below via western union

Name: Steve Dempsey
Address: No. 76, Jalan PJS 9/18, Bandar Sunway
City: kuala lumpur
State: Selangor
Zipcode: 47100
Country: Malaysia

My shipper would be coming around to your area to have the merchandise
picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee to them,as i
need you to let me know what time you want them to come and where
(your address & phone # you can be reached on).

I will be waiting to hear from you once the money has been sent to my
shipper.Thanks for the business.Nice doing business with you...Hope to
deal with you more. Have a great week ahead.

And i also told them to send a copy of the payment to this email as well.

Regards.

Robin.

MESSAGES WERE SENT FROM THIS EMAIL ADD [email protected]
be on ur guard people these people can be very deceiving

this is basically the same scam that happened to me its disgusting they should be ashamed of themselves

Hi,
I just found this forum and wanted to contribute to this thread. I had a similar thing happen, through Craigslist, and thankfully realized, after not really getting it for the first few days (and giving the guy my shipping address) that this was a scam. These were the emails I received from "Paypal":

Dear (my email address),

My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Alex Woollam([email protected]).
Kindly reply to this message if you have any question regarding this transaction and I will be happy to help you.
We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.

Sincerely,

Scott Thompson
President
PayPal Inc

And:

Dear (my email address),

You have received a PayPal Payment of $1550.00.00 USD from Alex Woollam([email protected]).


A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.


In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the $500.00 USD to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt.

NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.


Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.

Transport Company

Address:
Lakesha Boyer
2712 Furrs St
Arlington,
Texas
76006
USA.

Address Status:
Confirmed

Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; MTCN; Amount Sent; Security Question and Answer.

Along with a few others.

So add this email to the list: [email protected]
As well as the "Paypal" address that was used: [email protected]

You'll noticed that the emails from "Paypal" had a bunch of spelling and grammatical errors, something I doubt Paypal would allow.

However I worry a little because he has my email address and home address (he had "the shipping company that would be picking up my stuff" get in touch with me, it looked official and I gave him my address). Is there anything to be worried about with regard to this? This is somewhat scary stuff and though I realize that there's no real worry, the idea of someone who's trying to scam me having my address and my email is a little bit disconcerting.

Thanks.

Dear Gayle Smith,

Your Pending Payment Statements

From: [email protected]
To: xx
Amount: £1,200.00 GBP
Status: Pending, Awaiting Approval ( Western Union Details)
Attachment:

Please be advised that verification of Western Union Money Transfer Details of £450.00 GPB (which must be sent as deposit to Buyer's Shipping Agent) is required to complete this "Pending" payment sent to you by Robin Jason. Therefore, you are mandated to complete the refunding process within 24 Hours. Your account is being monitored through PayPal Security Systems.

Upon the receipt of Western Union Money Transfer Details, your account will be credited accordingly which will include all cost charged for transfer via western union money transfer at PayPal cost.

You are require to send us the Western Union Information below for Verification:

(1) Sender's Name;
(2) Receiver's Name;
(3) MTCN;
(4) Amount Sent;
(5) Western Union Receipt

Below is the Confirmed & Verified Agent's address where you are mandated to send the money:


Name: Williams Smith
Address: 89A Letchworth Point
City: Letchworth Garden
State: Hertfordshire
Postal Code: SG6 1ND
Country: United Kingdom

Hi gayle,
I can imagine that it cost you a lot of effort to go through this disgusting stuff again.
So here's a huge "Thank you!"

I am selling phone too in ebay and sulit.ph... then after 10 mins posted my latest garments.. 3 of them email me and all of them is came from nigeria.. hahaahha.. and they are using Paypal also..

Am happy to inform you that am done with the payment. I just completed
the payment via PayPal and am sure by now you should have received the
payment confirmation in ([email protected]) from PayPal. A
total of £1,200 GPB was sent, £750 GPB for the merchandise and the
extra £450 GPB for my shipper's charges,which you will be sending to
the address below via western union

Name: Steve Dempsey
Address: No. 76, Jalan PJS 9/18, Bandar Sunway
City: kuala lumpur
State: Selangor
Zipcode: 47100
Country: Malaysia

My shipper would be coming around to your area to have the merchandise
picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee to them,as i
need you to let me know what time you want them to come and where
(your address & phone # you can be reached on).

I will be waiting to hear from you once the money has been sent to my
shipper.Thanks for the business.Nice doing business with you...Hope to
deal with you more. Have a great week ahead.

And i also told them to send a copy of the payment to this email as well.

Regards.

Robin.

Help me
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27794&p=75172&hilit=Dempsey#p75172

I just received the same type of email. The person that Richard Wilson is representing is Lisa Bennett. She claims to be disabled and handicapped so I could not call her to talk about the item for sale.
There was also correspondence from a E Cargo shipping company that requested my shipping address, I gave them address to storage.
There was a clue that this was a scam. I one of the early emails, she mentioned that the shipping would be $450 and then she says, in the same email, that the shipper needs my address to calculate the shipping cost.
After receiving what was supposed to state that the payment was confirmed but was being held, I contacted Paypal to confirm for myself. The transaction id was bogus.
I had my hopes up that I was actually selling what I had posted, but I am not in that big a hurry.

this is basically the same scam that happened to me its disgusting they should be ashamed of themselves

Hi,
I just found this forum and wanted to contribute to this thread. I had a similar thing happen, through Craigslist, and thankfully realized, after not really getting it for the first few days (and giving the guy my shipping address) that this was a scam. These were the emails I received from "Paypal":

Dear (my email address),

My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Alex Woollam([email protected]).
Kindly reply to this message if you have any question regarding this transaction and I will be happy to help you.
We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.

Sincerely,

Scott Thompson
President
PayPal Inc

And:

Dear (my email address),

You have received a PayPal Payment of $1550.00.00 USD from Alex Woollam([email protected]).


A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.


In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the $500.00 USD to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt.

NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.


Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.

Transport Company

Address:
Lakesha Boyer
2712 Furrs St
Arlington,
Texas
76006
USA.

Address Status:
Confirmed

Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; MTCN; Amount Sent; Security Question and Answer.

Along with a few others.

So add this email to the list: [email protected]
As well as the "Paypal" address that was used: [email protected]

You'll noticed that the emails from "Paypal" had a bunch of spelling and grammatical errors, something I doubt Paypal would allow.

However I worry a little because he has my email address and home address (he had "the shipping company that would be picking up my stuff" get in touch with me, it looked official and I gave him my address). Is there anything to be worried about with regard to this? This is somewhat scary stuff and though I realize that there's no real worry, the idea of someone who's trying to scam me having my address and my email is a little bit disconcerting.

Thanks.

I had a vehicle advertised on an Australian selling Site- Gum tree. I was contacted by the scammer.

This is the PayPal email i apparently got!

Dear Rachel Harrod,

We are still waiting for you to send us the MTCN Number,Senders name and Address that is used to send the $960.00 AUD to the pick up agent via Western Union Money Transfer so that we can verify and process your account with immediate effect.Get back to us with the requested information.

The MTCN number is the 10digit number given to you at the post office after transferring the $960.00 AUD meant for the pickup agent

All you need do now is get to post office with $960.00 AUD cash or log into www.westernunion.com and transfer to sellers agent and send the details to us for verification so that we can release the pending payment into your account as the money was placed on hold and will only be credited into your account as soon as you email us the western union details of the excess fund meant for the pick up.

Here is the pickup agent details you need in sending the money and make sure there is no mistake with the

Name: Yuan Yang
Address: 12 ding fu jia yuan
City: Beijing
State: Beijing
Zip Code: 100024
Country: China.


As soon as this requested information is received you will receive a "Confirmation Email" from PayPal® Service informing you that your account has been credited with the sum of $7,560.00AUD. All you have to do is to reply directly to this mail with regards to the Western Union details or send us an email by replying through this email you have from us and our customer care service will attend to you.


Thank you for using PayPal.
PayPal Team.


David Marcus
President
PayPal, Inc

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Welcome to Scamwarners,

What you have posted is a scammers version of a Paypal email. It is fake and he used a free email provider to send it. He does not want your vehicle. He wants to steal your money. He wants you to send the fake over payment to a shipper/mover/agent. In reality you are sending the Western Union payment to the scammer or an accomplice to his scams.

Just ignore him an eventually he will go away. Prior to going away he will continue to attempt to steal your money. You will receive further emails from him with threats. He will tell you that he is going to report you to Law Enforcement, Lawyer etc. Once again he is lying.

This same scam is used sending the seller fake checks or money orders. Your bank will cash them. Days or weeks later your bank will inform you of the bad check. You will have to re-pay the money back. The bank may even close your account and report you to Law Enforcement for fraud.

Please post the email address of the scammer and the email address of the Paypal email used.

I had a twin buggy stroller being sold on Gumtree
& then was contacted by a Alma Montano with the following email..

Do you have it (Mountain Buggy Terrain) kindly reply to my private email ([email protected])
with the finals asking price.Thanks

I then replied with Hi there,
Just received your text,
I am still looking for a buyer,
final price that I am selling it for is £300.
- this includes:
Mountain buggy double terrain stroller with all extras,
2 footmuffs.
1 rain over
1 brand new sun canopy
3 new tyres
7 new inner tubes

Let me know if you are interested

Thank you
Yolanda


She then replies Yes I do, get back to me with your paypal email address so that I can make the instant payment and also once the payment have been done the shipping is going to come to your location for the pickup right?

From here I started to get a little bad feeling about this,
Whereas I thought maybe I was wrong so I sent her my PayPal email address & that's all I sent and as she asked for my address too all I said is the goods are where my location on the ad says I did not fully write down my address to her, she then told me she would send me the money the following morning for the items plus the shipping! So I thanked her and said I would wait till the next day.

The following day I woke up with an email saying ' Dear Yolanda Verea,

You have an Instant Payment of £450.00 GBP from Alma Montano ([email protected]).

Payment Details


Item # Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
Not Available
Mountain buggy 1 £330.00 GBP £330.00 GBP

Shipping & Handling via 1st Move International to 03301
(includes any seller handling fees) £120.00 GBP
Shipping Insurance (not offered): --
Sales Tax : £00.00 GBP

Total: £450

I then obviously thought it was no longer a spam UNTIL I check my PayPal account & there was no money there
& then I had shortly received another email after than one going like this
Yolanda Verea,
You have received a PayPal Payment of £450.00 GBP from Alma Montano ([email protected]).
A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!
As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.
In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the £120.00 GBP to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt.
NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.
Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.
Transport Company

Address:
Steven Lewis
NO7,14TH AVENUE,
OLUYOLE ESTATE,
RING ROAD,
IBADAN.
23402.
NIGERIA
Address Status:
Confirmed

Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; MTCN; Amount Sent; Security Question and Answer. & then shortly after this email I received one from the famous RICHARD WILSON!
Dear Yolanda Verea,
My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Alma Montano ([email protected]).
Kindly reply to this message if you have any question regarding this transaction and I will be happy to help you.
We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.
We do not appreciate any calls due to attending to many customer, We advice you to get back to us via this email to get full details of this transaction.
Be informed that this transaction is only available and can only be tracked and traced via email, So do reply back to us if you have any question about the transaction and not via phone call.

I then replied replied back to this man the following Hi there thank you for your email,
Well I have ONLY received an email informing me that my PayPal account has been payed into and seen the total she has sent me inc the shipping only on the email. Where-as my account shows no money been credited into! Now I am a little confused in how do I send the payment to the western union? As the address is to Nigeria is this right? & also how will you like me to send the money if I haven't received any money into the PayPal?!?
Would kindly appreciate if you could get back to me. Thank you.
Yolanda


& he continued to email me back the following...
Dear Yolanda Verea,
The transaction is in order and legal. You shall receive the said amount as soon as you made the transfer and you send the transfer number to us. You are to send the money to the name and address giving to you, This transaction is not fraudulent and you are assured of quality service. We encourage you to send the money out immediately (due to PayPal's policy) as your payment has been confirmed by us. Security is of critical importance with PayPal.
We use proprietary technology - and constantly innovate - to help ensure your transactions are safe. In addition, PayPal has over 1000 people worldwide dedicated to keeping PayPal accounts safe, and stopping online criminals. And we work with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) worldwide to shut off fraudulent websites as soon as possible.
PayPal's Fraud Investigation Team is highly experienced in fraud prevention. Several members of the team are former law enforcement officials with extensive experience in fighting online fraud. PayPal's fraud investigation team focuses on: Identifying and preventing fraud before it occurs, Detecting fraud in process, Mitigating loss, if fraud does occur, Delivering information to law enforcement around the world to help stop those committing online fraud.
PayPal Customer Protection.
Note: that the money has been credited to your account, but it will neither be displayed nor be available for spending. We have placed a temporary hold on the funds until the transfer verification is completed. Also we are aware that your bank account/credit card is yet to be approved, but the funds will be available in your account as soon as you have send the shipping cost to shipping company via Western Union Money Transfer.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAYMENT WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE "PENDING" TAB IN YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU SEND THE MTCN CONTROL NUMBER TO US.
This is due to new policies at PayPal to protect both the buyer and the seller in the face of the growing number of fraudulent activities perpetrated via the internet. Your payment is intact. You are encouraged to complete this transaction.
We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.
Thank you for using PayPal!
PayPal Email ID PP1268.

Now this here just had me laughing and I knew straight this couldn't be real! So I signed into my actual pay pal account and noticed no money being credited into my account not was it pending!!
So I asked him the following .. I don't have any money received from alma montano for the shipping in my pay pal account, so what does this mean I have to send it with my own money first!? Before I can receive the money from her?


and then ABRACADABRA he sends me a copy again of the nearly same email I first received from him saying he is representing now a different lady called Mary Craig, who the hell is Mary Craig?!?!? Hahaha! What happened to Alma montano. This is how his last email went Dear Yolanda Verea,
My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Mary Craig
Regarding your question, You have to understand the fact that the money has been credited to your account, But it will neither be displayed nor be available for spending. We have placed a temporary hold on the funds until the Transfer verification is complete. You will have to reply to this message with the MTCN number and the scanned copy receipt given to you at western union office. Also this kind of transaction can not be reverse neither cancel unless it's completed.
Don't see the money in your account or pending status?
Don’t worry - Go to Western Union Money Transfer outlet Near your area now and get the £120.00 GBP sent to the Shipping Company and mail us the MTCN and the Security question for verification so as to release the money into your PayPal account balance once the MTCN is confirmed and verified. Or you can send the £120.00 GBP online and get back to us with the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) in other to complete this transaction on our database quickly. Here is the details to put to transfer the money

AGENT ADDRESS PROVIDED!
Steven Lewis
NO7,14TH AVENUE,
OLUYOLE ESTATE,
RING ROAD,
IBADAN.
23402.
NIGERIA

We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.
PayPal Account Team.

Oh please! I didn't even bother to reply any more!
They tried it! But they didn't accomplish!
Stupid scammers make me SICK!

Protect yourself from these horrific people,
They nearly had me giving them my own money they nearly had me FOOLED,
you could be next!

I also have a scammer to report:

On eBay this buyer purchased this from me and had it shipped to this address:
Janice Ahn
3420 79th St
Apt 6J
Jackson Heights, NY 11372-2610
United States

eBay ID: j_half

Upon the receival this buyer claimed that "something" was wrong with the product. I replied that if he or she was unhappy it could be returned to my address. I gave the shipping address, buyer agreed but demanded to receive a refund first or leave negative feedback+PayPal claim.
So I gave the refund, expecting this to come to a good end but I never received the item back. The buyer immediately left me a negative feedback and after that responded to not a single message anymore.
So this buyer was just out to get a free item. Nothing more I can do about this other than reporting this scammer on this forum.

And another scammer out for a free item I came accross:
[email protected]
Shipping address:
Peter Dorcas Elaiho
645 Windsong
Mesquite, TX 75149-2661
United States

Perfect transaction on eBay. We did not have to exchange a single message and I even received a message from him after the item was receive saying "good services". Then you expect everything went well but after a month he suddenly filed a complaint saying that nothing was received!
Every message I sent to him asking for an explanation was simply ignored.