carsguide Scam - [email protected]

I have 2 cars for sale on the carsguide.com website.
First scam attempt using similar explanation as detailed above was from one

Paul Mangion [[email protected]].

I thought I had got shot of all this after emailing him a page from PayPal highlighting the problem, but now I'm getting the same approach from one

John Brad [[email protected]]

After luring a response from me to his website with a text message:

'I will like to know if your car is still available and what is the firm price, get back to me on ([email protected] for easier contact',

I got his follow-up,

Thanks for the response, i would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature of my work we do not have access to phone at the moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.

Am buying this for my son for his 21st birthday. He lives in Darwin presently so is going to be shipped to Darwin after have sorted out with the payment, i want to be sure if it is still in good condition ,i will not be able to come for inspection now all i really need from you is the exact details of the car. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting.

Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy man working all day,am a sailor am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through PayPal to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in NT for my son .Await your reply .

Regards,
John.

Same old, same old. Not sure if it is a different operator than 'Paul Mangion'. Seems from other reports on this website that the same scam, with slight variations, emerges from many different email addresses.
I won't be responding to this!

I received exactly the same set of txt and emails from the same user today.

Obviously does not seem right, should this be reported to someone?

Welcome to Scamwarners Tedric,

There is no one to report it to.

You can report it here like dogwalker did to help bring awareness and warn others.

Just make sure you post the text numbers, emails and email addresses.

If you receive the following messages, this is a scam. It could come from numerous email addresses.
Message 1) "Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the condition as described on the advert and i will be paying your last asking price,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the momement and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal linked up with my westpac bank account,please get back to me with your PayPal details so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send your bsb acct name and number if you have no PayPal acct.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up and deliver it to my place in Darwin after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct"
Message 2) "ok cool,i will let you know when the payment has been made in couple of hours and also contact my pick up agent,he will be signing the necessary paper work on my behalf.Please tell others it's sold and remove the advert as i will like it delivered to my son before my arrival in couple of days."
Message 3) "I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up, my pick up agent says i will need to pay for the pick up before they can schedule a pick up time, they charged me $1,650 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters in the China and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $1,650 to the money i will send as soon as i have made the payments,i will need you to help me send the money to my pick up agent HQ in the China through western union money transfer, this can be done from any post office,there is always western union money transfer section in most post offices,i would have done it myself but as i am at sea and didnt bring my credit card aboard,.I will appreciate your help here and thanks for your understanding."
Message 4) "Notification via PayPal <[email protected]>"
Message 5) "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 $10,250 in all.i added $1,750 but $1,650 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: Zhengdong Wang
Address:18 Suhao Building,Nanxin Road, Nanshan District,Shenzhen China"
Message 6) "i expected paypal to have notified you to this effect.check your mail folders(inbox,spam and junk mail) for the payment confirmation"
Message 7) This will be another attempt to fake a Paypal receipt.
Message 8 ) Fraudster getting angry now " i will like to know what is going on mate?"
BE WARNED - DO NOT PAY THEM ANYTHING - SCAMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have reported this to the ACCC and I have given them the email addresses used for the initial contact - in my case it was Peter Clinton: [email protected] and also the fake email address that they used for the Paypal email. Yes, report them!