dianabrown - apparently an biketrader buyer!!!

Selling my vehicle on BiketraderI received the following email :

Please note this e-mail is from an interested customer not from Auto Trader.
Never reply to an e-mail that asks for personal information or copies of your vehicle documentation including the V5C. Keep vehicle documentation and details regarding your vehicle including your VIN number secure at all times.
If you are in doubt regarding an e-mail you have received, report it immediately to [email protected] or call us on 0845 345 3450.
The following customer is interested in the vehicle you are advertising on
http://www.biketrader.co.uk
Received: 3 November 2012 22:10
Customer Details:
NAME: MISS Brown
TELEPHONE:
EMAIL: [email protected]
Vehicle Details:
MAKE: (removed as personal to me)
MODEL:
PRICE:
Message:
Still on for sale?

Straight away it looked like a scam, but I went along and sent back a simple message - yep, still for sale, call me from mobile number on advert if interested. Next email received....
I am still much interested in your advert, I'll like you to get back to me with is present condition and your final asking price,i will be requesting this transaction should be done via PayPal,so the PayPal charges is on me,kindly send me your PayPal email address or send me money request so that i can proceed with the payment asap as am very busy with my Missionary project and do not have much time around me.
Regards,
Diana
Seriously, would any self-respecting person called Diana Brown write this badly ???.

I then received 2 emails from paypal - actually [email protected] - and this...

Good Morning I will like you to know that i have completed the payment and i hope you must have been notified about the payment,if you are not been messaged yet,kindly check your PayPal email address,i sent £3,950 in all including my agent fee, So i will need you to help me send the sum of £400 to my pick up agent via western union,so they can be able to come for the pick up on time and do the necessary documents, i have inform them for the pickup arrangement after you have send their charges.Below is the pick up agent info you needed to get the money sent through western union money transfer and use the remaining £50 for the western union charges.
Kareen Natalia
7 Lisburn Rd,
Belfast BT9 7AF
United Kingdom
+447024029613
Kindly email the necessary details to PayPal customer care:The mtcn 10 digit number on the western union money transfer receipt, which you will be given at the western union office after you might have sent the money as well as the sender's name and address used to send the money through western union to my agent,email all the western union details to PayPal after sending it,so that they can quickly credit your account immediately.
Thanks and it's nice buying from you
Diana

My reply....
Don't think so, you must think I am bloody mad. If you are going to scam people then have the decency to use proper English in your emails, especially when using an English name!!!
An email from Paypal !!! Really!! [email protected] is not a PayPal email address. Also may like to know that paypal account holders can check their accounts to see if there are any funds on hold - guess what there are no funds on hold in my Paypal account. On the point of the Paypal email, maybe you should learn how to write in proper English and learn how to format your emails so they look even slightly business like.

Hey!

Thank you for your post! It really helped me! I am selling my bike and I received the same scam from "Diana Brown". Because of your post, I decided to play with "her". I said, that i have decided to increase te prize by 500£ and could you imagine, that even that "she" still wanted to buy my bike. Below is full conversation:

Received: 3 December 2012 19:22

Customer Details:
NAME: MRS Brown
TELEPHONE:
EMAIL: [email protected]

Vehicle Details:
MAKE: TRIUMPH
MODEL: AMERICA
PRICE: ?5000

Message:
still on for sale ?


Me


Hey!

Thank you for your Message! Yes, bike is still for sale

Regards


I am very much interested in your advert, I'll like you to get back to me with is present condition and your final asking price,i will be requesting this transaction should be done via PayPal,so the PayPal charges is on me,kindly send me your PayPal email address or send me money request so that i can proceed with the payment asap as am very busy with my Missionary project and do not have much time around me.

Regards,
Diana

me


Would you like to see bike first?


I'll not be able to inspect the bike as i am offshore for my usual Missionary program.


me
Ok but the front mud guard is bit damaged. Have you seen the photo?


Yes I have. No problem cuz I will have my shipping agent fix it for me. Let me have your PayPal account email address so I can pay in.

Regards,
Diana

me
Ok no problem. Sorry to say it but I've noticed a wrong prize I put it on. It should be 5500£ Sorry for that but I'd understand if you withdraw your offer


I'm still much interested. What is your PayPal account email so I can proceed on transfer.

Diana


THE END

Shall I increase the prize one more time?

Jarek. You shouldn't bait scammer but drop them. You could try another zero at the end because it wouldn't make any difference to the *scammer*. He is just after your money.
(I didn't suggest this!)


I changed the word in quotes to what readers will understand instead of a slang word. ~Bubbles

Yes i am selling my car on gumtree and after several of these names I have now removed my email address. thanks for the heads up cos i have just got the diana brown email lol

She also calls herself Jessica Whight but offered to put the money directly into my bank account..

She told me:

Hi Katie,
I will like you to know that i have completed the payment and i hope you must have been notified about the payment in your email address,i sent £2,200 in all including the agent fee, So i will need you to help me send the sum of £650 to the pick up agent address,so they can be able to come for the pick up on time and use the remaining £50 for the western union charges. Below is the agent information you need to send the money to.
Kareen Natalia
7 Lisburn Rd,
Belfast BT9 7AF
U.K

Thanks for the assistance.

To which I swiftly responded:

Hi Jessica,

No money has reached my account. When/if it does I will be keeping it because you are a fucking idiot!!

She just added:

On 21 Jan 2013, at 14:53, Jessica Whight wrote:
What the hell did you mean? do you know who you are talking to?

to which I responded:

Talking proper English now are you?

Unluckily you and your bullshit scam have just been caught out. I am a web developer who has traced the IP address of these emails which I will shortly be forwarding to the police.

Have a nice day

I got the same message yesterday from her when selling my car. Sounded like a scam but thought I'd go along with it. Haven't had a response since I told her I don't have a paypal account!

"Thanks for the swift response. I'm very much interested in your advert and will like you to get back to me on it's condition and final asking price. I will be requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal,so the PayPal charges is on me. Kindly send me your PayPal email address or send me a money request so that i can proceed with the payment asap as am very busy with my United Nations Missionary project and do not have much time around me.

Regards,
Diana"

Thanks for the warning. I have just had exactly the same experience. You would think "she" would change her email address!

'She' partly took your advice, she kept the same email address but went on a course.. Not a mission.... She really really likes her cars and bikes, she wants a v8 4litre X5 off me, hope she's got lots of money for petrol.

something like that happened to me couple days ago
she uses KINDLY, CHEERS and ASAP
in all messages or most of them
in my case she use this mail and she provided me info to send a package all the way to nigeria for his son in a charity mision

[email protected]
+2348071483134
Ademola Brown
4 Alexandria Avenue. Ijebu Ode.
Ogun State. 234037
Nigeria