**********FRAUD ALERT**********
Not sure what this guys game is. He goes by John White or John Hunter. He tried to scam me on a Craigs list posting however he picked the wrong guy. I'm in IT, done networks, & network security, plus teach internet fraud at the Grad & undergrad level. He looked legit as he insisted on using PayPal to pay for the transaction. Where the red flag came in was he upped the amount in my PayPal account by the shipping charges, still sounds legit, even sent me what looked like e-mails from PayPal, and links that actually took me to PayPal, except the important one that took me to my actual account. The e-mail had a screen capture of what my account would look like with actual money in it but my sign on showed nothing. Also he interchanged the $ with the British Pound Symbol. A couple of more red flags. Then wanted me to wire via Western Union the freight charges to a pickup Agent. Nicole Matthews, 143 Laurel Lane, Florence SC 29501. This is a legit residence and suspect this is an intermediary in the US working with this guy. I already knew that PayPal does not have any arrangements with WU. Reported to local police, PayPal, and NWCCC (Natl White Collar Crime Center)
So you are saying this specific person is a scammer. Now i recevied the same thingg you are mentioning at this very momment. He explained he is at sea and want to pay for the item im selling through pay pal. He is suppose to have an agent look at it and pick it up. Just want to make sure before i make a bad decision
Omar, Its a scam. I got another one his name was JEHAN. number 724-603-5343. I plan too post similar on that number too. These guys need to be stopped or at least people made aware. Unfortunately not many people take the time to Google a number. They are like wow I have a buyer and that's all the care about and then gut stuck with out of pocket cash and no product that the scammer can then resell
Just got a text from this clown a few minutes ago. He is good with the price, and wants to send me a certified check for the full purchase price!!! I'm so excited, because this guy has to be legit... Right? Not like the guy that was gonna pay me last week from paypal. Why do these guys think they can actually get away with this stuff?