Kijiji Scammer using Google Voice with New York Area Code

Hello,

I received a text message regarding my posting on Kijiji asking if it was still available. The number was +1 (646) 389-6179 however it's probably simply created using a program, not an actual hard number tied to an account. I think the important part is the New York area code.

Anyway, they proceeded to feed me the following nonsense:
(1/3)
okay no problem,Actually i want to buy this item for my co-worker as work, who was transferred to western africa and i also want (2/3)the item shipped over to him as a (Birthday day gift) so i will be offering you an additional payment of $200 for the shipping (3/3)using PayPal as our method of payment.You can send me your PayPal money request to my PayPal email address at ([email protected]).

Knowing this was clearly a scam, I directed him to my business website, where he could order online with Paypal directly. His response was:

(1/3)i traveled to new york for a conference meeting that is the reason why i need you to handle the shipping for me.i want it (2/3)shipped out via Canada Post Air Mail International and it will only cost you $60 to ship it out so i want your paypal email address (3/3)so that i can make the payment now okay

I'm sure he'll now change the number, email and his story, but hopefully this helps someone else from being scammed.

I want to say a huge thank you for posting this. This person just contacted me about my ad on Kijiji using the exact same text message. It seemed fishy offering me $200.00 more then the asking price so I googled the phone number and your post came up. This person is still using the same phone number and email address that you posted so people beware!

His maggotness is just too darn bone arse lazy. He can't be bothered to remove the code numbers that are used to slightly alter each message. They often do this >and get wrong dating site< and (1/419) put the wrong rubbish here. They will do, in answer to an ad on > insert wbsite here <, but just >INSERT EXPLETIVE< .