WARNING: Looks to be a fraudster threat

[Hairy]

Hi All

 

Look out for the person as per the email snippet below ... seems extremely dodgy to me and I recon you should be made aware.

 

The email is in response to my current Kona Sale Postings in the Classifieds section.

 

america shippin lines to meshow details Sep 14 (1 day ago)Hello,

 

Thanks for the information. I am at sea at the moment because I work as a

Marine Engineer but I still have my family house in South Africa where I

lived for many years before relocating to the United States of America to

join my husband, and accordingly, I will be pleased to make the payment in

the United States dollars equivalent which is easily convertible to South

African Rands.

 

 

I need four and will however be paying you by PayPal and insist on this payment medium

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 because my bank

account is fully linked and attached to it, and besides, the payment system

is perfectly secured for both of us. I will therefore need you to give me

your PayPal email address and your acceptable exchange rate of South African

Rands to United States Dollars so that I can make the payment as soon as

possible. In case you don’t have PayPal account, you can easily set one up

within a minute at any branch of First National Bank in South Africa or go

to www.PayPal.com . Should you also wish to have

more information about PayPal which is now widely used for payments in South

Africa, the First National Bank in South Africa would be glad to help, you

could also obtain first hand information from FNB website on thins link

https://www.fnb.co.za/news/archive/2010/20100325paypal.html Please don’t

worry about the PayPal charges because it is my responsibility to add it to

your price so that you can have your complete money. I need only your PayPal

email address to make the payment, and nothing else.

 

There is already a shipping agent for the bike to ship it to our family

house in South Africa after you have satisfactorily received your payment.

The shipping fee will however will be included in my payment to you

according to PayPal requirements and it will be their ultimate

responsibility to ensure the successful shipment of the bike .

 

 

Please let me know any other relevant conditions about the bike and the

total amount of your price in United States Dollars equivalent. The bike

is a surprise birthday gift for my late uncles sons forthcoming birthday during

which every members of the family will be celebrating with him. Therefore, I

will be pleased to make your payment immediately so that you can thereafter

release the car to the shipping agent as soon as you have your money in your

bank account through PayPal.

 

 

I will be pleased if you could still send me some few more pictures of the

bike for my personal viewing.

 

 

Thanks a lot.

 

MRS PATRICIA STEWART

 

[krl747]

Seems legit, and an exchange rate of R10 to the Dollar seems nice.

[EvanB]

Definitely, a mate of mine received the same message on a car he was selling in the Junkmail

[chris_w_65]

 

Please let me know any other relevant conditions about the bike and the

total amount of your price in United States Dollars equivalent. The bike

is a surprise birthday gift for my late uncles sons forthcoming birthday during

which every members of the family will be celebrating with him. Therefore, I

will be pleased to make your payment immediately so that you can thereafter

release the car to the shipping agent as soon as you have your money in your

bank account through PayPal.

 

 

 

 

Talk about copy and paste :lol:

[chris_w_65]

Are all 4 for her late uncle's son? :lol:

[Iron]

"There is already a shipping agent for the bike to ship it to our family

house in South Africa after you have satisfactorily received your payment"

 

do it , if there is no money in your account then dont.

[reteid]

my bs meter is running deep in the red revvs.

[bontie]

Pardon my ignorance, but how is it supposed to work if you are to receive money? Surely they cannot scam you out of money if they only have your paypal address?

And who'd be stupid enough to send a bike anywhere without payment?

 

Is he hoping you send the bike before you receive KASH?

 

We live in a sick place...there are too many bad people out there!

[kosmonooit]

If she has a bank account then she can do bank transfer to you, then wait for it to clear then release the goods.

 

There are lots of PayPal scams going on, although it is a secure method of payment.

[Zac.A]

Just wait for the money to be deposited and then send them??

If they don't deposit then don't send...

[nickc]

Pardon my ignorance, but how is it supposed to work if you are to receive money? Surely they cannot scam you out of money if they only have your paypal address?

And who'd be stupid enough to send a bike anywhere without payment?

 

Is he hoping you send the bike before you receive KASH?

 

We live in a sick place...there are too many bad people out there!

 

They will start the whole process then suddenly complications will arise which entails you having to pay some small administrative fee or something like that and slowly they will suck you into some scam or other.

[dev null]

The mere fact that they used a template should already have caused all sorts of red lights to flicker. This is a scam, plain and simple. And then to remove all doubt the birthday present BS should have given it away.

Edited September 15, 2011 by Moridin

[chris_w_65]

The mere fact that they used a template should already have caused all sorts of red lights to flicker. This is a scam, plain and simple. And then to remove all doubt the birtday present BS should have given it away.

 

And scammers always come with a long story

[akneethling]

If they have your paypal email address, they can possibly redirect a "FALSE" password reset, and then Hack your Paypal........... then using your account to pay themselves........ DON'T DO IT

[Hairy]

long story = long drop

[chris_w_65]

The fact that you didn't just delete that email worries me