Scam? You tell me...
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Scam? You tell me...
So a little background... I am selling a laptop on Craigslist and I get a few replies by email, one guy says he is very interested and he wants to buy it, but he needs it shipped. Here's the email.
So it looks real sketchy, but its through paypal... if I were to accept it, I would wait until I got the money out of paypal and in my bank account. So what do you think?
Hi Mate,
Thanks for the reply,I am willing to buy this from you, and am not here for games and i don't like to beat around the bush okay....I will be adding $100 for the shipping and handling of the package i mean you will be shipping the item on my behalf to my spouse and i will like to know your mode of payment but to be sincere i can only send you a PayPal payment which protects me and the you from scam and fraud.all you have to do now is to get back to me with your PayPal confirmed account email id or you send me an invoice.let me know if you are still interested to further in this transaction.
Thanks for the reply,I am willing to buy this from you, and am not here for games and i don't like to beat around the bush okay....I will be adding $100 for the shipping and handling of the package i mean you will be shipping the item on my behalf to my spouse and i will like to know your mode of payment but to be sincere i can only send you a PayPal payment which protects me and the you from scam and fraud.all you have to do now is to get back to me with your PayPal confirmed account email id or you send me an invoice.let me know if you are still interested to further in this transaction.
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If there's any doubt, there is NO doubt.
It's a scam.
Run away.
It's a scam.
Run away.
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They send payment then are able to dispute payment for up to 30 days.
The place I work at is dealing with one of these assholes currently.
The place I work at is dealing with one of these assholes currently.
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Try it then, and see what happens.
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They can still dispute it and most likely win since pp is run by the same fuckers that run egay
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