I'm selling my car on Craig list and I'm target of scams like the one below by a person presumably called Peter Kelly from 617-793-5291. They try to buy the car using a pay pal deposit and sending someone to pick it up. This is a scam. Complete text follows: "Dear seller,
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buying it now for birthday gift for brother in-law and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the car to be a surprise for brother in-law so i wont let him know anything about the car until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the car. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal
email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the car and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick the car up after i have made the payments.The agent will sign all the necessary documents on my behalf..
Regards Peter Kelly"
I'm selling my car on Craig list and I'm target of scams like the one below by a person presumably called Peter Kelly from 617-793-5291. They try to buy the car using a pay pal deposit and sending someone to pick it up. This is a scam. Complete text follows: "Dear seller,
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buying it now for birthday gift for brother in-law and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the car to be a surprise for brother in-law so i wont let him know anything about the car until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the car. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal
email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the car and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick the car up after i have made the payments.The agent will sign all the necessary documents on my behalf..
Regards Peter Kelly"
617 793-5291 also texted me regarding my truck on cars.com. He was buying the truck for his dad...he is very generous :) I sold a car on cars.com before and even when the guy handed me cash I felt like I was open to scam, I can't imagine going thru this process!