Here we go again

Just for fun punch his home address into vpike.com and do a drive by.
You can occassionally get key pieces to the puzzle after seeing his home & yard.
Watch for cars on blocks, orange tarps, pit bulls and an overabundance of appliances in front yard.
Limits on the latter is one per yard, cept for W.Virginia.

You can use the arrows at bottom right of your keyboard and cruise up and down streets over much of the planet with this site!

I used it with the address of a fella in California who was selling a pair of F150 leather seats for too cheap. Vpike got me into a seedy looking industrial maze with razor wire fences
.....the address turned out to be a tree between 2 steel buildings.
 
When I replied with, "YOU ARE A SCAMMER" they would just go away! Only one came back, he was a 'PICTURE COLLECTOR" I suggest, sell your car local ONLY! Bill W.
 
P.S. said:
Nah, that just means that Bill in Fresno was letting the dog use his computer again.
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P.S, Dog:cool: here, Your cat wears Combat Boots, your bumper clamps sport China blue PLASTIC inserts!! If I wanted to be MEAN, I could HUFF & PUFF & fog up your winshield from here!!! How dare you question my SCRUPLES!! and that's NOT the same name as a popular dog treat!! Buster T.:cool:
 
Jim/TX said:
3) They offer to pay you through PayPal. You give them your PayPal ID (so that they can send you the money, right -- sounds legitimate) and they clean out your PayPal account. If you have your account linked to a bank account or a credit card, they wipe them out too. Fun!
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You can send or receive money securely thru PayPal knowing only the email address of the other person.
I recently sent money to someone in FL in a private purchase of an antique tool. The tool arrived damaged and wasn't insured even though I had paid for insurance. After getting nowhere with the seller, I filed a claim for "not as advertised", and PayPal got me a partial refund. I was impressed.

Mel :)
 
CRguy said:
You can send or receive money securely thru PayPal knowing only the email address of the other person.
I recently sent money to someone in FL in a private purchase of an antique tool. The tool arrived damaged and wasn't insured even though I had paid for insurance. After getting nowhere with the seller, I filed a claim for "not as advertised", and PayPal got me a partial refund. I was impressed.

Mel :)
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True. When legitimate.

You can also go into someone's PayPal account and clean them out if you send them a link to a fake PayPal web page that looks legitimate but is really a front for stealing their ID and password.

There is nothing wrong with legitimate PayPal, just with scammers.
 
I will up the bet on the buyer being not legit, I just have to wait for the 200,000,000 dollars the nigerian prince is sending for my $5000 dollar cashiers check, it should have been here by now, oh well you know how the mail is maybe he did not have the 47cent postag [ yeah it went up], I am sure to get it he promised it to me.......Everything on the net is real ! bobbycoke
 
Jim/TX said:
I get a couple of these a year. They have great stories.

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3) They offer to pay you through PayPal. You give them your PayPal ID (so that they can send you the money, right -- sounds legitimate) and they clean out your PayPal account. If you have your account linked to a bank account or a credit card, they wipe them out too. Fun!

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Jim How can they clean out your account with out your password.
Surely the ID is only half the information they need ?? Karl
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Thanks, BobbyG.
It looks like I may not need you. I sent Felix my name, address, and phone as requested. I also warned him that the car wouldn't leave my garage until his check cleared. Haven't heard from him since.
 
all my PayPal dealings go into a dedicated account where I keep less than $100. as soon as PayPal deposits the money I trasnsfer it out.
if your bank will not provide you an additional checking account like this at no charge, you need to change banks......;)
 
Geo. H, it looks like you did the right thing and found out that the deal was not legit.

A thread like this has a lot of good information among the numerous threads.

I agree with Denis4X4, you can't tell unless you follow through like Geo.H did. I have sold parts to folks in several different countries and though the English wasn't perfect the deals worked out just fine.

I have done what Roos/Kzoo and Chris in WNC suggest. Set up a dedicated account and when the money is transferred in withdraw it immediately. Also, don't tie this account to your other bank accounts.

Personally, I have the money sent to PayPal and then transfer it to this dedicated account. I then withdraw it from that account and put it into my personal account.

Conversely, think of the potential buyer who is being asked to send a ton of money to an American account and then have the vehicle/parts sent. Either way it takes some faith to pull off a deal when not dealing face to face.
 
Karl said:
Jim/TX said:
I get a couple of these a year. They have great stories.

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3) They offer to pay you through PayPal. You give them your PayPal ID (so that they can send you the money, right -- sounds legitimate) and they clean out your PayPal account. If you have your account linked to a bank account or a credit card, they wipe them out too. Fun!

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Jim How can they clean out your account with out your password.
Surely the ID is only half the information they need ?? Karl
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The most common way is they will send you a link to PayPal for you to send them an invoice to request the money. Only it is not a real PayPal web page, it is a phishing web page that captures your PayPal ID and password. It looks real, but it is not.

They can also brute force guess your password unless you have made it very secure.
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"SOLD" my coupe,
$22,000.00 check deposited in my account, 4 days later after poking Internet stuff, determined it was COUNTERFEIT!:eek: Alerted my bank!!:eek: Would my doorbell sound DIFFERENT if rang by the F.B.I???:eek: Would I go to JAIL??:eek: How would YOU feel??:confused:
Read about it on MAFCA scams page under Susan Thomas & her "UNCLE." Bill W.
 
Wow, I just heard from Felix again. He'll be sending me a check for $4000. I'm to keep $2500 as a deposit, and send the other $1500 to his agent who will come and inspect the car. What a deal! I suggested he crawl back under his rock.
 
I sold a car to Germany, and parts to Russia with no problem. HOWEVER - Check your ebay account. With the new rules they get a percent of the shipping costs. The parts I sent to russia, ebay got more money than me.
 
Geo. H said:
Wow, I just heard from Felix again. He'll be sending me a check for $4000. I'm to keep $2500 as a deposit, and send the other $1500 to his agent who will come and inspect the car. What a deal! I suggested he crawl back under his rock.
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Think I've heard this one before.

You get a bad check for $4000. It goes to your bank and it goes round and round for weeks, till it comes up bad.

The agent however will have to come by the day after you get your check. So you write him a good check from you. Then everyone disappears, agent, buyer, and your money. :(
 
ctvpa said:
I sold a car to Germany, and parts to Russia with no problem. HOWEVER - Check your ebay account. With the new rules they get a percent of the shipping costs. The parts I sent to russia, ebay got more money than me.
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Most Ebay sellers are compensating for this by adding a handling fee into the transaction.

Mel ;)
 
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