same story selling a van on craigs list said he was at sea a marine engineer didn't care about price or condition wanted to buy it as a gift for his son say he is setting up a pickup(shipper) to pick it up as soon as funds are paid thru paypal.wonder if I'll hear back hahaha
Scam! Scam! Tried to buy a motorcycle from me but wanted me too send $600 first to western union for his pick person. When I told him I didnt have the monwy he kept harassing me for anything I could send!
Tried to purchase a truck I had for sale, telling me to send 600.00 by western union to a third party for shipping, he would include that in a pay pal amount so I could reimbursed, when I said I wouldnt do that, he got rather upset. When I asked for his home address he gave me Tyler Texas, the number and street named pulled up a water tower and treatment plant.
Selling a car on Craig's list, this number texts me and refuses to call to talk in person. I googled the number and it took me here. I hope others are smart enough to do a little back ground checking. He fed me a story about being at sea and wanting it for his son. BS!
Selling a rug in Arkansas...this man claimed to be a "marine engineer" buying a gift for his son. The rug, which was tacky, was $350. He asked for the lowest price but told me he was comfortable with what I was asking (Lucky Me!). He was overseas so we had to use PayPal and that's when his "agent" got involved. I was to wire this agent (wouldn't I see him if he picked up the rug?!?) $500 (pricey!!) for a crap rug he could go to West Elm and purchase for less than the total price. That's when I texted back an expletive and ended the transaction.