SCAM

[alanbakewell]

Here's one to look out for.

A friend of mine in the U.S.A. is selling his Gibson. He received this from a potential buyer.


Thanks for the response,well I am ok with your asking price,but ill be paying through my online paypal account,as that's the only way i do receive and make payments for my purchases online,i can't be able to do the check up and pay by cash,because am a British woman,I live and work in United Kingdom and i'm presently on a missionary course attached to a cathedral here in UK and this will last for 3 months,that's why i can't use any other form of payment than paypal;which i am familiar with.so get back to me with the email linked to your paypal account and if you are new to paypal,you can easily set up your own paypal account at http://www.paypal.com its easy,fast,safe and secure,and it will be useful for you in future,all i need from you to make the payment is just the email address you use in your registration with paypal,and some more pics so i can go through them before i make the payment.

I will arrange a shipping agent that will check and confirm it's what i saw on craigslist before he sign the purchase agreements on my behalf and ship it to my home address here in United Kingdom,so get back to me your zip code,so the shipping agent can estimate the shipping cost for me and send me some pics with your phone number and the email linked to your paypal account if you have one or will just set up.

PayPal charges is 2.9% per transaction,I will take care of that at my end and my shipping agent will come for the pick up after you confirm the payment in your account.

Using the "whocallsme" site revealed................

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/447011196989 ( 447011196989 being the number the potential "buyer" had given ).

Clicking on the link will give you the full story.Watch out for it.

Cheers, Alan.

p.s. the "whocallsme" site is a good site for potentially identifying nuisance calls as well.

[Risky]

Well spotted Al. Most of us are getting on with our humble little lives, then there are these people. I hate them with a passion