Sketchy offer on craiglist

Small Yellow · 06-23-2011, 05:13 PM

So I am posting for a friend who is trying to sell her Mini Cooper Convertible and this is a response I got. Sounds sketchy eh?

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I am happy to read from you,i am a Sailor and am currently at sea at
the moment,i am buying the goods as a gift for my dad, i want to make
it a surprise for him,he wont know anything about the item until it
get delivered to him,i can only pay through pay pal as i don't have
access to my bank account online and i don't have internet banking,but
i have my bank account attached to my pay pal account and this is why
i insisted on paying you through pay pal,So pleases kindly get back
to me with your pay pal e-mail,your full name and address so i can
proceed with the payment and after the payment has been done, i have
a pick up agent that will come around to pick the goods up after i
have made the payments but before i can make payment i need to see
more photos also, what is your reserve price and will have
my agent sign all the necessary papers for me.

Stay Blessed.

persian54 · 06-23-2011, 05:15 PM

scam lol

Naptime · 06-23-2011, 05:15 PM

Seems good to me

AngelinIsRich08 · 06-23-2011, 05:16 PM

I bet he's the agent.

E90SoFlo · 06-23-2011, 05:16 PM

any chance that he wants to give you billions from an unknown cousin?

Seminole · 06-23-2011, 05:18 PM

What bullshit. Who refers to a car as the "goods". You'd think they'd refer to the make/model or at least say car once in the thing. Who falls for shit like that.

Small Yellow · 06-23-2011, 05:21 PM

haha yeah and paypal me 23k.

CollinsE90 · 06-23-2011, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminole

What bullshit. Who refers to a car as the "goods". You'd think they'd refer to the make/model or at least say car once in the thing. Who falls for shit like that.

Because its a generic email sent for multiple types of items

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+papers+for+me.

Small Yellow · 06-23-2011, 05:33 PM

I am thinking about fucking with him and having the "dude" come down to sign for the paper and then saying I lost my title or something.

Seminole · 06-23-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CollinsE90

Because its a generic email sent for multiple types of items

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+papers+for+me.

I know that. But you think if they'd want to scam people they'd put a little more effort into it.

CollinsE90 · 06-23-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by HuangYiChao

I am thinking about fucking with him and having the "dude" come down to sign for the paper and then saying I lost my title or something.

There is a website dedicated to fucking with scammers, they dont fall for it usually. If you can pull it off post for the lulz

11Series · 06-23-2011, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HuangYiChao

I am thinking about fucking with him and having the "dude" come down to sign for the paper and then saying I lost my title or something.

Nobody will ever show up. They will just take your money and you will never see them. All you will be doing is giving them your personal information and making a target of yourself if you try to fuck with them.

It's a silly way to get your jollies.

06E90Rostik · 06-23-2011, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CollinsE90

There is a website dedicated to fucking with scammers, they dont fall for it usually. If you can pull it off post for the lulz

I had major lulz when I found it. People send washing machines full of bricks and dogshit to Africa. Scammers think they are getting 30 laptops for free, well besides like $1,500 prepaid shipping lol

11Series · 06-23-2011, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminole

I know that. But you think if they'd want to scame people they'd put a little more effort into it.

Why would they? The scammers seem to make perfectly good money putting no effort at all into it. Just look at the FBI estimates on losses to scammers...

They don't have to fool everyone, just enough folks to make money. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of gullible people yet according to the statistics.

Small Yellow · 06-24-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Series

Nobody will ever show up. They will just take your money and you will never see them. All you will be doing is giving them your personal information and making a target of yourself if you try to fuck with them.

It's a silly way to get your jollies.

Well I was thinking about making a fake paypal account and false info. Btw if I give them my paypal how would they get my money etc? Fake email and tell me my account has been breached and I need to type my secret answer or something to reset the password?

Freakazoid · 06-24-2011, 09:01 PM

no seriously are you that dumb that you believed this for even a 1/10 of a second?

Small Yellow · 06-24-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Freakazoid

no seriously are you that dumb that you believed this for even a 1/10 of a second?

Why would anyone believe this.

Year's_End · 06-24-2011, 10:02 PM

read first line and lol'd

Freakazoid · 06-24-2011, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by HuangYiChao

Why would anyone believe this.

gooood, there's enough scattered stupid ones that make their way onto the forum, you never know

Small Yellow · 06-24-2011, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Freakazoid

gooood, there's enough scattered stupid ones that make their way onto the forum, you never know

Haha yeah... I am sure there are some who are stupid enough to not detect the unusual tone this guy gives off.

boroe90 · 06-24-2011, 10:49 PM

Yep Scam, and pretty sure the dude is Nigerian too smh. Nigerians overuse the word bless.

Freakazoid · 06-24-2011, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by boroe90

Yep Scam, and pretty sure the dude is Nigerian too smh. Nigerians overuse the word bless.

that's not a nigerian thing. That's a scammer thing
every scammer overuses 'God' and 'bless' to try to appeal to some weird religious aspect I guess

06-23-2011, 05:15 PM	#2
persian54 Lieutenant General 1024 Rep 15,818 Posts Drives: M760/E92M3/EQE500 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Valley, SoCal iTrader: (298)	scam lol __________________ From E93 335i to E89 Z4 to E93 M3/E89 Z4 to E350/SL550
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Naptime #Hashtag 10 Rep 245 Posts Drives: around in circles Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Texas iTrader: (1)	Seems good to me
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06-23-2011, 05:16 PM	#4
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Seminole Colonel 485 Rep 2,032 Posts Drives: Red Flyer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 38.8977° N, 77.0366° W iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 E90 328i [7.00]	What bullshit. Who refers to a car as the "goods". You'd think they'd refer to the make/model or at least say car once in the thing. Who falls for shit like that. __________________
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06-23-2011, 05:21 PM	#7
Small Yellow Track Addict 126 Rep 813 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW M3 E92 \| 2008 Z4M E86 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Orange County, California iTrader: (0)	haha yeah and paypal me 23k. __________________ BMW ///M3 Coupe Completed November 16, 2009 Received December 29,2009
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Small Yellow Track Addict 126 Rep 813 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW M3 E92 \| 2008 Z4M E86 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Orange County, California iTrader: (0)	I am thinking about fucking with him and having the "dude" come down to sign for the paper and then saying I lost my title or something. __________________ BMW ///M3 Coupe Completed November 16, 2009 Received December 29,2009
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Freakazoid Captain 196 Rep 962 Posts Drives: Saturn Redline Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pittsburgh iTrader: (0)	no seriously are you that dumb that you believed this for even a 1/10 of a second?
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06-24-2011, 10:02 PM	#18
Year's_End Lieutenant General 1281 Rep 12,446 Posts Drives: 2020 Shelby GT350 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	read first line and lol'd __________________ Past: '08 E92 335i\|ZPP\|ZSP\|6AT Past: '15 Mustang GT\|401A\|PP\|6MT Current: '20 Shelby GT350\|6MT
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06-24-2011, 10:49 PM	#21
boroe90 Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 217 Posts Drives: 06 Silver e90 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: TN iTrader: (2)	Yep Scam, and pretty sure the dude is Nigerian too smh. Nigerians overuse the word bless.
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