slightly more sophisticated than a Nigerian prince

[hmd]

Gents,

I want to share this scamming scheme with you so you are all aware when you have a car on sale.

Basically these guys are from China (in between getting ASIO building plan) they have programming bots and scan for car sales adverts. to make it a bit more authentic they actually use a 'web to sms' service and send you a text asking if your car is still for sale with a return email address. of course when you ring the number it's not on so you will more likely return their email query and here is the email trail I had.


EFFF OFF and stop your bots texting me every EFFING night.

Regards,
hmd

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:03 PM, HMD wrote:
go away scammer.

Regards,
hmd

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:02 PM, robert herbert <robertherbert611@gmail.com> wrote:

I have just completed the payment and i expected paypal to have notified you to this effect.check your mail folders i sent $70,750 in all.i added $2,750 but $2,550 will be sent to my pickup agent headquarters in China through western union at post office,the extra $200 is to cover the western union fee. PayPal 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 Li Feng
Address:10 Jiuxianqiao Lu
City: Beijing
State: Beijing
Zip Code: 100024
Country: China.

please get the necessary details sent to PayPal (Money Transfer Control Number)MTCN and senders name and address used to send the $2,550 so that they can release the whole fund into your account.Please get back to me once done.
thanks.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:59 AM, hmd <hmd> wrote:
not going to happen.

Regards,
hmd


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:37 AM, robert herbert <robertherbert611@gmail.com> wrote:
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 $2,550 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters in China and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $2,550 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 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.
Thanks

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:11 AM, robert herbert <robertherbert611@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok good,i will proceed with payment shortly,but i will have to contact my pickup agent now regarding pickup arrangement,will keep you posted.
Thanks

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:07 AM, hmd <hmd> wrote:
Robert,

The price is 68K my paypal is .....

Regards,
hmd

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On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:12 AM, robert herbert <robertherbert611@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok mate,do get back to me with your PayPal email and your vehicle price so i can proceed with payment and contact my pickup agent to arrange a convenient
pickup time with you once payment is been sorted by me
Thanks

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:37 AM, robert herbert <robertherbert611@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price but would be glad if you could state any issues with the present condition and service history,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 moment,due to bad mobile network, and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send your bsb and account number if you have no PayPal account.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 account.
Regards

[Ash Gordon]

If you ever recieve any emails in regards to a something you are selling do a quick google check on the email address.

Most of the scams are listed on sites to help warn people.
They also advise not to communicate with them at all, and to just delete the email.

[Neil Choi]

Damn!!!

Each morning I open my emails, I have won another lottery.  I am just so fortunate.  I will be able to buy that 33 Stradale at long last.

Good luck with your sale.

[hmd]

They are relentless they keep texting me with different email address, I suspect this is from my105.com. I have changed my phone number there to something like 0 four11 twoeighttwo 572

let see how smart the bots are.

[Cool Jesus]

Don't forget selling your car. Starting to get sick of these low life's wanting to pay full asking price, vehicle unseen, just give us your life details so we can transfer money! Fcuk off already. They even take old cars that were for sale and relist them at a price that's to good to be true. Same nuff nuffs tried it on a jeep wrangler I was searching to buy for the young blokes first car. Yeah just pay us the money into a third party account and we will do everything for you at no cost! With the jeep purchase they had some poor sod's ADF security tag. Called there bluff, saying I was in the ADF, heard nothing more.
It can certainly be frustrating at times, some sellers and Internet businesses won't even deal with enquiries from certain countries. But, there are those few niave consumers out there that do fall for the lottery they never even knew of???

[alfagtv58]

I had a similar scam, I too suspect it came from my105.com