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I put the ad up on Monday and what do you know a bite within 2 hours 25/2/2013

..I am very keen. 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. Due to my inability to make a bank deposit, I would be paying via PayPal which is safer for me or bank transfer as well safe. Kindly send me a paypal payment invoice or create an account at http://www.paypal.com if you dont have one or your bank details for me to make payment. 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.

Cheers and pls inform other buyers you sold it as am ready to purchase it right away....Arthur

Dear ???????

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Hello...I have just completed the Payment from my paypal account to your Bank Account and i am sure you have received the confirmation from PayPal regarding the Payment made. You can check your e-mail or junk/spam for confirmation of payment.a total of $4,700.00 was sent, $4,000.00 for the merchandise and the extra $600.00 for the shipper's and $100.00 for western union charges,which you will be sending to the address below via western union

Name: Anandkumar Palanisamy
Address: 34 Jalan Hang Lekiu
City: Subang Jaya
State: Kuala Lumpur
Zip Code: 50100
Country: Malaysia

All other documentations should be prepared by the Pick Up Agent. You should send the money soon so that the agent can schedule time and you would know when the Pick Up would commence, make sure you're home. I advice you to check both your inbox or junk folder for the payment confirmation message..The shipper would be coming around to your area to have the merchandise picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee to them, as i need you to let me know what time you want them to come and where (your address & phone # you can be reached on)

I will be waiting to hear from you once the money has been sent to my shipper.
Thanks for the business.

Arthur

The good thing about it i didnt go through with it yaye me as i googled it and worked it out.








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Welcome to Scamwarners and well Googled Cherrylipz77.

It's an absolute classic scam from the very outset, with the buyer claiming to be abroad, which is probably the only truthful thing he ever says.

Anandkumar Palanisamy occurs in this scam too

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&p=152788

.... and is having a lean time at the moment. He's most likely a local associate of the scammer because it's too risky for an African/Nigerian to hang around Western Union offices in Malaysia, as the Malaysian authorities are quite hard on scammers they catch. Having a local to help them makes them less conspicuous.

The 'shipper' is his buddy in Malaysia who he will share the cash with and the PayPal message was spoofed and no money was ever sent to you. The scammer spends all day every day sending out messages agreeing to buy things so that he can hope to get one or two a week to fall for it.

I totally agree with you on that. The nerve of these type of people.

Hello Cherrylipz77 and welcome to Scamwarners.com

Kindly post the e-mail address that this scammer was writing to you from for other people to find when searching for similar details.

Hi Michelle

The email addy is [email protected]

I'm selling a car on Gumtree.I had 2 bites within hours
The looser sent the same wording to me from 2 different Identites within an hour of eachother!


[email protected]
[email protected]

I Agree with price you willing to sell it , i will be happy to paying directly into your paypal account without any delay. I would have prefer to see or inspection it but am busy and due to the nature of my work as i'm a (marine biologist) .

As for the payment..i will be paying you with the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).

I have a private courier agent that will come over for the pick up after the payment have been made, .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 www.paypal.com and sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap


I wish I knew where to find them for a little pay the pal' back to them Although I was wise to it and didnt get scammed!

Hi,

Just thought I should add my experience. I didn't understand initially how you can be scammed as the seller - but there you go! 'Innovators' are not only in gainful emoloyment!

'thanks for mailing back, I'm ok with the price and the
condition, I'm buying it for my vacation,because i'll be coming
soon from our rig as a mechanical engineer on a rig
offshore i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work, would have called you but our calls are restricted.Regarding the payment,pls get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,or you can alternatively send your bsb and account number if you have no paypal account.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.
Await your reply.'

The email address is: [email protected]; Michael Seay.
I played along for a while and he provided these details;
Tiwi NT 0810, Australia
License no: 168325
DOB: 14th August 1978

'Suprisingly' he wasn't interested in paying a deposit - just the full amount.

Seller be ware!

Kate

Wow this guy, michael seay is on fire, i also have been contacted only had ad on.ine for a few hours, same deal works on a oil rig, wants bsb and acc details or paypal details, will send a courier from darwin willing to pay price asked. Sellers beware, of [email protected], thanks to your postings also for alerting me to this seay overseas scam.....

Hi Steve2013, Welcome to the site. What do you mean by "to report this to scamwarners they want $45 payment to process the complaint?" This is scamwarners and it is totally free to post here.

Steve2013, if anybody is asking you to pay $45 to report fraud, then they are a scammer as well. As Clair said, our website is FREE and always will be. Please post any emails or websites directing you to pay this fee, so we can have them investigated.

It was an ad on this site between the postings - will edit original posting, i accept this was part of ad choices that utilises your site to promote other interests and not a scamwarners initiative.

Thank you Google and scammers.com. Just had the Micahel Seay experience just as everyone describes. He sent me 2 texts from the same mobile number but with different user names - not very suffisticated but he seems to be persistent. He used mobile number +61428465117 and user names nic19 and Michael Seay. Email addresses [email protected] and [email protected].

All he has is my mobile number and email address so I will keep looking for a genuine buyer for my car.

Hello and welcome to Scamwarners Lord.

Thank you for posting the email addresses and phone number the scammer used.

My advice would be for you to sell your car face to face with cash. I would do this in a public place.

I also received this reply today for an ad on gumtree

From: Kylie Hutchinson <[email protected]
To: **************@yahoo.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 7:58 PM
Subject: RE: Re wheels

Thank you for the mail,i am okay with the condition Likewise your asking price is quite reasonable and affordable considering others I've seen lately,Am buying it for my SON who has just graduated from Charles Darwin University NT. I'll have it for the listed price,please kindly send me your BANK details or pay pal payment email to set up purchase,as i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here on our mine site but i have my ANZ bank account linked up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through PayPal to your nominated bank account.i would have love to call in person but we have strict no phone policy due to bad weather condition and i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work 4weeks on 1week off,i will arrange for pick up and delivery by my pickup agent after the cleared payment to your account.

Many Thanks

Michael Seay
16:58 (15 minutes ago)
Thanks for mailing back, I'm ok with the price and the condition i work on a rig as a mechanical engineer i would have love to call but We do not have access to phone at the moment that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility,I'm buying it for my vacation
Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,OR you can alternatively send your bsb and account number if you have no PayPal acct.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up and deliver it to my place in Darwin after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.
Await your reply.

Thanks for mailing back, I'm ok with the price and the condition i work on a rig as a mechanical engineer i would have love to call but We do not have access to phone at the moment that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility,I'm buying it for my vacation
Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,OR you can alternatively send your bsb and account number if you have no PayPal acct.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up and deliver it to my place in Darwin after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.
Await your reply.

Hi Michael,

Thanks for getting back to me. Happy to do the transaction via PayPal but I won't release the car until the funds have cleared in to my account.
It must be quite exciting working out in Darwin on the rigs. Surely you can get a car out there though? It seems unusual that you'd like to buy a car from Melbourne for Darwin...


Michael Seay

Ok no problem with that once you confirm the money we will both arrange a suitable date and time for the pick up and
i would have love to come see it in person but due to
the nature of my work.my agent will come for the
inspection and also do the signing of the paper work and all
the necessary papers needed to be signed.get back to me
with your payment details so that i can proceed with the
payment asap as i will like it delivered to my place
before my arrival.
thanks.