help December 24, 2010, 12:00:46 PM need help guys ive been trying to sell my cougar for some time. anyway i got some emails from a guy hes going to pay me with pay pal i think it might be a scam. he going to send extra cash that i have to send to a person to come get the car. any way this person is in seiling ok 73663 name michele stewart any one know this person or lives down that way? i know there phone number is fake dont know what to do? o and the guy said hes at sea right now. got some email from paypal to day that we think are fake... what u all think scam? sorry for the long post . Quote Selected
help Reply #2 – December 24, 2010, 12:11:21 PM Classic scam. They send you "extra money", you give them change, the original payment fails, and you get nothing. They "keep the change". Quote Selected
help Reply #4 – December 24, 2010, 12:17:05 PM Tell him to send the money with the guy who's picking up the car in cash, otherwise.........Just walk away..................... Quote Selected
cougar Reply #5 – December 24, 2010, 12:26:16 PM Quote from: vinnietbird;346929Tell him to send the money with the guy who's picking up the car in cash, otherwise.........Just walk away..................... yea i will try that i wish it wasnt a scam cause i need the cash Quote Selected
help Reply #6 – December 24, 2010, 12:53:49 PM I think pay pal guarantee's the payment. I could be wrong. Quote Selected
help Reply #7 – December 24, 2010, 01:04:00 PM yea but my wife just got a email on her phone from paypal they want me to send the 450$ then they will sen the rest...lol well cops are on to them now. i call the law Quote Selected
help Reply #8 – December 24, 2010, 01:07:23 PM Really, That sure don't sound like paypal. Quote Selected
help Reply #9 – December 24, 2010, 01:09:28 PM scam! this is why i don't have a paypal anymore.. they do guarantee the money BUT the money comes from a false source.. paypal and the bank doesn't catch it before you receive the money and it clears to your bank account.. i got royally screwed on this and paypal held me responsible.. assholes Quote Selected
help Reply #10 – December 24, 2010, 01:11:18 PM I get that scam a lot when I put something on CL for more than a couple hundred bucks. Got it when I was trying to sell my old Thunderbird. Quote Selected
help Reply #11 – December 24, 2010, 01:16:24 PM it always happens on cl.. no matter what i put on there, i get these emails Quote Selected
cougar Reply #12 – December 24, 2010, 01:18:37 PM Quote from: Kitz Kat;346935Really, That sure don't sound like paypal. yep.wish i had the money to go on a road trip Quote Selected
help Reply #13 – December 24, 2010, 01:34:28 PM sucks man, i've got somethings listed on c-list and the spam emails aint so bad anymore...actually im not getting any emails on them at all lol Quote Selected
help Reply #14 – December 24, 2010, 02:17:18 PM I have reached the point where I turn off the ability to email me from craigslist. People only email dumb questions anyway (99% of them are answered in the ad, they are just lazy or illiterate). I put my phone number, and they have to call me if they are interested. That way I know they are real local people. Quote Selected