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by Bubbles Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:41 am
Welcome to ScamWarners bob1234 and thank you for posting this information. It will be helpful to others, with out a doubt. This is what makes our site work. :D

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

Rest in Peace 24 June 2015.

Gone, but never forgotten.
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by saya_lii Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:40 am
I actually got an email from [email protected] as well , he sent me the exact same message that bob posted.
After claiming he paid, i found a "paypal legal notice" in my junk mail that said this:

Dear (name removed for privacy),

We really want this transaction to work out but since you are not ready to show your understanding and cooperation, we will have to take things up through the tough proper authorities. We believe you read our security measures and company policies message and you are only waiting to test the strength of our securities. By not responding positively to our email notifications and acting according to our instructions, You have violated our security measures and we will have your profile details and account details with us passed to the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, the Internet Fraud Crime Commission and the Australian Police Department so as to ease their stress of tracking you down and delivering proper justice on you.

As your payment company, we have our rules and regulations and we strongly believe that by you using our services, It means you agree to our terms and trust our guide for an efficient and safe transaction. Obviously, you have failed to follow our instructions and proven to be recalcitrant to our guides therefore we assume you to be either a non cooperating customer or one of the numerous online fraudsters PayPal is working hard to put an end to.

According to the safety measures we take when handling transactions involving huge sums, We shall not fail to proceed into the next step which is our legal actions proceedings. This message will be our last alert to you and if we do not read from you within a short period, then be sure to receive visitors fighting internet corruptions from all governmental agencies in your local area and international standards.

As PayPal is not a hostile company, we are giving you a 24hours grace to get back to us with the requested details. If by the end of the given period, we have not received the requested details from you, we reserve the right to infringe and forward your information on file with us (which includes your contact details, DOB and telephone lines) to all governmental agencies backing us, this also includes the immigration officials of your country and we shall as well close your PayPal account.

This message is not a threat by PayPal but a legal step that we take in order to ensure a safer environment for all our users.

We request for the Scanned Receipt of the western union money transfer to prove sending of the shipping fees in less than 24hours and once we receive these details, we will release your funds into your account or otherwise face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.
This is done in accordance to our policy and in other to protect both the seller and buyer.


I also got another person named melaine west who is a pretty well known scammer and James powel, I was also listing my item on gumtree, they texted me with phone numbers with the area code "131"

James Powel's email:

"for the convenience of both parties i have organized with someone to come pick it up as soon as we're through with payment... Will you be able to help me wire the Shipping fess via western union money transfer to my shipper cos the total payment which include the shipping charges and some other commissions needed to get the ESP to its destination would be issued altogether through PayPal

i will include the $600 they charged to pick it up and take it to my home(1st class treatment), to the payments i will send through paypal after i have made the payments... I could have done this on my own but I'm presently offshore and incapacitated to send money through western union,i tried to pay online but i will need a credit card which i didn't bring along, and there is no post office around me here the only means I can do this is by paypal, and paypal is well aware of this, and that's more reason why they recommended I include the shipping fee"


Melaine west's email:
Thanks for the swift response...I am willing to know the lowest price of
it.due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come
for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours
everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with
it.As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure
way to pay online(PayPal).I have a private courier agent that will come for
the pick up after the payment have been made ...so no shipping included.
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also
include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal
account,you can easily set up one...log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and sign
up. its very easy.I await your reply asap


Riley Crawford's email:

I have made payment, didnt you get the confirmation from paypal?

Riley


From: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:27:11 +1100

Hey sorry but Im wondering if yore still interested in the ltd since i haven't seen the payment. another person has expressed an interest in the guitar .


From: [email protected]
To: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:42:21 +0000

thanks, I will make payment shortly

Riley


From: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:40:20 +1100

I have sent an invoice also ill throw in the esp case


From: [email protected]
To: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree :)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:28:50 +0000

This is my paypal email ofcourse. You have to click on request payment, fill the form and send it to my email. thanks

Riley


From: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:26:40 +1100

Sorry may i get your paypal email ? I tried sending it to this email address : [email protected] but it says that this account is currently unable to send money


From: [email protected]
To: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree :)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:04:36 +0000

Thanks Removed personal information. ~Bubbles, Yes please send me an invoice now so that I can pay you off. Once i complete payment, the shippers will come by Wednesday or Thursday to collect. thanks

Riley


From: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree :)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:58:24 +1100

Thank you for your quick reply! I'm glad to hear that! Ah its alright! I completely understand how difficult it is! When would you like me to send the invoice? I can send it to you right now and pack the guitar straightaway . Thats fine! Paypal seems to be the way to pay since its the most convenient,
Its alright , So you will be orgnising for a courier to come and collect the ite from my house?

my mobile number is Removed personal information. ~Bubbles , Its fine! I sleep really late anyay so feel free ,

No I'm not the first owner, it originally belonged to guitar technician :).
I'm selling it because I actually have too mny guitars and this one doesn' get played as much so there no point in it really gathering dust here.

No thats alright~ i can assure you however that it is in perfect condition!


From: [email protected]
To: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles
Subject: RE: Reply to your inquiry on gumtree
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:34:27 +0000

Great, thank you for getting back to me re my text message, I agree to buy at your price and i am keen on the buy myself. How I wish i could come for viewing and inspection but being in the military is not funny at all and we are away right now although I will be back in some couple of weeks precisely 9weeks. Due to my inability to make a bank deposit, I would be paying via PayPal which is safer for me and i will cover the paypal transfer fees. Kindly send me a paypal payment invoice or create an account at http://www.paypal.com.au if you dont have one. I know their are lots of dreamers and time wasters out there but this is real cos I will make a concrete pick up arrangement with my transport agent who will be coming over for pick up once you receive full payment into your PayPal account. Have a nice day. Few more photos will be appreciated as well.

Please be kind enough to resend me your land/mobile phone number and i will try as much as possible to give you a ring soon albeit schedule is very tight for me right now. thanks and get back soon.

I'd like to know certain things too;
Are you the first owner?
What is your reason for selling?
I'm sorry, just want to be sure about the sale before i proceed

Riley


------------

All three of them used the excuse of being overseas and unable to come inspect the item.

I removed personal information and added quote boxes for clarity. ~Bubbles
Last edited by saya_lii on Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
by bek147 Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:08 pm
Same thing happened to me.. two buyers by the name of Kirsty Lunney - [email protected] and Desmond Piier - [email protected] who then actually had the signature Jerry Smith, 91 Woolich New Rd, Woolwich, London - go figure.. I had an air con for sale and they both had sent me emails for it (in the middle of the night) there was no mention of any shipping fee until after I had sent the Paypal invoice and then they'd said they had paid extra to Paypal for the shipping which I had to pay. Well I emailed back saying not a hope I was spending my own money before receiving anything, was suspicios enough about the whole thing then this morning out of curiousity i googled the address in KL they had given and this came up. I just feel sorry for people who arent as aware of this kind of stuff as we are.
by midgie30 Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:45 am
We have recently gone through the same thing, we posted a boat for sale on Guntree/Ebay and received two offer of interest within hours. We weren't signed up to Paypal but the buyer insisted we use this as the method of payment. So after contact Paypal obtain all details and terms & conditions and clarified that the email address ([email protected]) was a valid Paypal customer decided to go ahead. When we received the email from [email protected] ® <[email protected], that the buyer has paid for the boat plus the merchant fees and add the shipping fees coming to a grand total approx $20k, red flags went up straight away as we were advised Paypal has a maxium limit and this exceed it. Next we received the email advising we had to go and deposit the shipping fees via a western union tranfer, we sent this joker Riley Crawford an email pay your our shipping fees. He responded with this is how they told me it had to be done due to the amount it more secure and just follow the prompts. We sent response back to both these emails that in no certain terms that we would be paying any dollars out of pocket. Within seconds of this we received an email headed *** LEGAL ACTION NOTIFICATI?ON *** will start in 24 hours, which was much the same as the email address to Yinny Wong.
I responded back advising "Due to my working profession in the legal industry, I welcome any legal proceedings brought forward by a non existent transaction as no goods or monies have been exchange by either party and it will be rigorously defended. We have also notified the correct authorities and Paypal and forward all your correspondence and details along with this so called buyer Riley Crawford details. To which we received the below email, you'd think these jokers would give up as just tonight we have received another suspicious email interested in our boat !!!!

On Mon, Feb 120, 2012 at 4:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:


Hello Midgie30,

We want to help you but we're not able to respond directly to emails
sent to this address.

If you have a question about your account, please contact us through our
website. Here's how:

1. Go to the PayPal website and log in to your account.
2. Click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page.
3. Click "Contact Customer Service," and ask your question.

One of our Customer Service agents will reply to your question.

We value your business and want to provide you with the best customer
care.

Thanks,

PayPal


This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Inc, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.à
r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118
349.
by walterJunior Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:40 am
I have also had this scam tried on me.

The fake buyer contacted me via mobile first (as i stupidly put my mobile number up on the ad)...although i assumed Gumtree would have made users click to reveal that and not leave it open to a crawler bot.

I then sent an email reply.

Long story short:

Email addresses used by fake buyer:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Name used by fake buyer:
matthew williams

Things to look out for:
1. Insists on using PayPal for the transaction
2. Is super keen to purchase the item
3. Expects you to take down the ad before the transaction completes

Here is a transcription of the last email i recieved from the fake buyer:

"i would have love to come for the inspection prior to the purchase but
i am restricted by work but never mind as i am really keen about the
purchase and payment will be made as soon as i have an order from u to
go ahead with the payment..the reason why i insisted on paypal was
because of my work restriction and all that.i would have to love to do
cash or a direct bank transfer but i dont have access to all that
here..i will only be doing paypal because i have my paypal account
attached to my bank account.. pls set up an account so that we can
move ahead with the sales. thanks so much for ur anticipated co
operations. pls get the ad off the internet as i am very keen and
serious about the purchase.. u can as well mark it as sold..i will be
waiting to hear from u soonest..i have a pick up agent that will
handle the pick up process

i am much more keen mate and i will be more than happy to put the
payment through as soon as i have ur paypal email address.. pls kindly
tell other interested party that it has being sold..thanks for ur
understanding towards the sales..

Thanks once again and God bless u..

Thanks
Matt"
by Josh1990 Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:44 pm
thanks so much for your response. firstly i would have loved to call you concerning this transaction but i am an Army Officer and am currently in the BASE right now so its really going to be a bit hard to make or receive calls right now but am sure we can run the transaction successfully through here. I am so keen about the transaction and i am not ready for drama's so i hope you are also in for the goody. I am sure you will have received lots of offer but am offering you $5100 so i hope that beats other offers that you have got. I have an agent that will be coming to Pick It Up but that will be after i have completed the Payment and they will also sign all documents on my behalf if necessary. I will love to make the payment through PayPal or straight into your bank account from my paypal account as its secured and preferable, so kindly get back to me with your paypal email or bank details where you will like the funds to be credited and i can get the funds sent asap. So get back to me as soon as you can so we can move on to the next step. you can as well get back to me with more pictures if you have them. thanks.

just get back to me with your paypal email so i can send the funds so we can go from there..
I have just sent the funds and am sure paypal would have gotten to you with the confirmation of the funds by now so look for that in your mail as the total funds are already out of my account and am also letting you know that i added my agents fees so as for you to help me get them paid as soon as paypal as made all confirmations clear to you. My agents fees are to be paid to their Headquarters and here is their address below and you are sending the funds through western union money transfer as i have also included the western union fees and am sure you will find their outlet in your local post office:

Name: NAVIN KUMAR GOPPU
Address: B-9-2 Vista Mutiara
City: Kepong
State: Kuala Lumpur
Zip Code: 53000
Country: Malaysia

Get back to me with your contact details and destination where you will like the pick up to be made because my agent will be coming as soon as you have received the total funds in your account. So get this transaction completed as soon as possible and forward to paypal the mtcn number and senders details that will be tendered to you after you have sent the funds so as for paypal to make the release of the funds into your account.. You can as well send it to me and i can help you forward it to them for faster transaction.. thanks..




Dear Removed personal information. ~Bubbles,

This message is from PayPal Customer Care Department. This is regards to the PayPal payment made to your account by James Curtis. My name is SITOU and I have been assigned to help you through with the transaction. According to our policy,you have to pay for the shipping fees out of your own pocket before you can get your total money which is $6,050.00 AUD.

According to the confirmation of payment message issued out to you by PayPal, we are confirming that your funds have been successfully charged from the buyer's account and the funds are presently being held invisible on your account as we are taking security measures to ensure a safe transaction. We are using this medium to get you informed that you have to send the shipping bills upfront (out of your pocket) due to PayPal's security measures and also if you go through the confirmation email we sent to you, a total sum of $6,050.00 AUD has been fully deducted from the buyer's account and as you can see, it is a huge amount and we are trying to protect both you and the buyer because the money paid by the buyer cannot be retracted as we will not refund any money into the buyer's account and this is due to security reasons. This were the reasons we requested that you have to send the $950.00 AUD upfront. You are to go to any Western Union Outlet or Post Office around you with the fees and send it out to the shipping agent's information via Western Union Money Transfer. The information you will send the fees to is the address included in the payment confirmation.

In order to send the funds as requested by PayPal, you have to go to any western union location with the cash in hand (out of your pocket) and send it to the shipper's details which has already been sent to you in the payment notification receipt issued to you. For your convenience, A western union location can best be located at your nearest local post office. You have to go to the post office and ask for their western union office, then you will be directed.

You also have to go to the western union office with a valid identity card (either your driver's license or your traveling passport) as it will be requested for by the western union agent just to prove your legitimacy. Once the funds has been sent, a receipt of transfer will be given to you, you have to check on the western union receipt for the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) which you have to email directly to us. Once we receive the MTCN from you, we will verify the details with western union and once we have confirmed that you have truly send the funds, we will immediately deposit your funds into your account within 4hours.

Here is the Shipper's Details:

Name: NAVIN KUMAR GOPPU
Address: B-9-2 Vista Mutiara
City: Kepong
State: Kuala Lumpur
Zip Code: 53000
Country: Malaysia

Your quick response will be very much appreciated once the money has been sent and our response to your messages will be timely as PayPal deals with time. We are sincerely sorry for any inconveniences this may cause you.

Please Note: PayPal will be responsible for any additional charges incurred during the course of sending the shipping fee at the western union office,it will be credited together with all your total fund to be release into your account within an hour after you have send the shipping fee which will be readily available in your bank account.

Note that transactions are better traced via emailing this customer care service, so you are required to send what ever information to this customer care center email which is contactcustomercenter@ consultant.com. Through that, we will take time to trace your transaction appropriately and let you know the status or whatever you need to know about your transaction.

PayPal Company

Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved.
PayPal (Worldwide) Ltd is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United State as an electronic money institution.
PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056

PayPal Email ID PP307

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team.


Scam Fake Receipt
Last edited by Bubbles on Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:39 am, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Added quotes for clarity.
by cheryl1234 Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:10 pm
HI TO ALL CONCERNED I'VE JUST FOUND OUT THAT I WAS ALMOST SCAMED BY THIS PERSON USING THE NAME "ATAWHAI APITI" BUT HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT HIS NAME IS "NAVIN GOPPU KUMAR". JUST A WORD OF WARNING TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE DEALING WITH THIS GUY , BEWARE!

THIS GUYS GIVING THE ARMY A BAD RAP!

Re: reply to txt = txt?
To see messages related to this one, group messages by conversation.

22/02/2012
Reply ?
Atawhai Apiti
Add to contacts
To Removed personal information. ~Bubbles

As for the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the pick up agent after you have the payment from paypal. so you don't have to worry about that. Go ahead and send me your paypal email address and the account name to remit the funds asap, then, the transport agent shall come for the pick up at your address after you received the payment. Cheers

Atawhai
NZDF



On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Removed personal information. ~Bubbles wrote:
hi again "paypal " has been set up . can commence sale whenever you please, cheers Cheryl

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:44:49 +0800

Subject: Re: reply to txt = txt
From: [email protected]
To: Removed personal information. ~Bubbles


Hi Mate, Thanks for the kind response. Having gone through the ad again and looked around, i see yours a good price. I feel sad I am not available to deal in person as I'm currently in camp as Military Sere Instructor for new recruits in PNG, but its nothing to worry about for I will be making arrangement with a private shipping agent that takes care of inspection and pick up.
As a matter of fact, I'm buying this as a surprise gift for my Father. I'll make use of Paypal including any surcharges required to get full amount delivered to your account. hope you have one already, I would only need your Paypal email address and account name for transfer of funds. It's easy to create on their website "paypal.com" in case you don't own it already. Further arrangements (regarding pick up) will be made after transfer goes through.
Hope to read from you soon
Kia Kaha


- Atawhai -
NZDF




THIS WAS THE LATEST E-MAIL FROM HIM.

Legal Action For Transaction ID: MYR849375694INT?

25/02/2012
Reply ?
service@in?tl.paypal.c?om
Add to contacts
To Removed personal information. ~Bubbles


FEB. 25, 2012
Transaction ID: MYR849375694INT

Dear Removed personal information. ~Bubbles,

It is important we know the status of the merchandise bought from you by a PayPal User; Atawhai Apiti ([email protected]) with Transaction ID: MYR849375694INT, otherwise legal action may be taken against you since you have not e-mailed us the Western Union information and a scanned receipt of the Transfer.

You are now mandated to complete to complete this transaction by sending the shipping fee to buyer's shipping agent within the next 24hrs, failure to do so may result to involvement of the FBI for violating PayPal's instructions and users agreement as per act of the 1999 Law in collaboration with the NZ Law Enforcement Agency.

We are ensuring to make Online Transaction a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence on all our users.


Transport Company: "Asped Logistics"

First Name: Navin Goppu
Last Name: Kumar
Address: 45, Jalan Teluk Pulai
City: Klang
State: Selangor
Zip Code: 41100
Country: Malaysia.

We request for the Bank transfer information to prove the transfer has been made within the next 24hrs and we will fund the money into your account or you may face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.

This is a bold measure observed for the protection of both sellers and buyers from the ongoing internet fraud activities.

Thanks for using PayPal Online Payment !!.

A. Williams,
PayPal Team


TRANSACTION PAYMENT?


24/02/2012
Reply ?
Atawhai Apiti Add to contacts
To Removed personal information. ~Bubbles

Hi mate, I have just completed the Payment and i hope you would have received the confirmation emails from Paypal regarding the payment already, I advice you to check both your inbox and junk/spam folder if in case you haven't, I included all the additional fees/surcharges as advised by paypal, I added an extra 2,100$ for the pick up fee. According to paypal's instruction while i was transferring the funds, you'll have to transfer the extra amount through Western Union right away to the shipping company's HEADQUARTERS in Malaysia (where they confirm all Commission Payments so that they can be able to schedule a suitable Pick Up Date and Time immediately) and your funds will be released to your account immediately you verify the transfer with paypal by sending them the MTCN code which will be given to you at western union when you send funds upfront. Then shipper can come over for the pick up when funds are fully released.
I'll need your address where they have to come for the pick up. find below, the shipping agent info needed to pay the fees through Western Union money Transfer.

First Name: Navin Goppu
Last Name: Kumar
Address: 45, Jalan Teluk Pulai
City: Klang
State: Selangor
Zip Code: 41100
Country: Malaysia.

As for papers & date, all documentations will be prepared by the shipping agent when they get there. Pick Up time will be scheduled when they receive the payment from you, the soon they have the payment is the soon Pick Up would commence, you need to make yourself available then.
It's nice doing business with you. Kindly mail me back soon with your address so I can forward it to the shipper.
Last edited by Bubbles on Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:36 am, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Added quotes for clarity.
by RubyRadical Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:06 am
I was selling a vehicle on a New Zealand Trading website and a person by the name of Dolton Hindmarsh got in touch with me and was very convincing. However when it came to the transaction a confirmation from a spoof email from "PayPal" said he had paid and money had been deducted from their account. They required me to send money via western union to the shipping company to the same guy in all these posts Navinkumar Goppu. I called my bank to check details and they advised me this was a scam. I was very upset and so searched the shipping name and got this website. I also emailed PayPal's fraud team on [email protected] forwarding them the email and they have confirmed this is a phishing email. Sick people are out there who reap the rewards of some poor innocent persons misfortune. Honestly they should go and get real jobs. :(
by cherbas Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:29 am
I too was nearly scammed by this Atawhai Apiti, all sounds EXACTLY the same, with all the same wording. Was just as well I checked the net, and my suspicions were confirmed.
by NadineNZ Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:40 pm
That is very interesting! I am trying to sell my car on trade me and a Dalton Hindmarsh just contacted me. He was very eager to buy the car without even taking a look at it? which i thought was a little odd... luckily i googled him and found this website with your feedback. Grr! the nerve of him!...
it really peeves me off and makes me loose confidence in online trading. my reply to his e-mail will not be a nice one
by Bubbles Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:35 am
It is great to hear that we have helped so many people with this thread..

Scammers are used to being told off, and it doesn't effect them at all. They just keep looking for victims they can scam. It may feel good to vent at them, but it has no effect on their scamming.

Thank you for posting here. Your words help encourage us to keep up the fight. :D

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

Rest in Peace 24 June 2015.

Gone, but never forgotten.
by gotscammed_2012 Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:45 am
This idiot must have copied and pasted and sent it to my email. This loser wasted my time!

Because I have not done anything with the payment to the shipping agent, I have now received a "LEGAL ACTION NOTIFICATION" saying they will have my profile and account details with them passed to the Federal Bureau of Invistigation.
Should I do something about the EMAIL NOTIFICATION or just ignore it?

Alright Mate,
>
>I am very keen on all. How i wish i could come for viewing and inspection
>as am currently overseas at the moment and i want it picked up before i get
>back, though i will be back in couple of weeks. Due to my inability to make
>a bank deposit, I would be paying via PayPal which is safer for me. Kindly
>send me a paypal payment invoice or create an account at

>www.paypal.com.auif you dont have one. I will make a concrete pick up

>arrangement with my
>transport agent who will be coming over for pick up once you receive full
>payment into your PayPal account. Have a nice day. Few more photos will be
>appreciated as well and let me know the FINAL PRICE.
>
>Pearl.


SHIPPING AGENT:
First Name: Navinkumar Goppu
B-9-1 Aqua Jalil Condo,
City: Kuantan
State: KUALA LUMPUR,
Zip Code: 53000
Country: MALAYSIA.
by AlanJones Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:55 am
Hi gotscammed_2012 and welcome to ScamWarners.

The best thing to do is to just ignore the email you have received, it is just the scammers trying to push you into paying. Hollow threats are all the scammer has to use against you.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
by squidge Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:00 pm
Thank you all for this thread. Googled [email protected] and found this page. Confirmed my suspicions that it seemed to good to be true. I can see how people fall for this though...
by notduped Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:37 am
Hi,
Got two immediate email responses as well after posting a bed for sale on Gum Tree today. After actually selling it to someone who phoned me and came over (the old fashion way) I checked my inbox and noticed these 2 emails from people wanting the bed.

From:
jones Innes [email protected]


to me :

Thanks for the swift response...i have gone through your advertisement
and i am satisfied with it and i'm willing to know the lowest price of
it. As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and
secure way to pay online(PayPal).
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after
the payment have been made ...so no shipping included.
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and
also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal
account, you can easily set up one...log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and
sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap

Email Number 2 from some other scammer.:


From: Janet Cool [email protected]


to me:
Thanks for responding on time...and i'm willing to know the lowest
price of it. As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest
and secure way to pay online(PayPal), and
a private courier agent would come for the pick up after the payment
have been made ...so no shipping included, so you can now send me your
PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address
in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set
up one and setting up a paypal account doesn't take more than 5
minutes...just log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and sign up. its very
easy.I await your reply asap.

Just adding to the SCAM PILE..

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