Who called from 2146123575

The text from 214-612-3575 followed by an email and a request to set up a pay pal account using a link provided by The Rev John Smalling.  Wanted to pay full price, sight unseen.  I told him to pray about it.  Sounded like a scam to me, then I googled his name and found these other posts.  It used to be "buyer beware", now it's "seller beware".

My wife received a text requesting for more pictures (switching up his game) of our car's engine. After posting our car on autotrader. See a pattern? Then proceeds to ask if we accept paypal as payment. Then rushed us to provide him with paypal information so that he can send payment ASAP, without even seeing the engine pictures. Didn't even try to bargain the price down (this sent off red flags) I don't know what stunt this guy is trying to pull off but I'm no sucker and my BS radar was off the chains. I was born at night, but not LAST NIGHT. Beware.

Well at least this person is consistent. Within minutes of posting my ad I received a text message from them (phone #214-612-3575 - which is listed as a land line from 360 Networks out of Red Oak, Texas) asking if the vehicle was still for sale, and if so, to contact them at [email protected].

I ignored the message and flagged the phone number as a scammer.

Seller beware.

Just got a message in what seemed mere hours after posting on AutoTrader.  It seemed suspicious.  Thanks for the post.

I got the same type of text asking me to respond to [email protected] just hours after listing the car for sale. He didn't want to see the car and didn't want to haggle over the price just wanted a paypal account number and the address where he could send a transport company to pickup the car. It sounded to good to be true. BIG red flags!