I got this email from a scammer, in response to a classified ad for a car. You can see that his questions are more sophisticated than the others:However, the signs of scamming is there, such as "the item", and signing "Donald" while his name in the email is "greg mcdonald".
From: greg mcdonald <gregmcautos@yahoo.com>Subject: [title of car ad from craigslist]HELLO, MAY I KNOW IF THE ITEM YOU ADVERTISED ON THE NETIS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE, MY CUSTOMER IS INTERESTED INBUYING IT , HE IS PRICING IT $950 ,LET ME KNOW IF ITS STILL FORSALE, WITH THE BOTTOM PRICE .ASAP.WHEN WAS IT DRIVEN LAST?ARE YOU FIRST OWNER?Donald
My reply:
Not first owner.Being driven every week.Please call 555-1212 for details.
He then replies:
Hello Khalid,I will be travelling out toady on a vehicle inspection ,you can always be intouch with me easily through the mail,Happy to let you know that my client is still interested in your Item,He informed me that the Bank Money Order will be in the amount of $18,000 which covers the total cost of your Item ,sales tax,mvc costand shipping charges.Therefore once you confirm your payment ,you are required to deduct the cost of your Item and make advance available to my Clients Agent currently on vehicle pick up ,to enable them offset shipping cost ,make prompt booking with shipping company,pay haullage cost,insurance,taxes and process all documents (bill of sale,vehicle titles,etc)on his behalf make repairs on the Item if need be?confirm this and send your Name ,to make out the payment,Address for mailing of the check,phone No.Your Honesty Understanding and Co-operation will be appreciated .ThanksDonald
He still says "the item", and offers 18 X my asking price! what a deal!He asks for more, then will ask for the difference to be wired back to him, and that is the scam.
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Anonymous (not verified)
someone send me a email from
Thu, 2012/04/12 - 17:48someone send me a email from abintina@gmail.com wants to buy my car.........but lucky i saw this website, at first i didn't believe, and then a friend said he has done it before, as when the money is in ur account, just transfer it straight away to another account, so, but not 100% save.
i almost hooded up by the needs, but lucky lucky.
Alex (not verified)
car - VW Passat - Standvirtual
Sun, 2011/11/13 - 17:53Yes. Call me. tel. 351919180096
Anonymous (not verified)
[Am] still waiting for answer!!!! hahaha
Tue, 2012/01/24 - 20:48Ok!
Good that you are satisfied with the condition and the price.Unfortunately,I dont do paypal payments,due to all scams going on.I've closed my account already.Only way to do this right is either you coming yourself to pick up the car and pay in cash or sending the money with shippment company and they can pay in cash when picking up the car!Or,if you are not too far,I can deliver a car to you myself!
Best regards
So i answered as above.
Ok,good..I'm quite satisfied with the condition and price. I will be paying the PayPal charges from my account and i will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and i hope you have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then i will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need your home address for it to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company..
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:05 PM,xxxxxxxxxxx/.com wrote:
It´s my Dads car and he bought it last year in april. He serviced it last year in may and fix the breaks, new tires, the suspention and alot of other things.
Well the actual price is 16000:- sek.
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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:23:00 +0100
Subject: Re:xxxx
From: abintina@gmail.com
To:xxxxxx/.com
Thanks for your response.Am interested in buying.How long have you owned it?? what's your actual price for it and when last was it serviced?.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:17 AM, xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi! Yes it´s still for sale and here are some extra pictures of it. Let me know if you need any more info.
I got an sms that some one wanted to buy my dads old mercedes from 1988 =)
so i answered and this is what has happened so far =) hehehe
From: abintina@gmail.com sandrella aydin her name means = (cindirella and the prince)
Anonymous (not verified)
Had same thing..... exactly
Sat, 2012/02/25 - 14:34Had same thing..... exactly the same emails.. apparently the retard doesn't have a bank account.... what an idiot
Anonymous (not verified)
Me too!
Mon, 2012/02/27 - 06:38I was contacted by this person ( Sandrella Aydin ) ( abintina@gmail.com )yesterday about my car on Gumtree. We've been mailing each other all morning. Little do they know I am just messing with their heads now. At first I was unsure but as things progressed, it became obvious.
Apparently they have sent me £1100 through PayPal acording to them and the emails I have received from PayPal. These are obviously fake emails! 1) They arrived in my junk mail. 2) PayPal emails always have a green tick next to them. 3) The emails were from service@paypal.com (p.aypal.intl@usa.com).
So they have sent me £1100... they haven't I checked my actual PayPal account, nothing! They want me to send £350 of my own money to an address through Western Union. Only then will PayPal release the full £1100.
Since then I have just been going along with them wasting their time asking quesion after question. The last question I asked was, how do I transfer money through Western Union and for their full name and the name and contact details of the shipping company they will be using. I am still waiting for a reply, I don't think I will be getting one!
Oh well, made my morning a bit more fun than usual!
Anyway, beware folks. Always check emails, names etc if you're not sure. I may save you a lot of money!
Mark (not verified)
Tried to scam me too!!
Tue, 2012/02/28 - 14:35On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:14
Last serviced at 85k, I buy and sell cars, this was a part ex and needed the rear brakes and hub doing, both or which are done and receipted!!
I have car up at £1095, and u r welcome to take it for any test!
Regards
From: abintina@gmail.com
Ok,good..I'm quite satisfied with the condition and price. I will be paying the PayPal charges from my account and i will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and i hope you have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then i will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need your home address for it to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company..
Mark
ok my paypal email is gosuckmeuscammeingtwat@yahoo.co.uk
My address is 69 Shag street, London, w5 3st
Regards
Mark
Anonymous (not verified)
Car scam
Thu, 2012/03/08 - 06:47lol lol lol take about mess with her head (Sandrella Aydin) they must think we are stupid well she is getting it from my i can tell you!!!! F*****King i love to buy your car yer right!!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
Sandrella Aydin
Thu, 2012/03/08 - 13:43Hi,
The same person has been in contact with me today via gum tree and got annoyed when I told them they weren't having the tax disc and wouldn't accept a PayPal payment . Hadn't researched the name until now but glad I did.
From Finland (not verified)
Same shit with this Sandrella
Sun, 2012/03/18 - 16:07Same shit with this Sandrella Aydin/PayPalSo also here in Finland. Put my car to finnish carsales site and got mails from "her"....so quite international fake stuff...
Anonymous (not verified)
same here- from <abintina@gmail.com>
Tue, 2012/04/10 - 16:04> Thanks for your response.Am interested in buying.How long have you owned it?? what's your actual price for it and when last was it serviced?.
> Car is in really good condition! Changed oil and filters at 55 K. Had no problems since we bought it. We have had it for about a year. We would like to have xx£ as it has private number plate, that can be further sold for xx£. Although will consider best offers.Thanks
>Ok,good..I'm quite satisfied with the condition and price. I will be
paying the PayPal charges from my account and i will be paying
directly into your PayPal account without any delay,and i hope you
have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the
address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or
you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details
i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then i will
contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need
your home address for it to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company..
>Yes, I have paypal account.
so somebody else will pick the car up? and how about the details that I have to write on the Registration certificate? and who is going to sign it for you then?
>With the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the pick up agent so you don't have to worry about that.So give me your paypal account email address and your full name for the payment
> sorry chick, deal is off. good thing I googled your email.
it just sounded too good to be true. and no reply after my last mail, B*&^%$!
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