Gumtree/ Paypal scam

Hi i had post an add on gumtree to sell my car and i had recive not one but to emails that were attemptting to scam me. Soon as i seen "paypal" and that they would need to get a pick up person then i knew it was a scam.
Here is one of the first emails i had recived

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Remmy James <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jon,

Thanks for the response,i am very satisfied with your advert,i will like you to get back to me with its present condition and your 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 or send me money request,you can also send me your bank account details if you don't have account with PayPal, so that i can proceed with the payment asap as am very busy at work and do not have much time around me. Make sure you get back to me asap,so that we can arrange for pick up on time,as i have a mover that will come for the pick up once the funds has been cleared,so no shipping.

Looking forward to read from you asap.

Also an email from [email protected] with similar message.

I went along with it to see how they would get the money out of me and after a few emails between one anther he told me he paid me through paypal and that they will email me soon. I got the email from address and title
[email protected]. <[email protected]>.

they told me they will not realse payment unless i pay the shipping first of $950 to

Name Yujiao Yue
Address City:Dongba Zhong lu
Beijing
:Beijing
100027
China.

Also this was in the email from "paypal"
Note:
* As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction.

* If there's any refusal from you to act upon the receipt of this payment notice, we will have to take a LEGAL ACTION against you as this is just a way to ensure PayPal a safer place for all our customers.

I havent emailed back after this reply but i just thought ill share this event on this site. thanks for reading,

Thank you for posting this information kaisi29

I'm sure that it will be useful to other people searching for similar details.

As you probably know - PayPal does not offer a service that holds money until the item being sold is despatched or the postage is paid.

Hi Guys,

I have just had dealings with the same person trying the same scam on me with my car. I was getting instant communication from him right up until I told him he was a scammer after finding the exact same wording of his terms in this forum. If you ever receive an offer from someone not willing to see the item they are claiming to want to purchase then don't proceed. My quoted responses are as follows:

I have just completed the payment and i expected paypal to have notified you to this effect.check your mail folders(inbox,spam and junk mail) i sent $7,050 in all.i added $1,050 but $950 will be sent to my agent in China through western union at post office,the extra $100 is to cover the western union fee. Paypal said they will not release the fund until you email them the western union details for verification,and also to enable my pick up agent to come for pick up and inspection.Here is the agent's details where the money will be sent.

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

Please get the necessary details sent to paypal (Money Transfer Control Number)MTCN and senders name and address used to send the $950 so that they can release the whole fund into your account.Please get back to me once done.


Please be aware of this person. He will scam again!

Welcome to scamwarners dtfwa,

The scammer/thief that contacted you was he using the same email address in this thread? Either way could you post the email address he used. It will really help a lot of people when they search the email address on the internet.

Thanks for posting part of the script.

Bryon