Members JR13 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 its a complete scam. don't email back or you'll start getting a bunch of emails about penis enlargement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Guys on petroleum rigs sure are nice- buying guitars as gifts for their brothers and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conman02 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Definatley a scam! I was once selling an iphone on kijiji and the lady said she was looking for a phone for her friends son and he lives in Nigeria. She wanted me to send the money payment that she owed to her and then I found it was weird all of this. So i typed in the adress to google and found out it was a complete scam and you will never get the money. DONT DO IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 It's an old scam. Do people still fall for this {censored}. WTF...Sttupid is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 scam for sure. Pickup agent, only paypal, and no mention of the guitar... very vague "buying this for my brother" . Don't correspond anymore with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Have no further communication with him.Delete any e-mails from him as soon as they show up.Don't bait him. Just drop him. Yeah. Unknown hazards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fenderman1991 Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I've had maybe that same exact email if not one remarkably similar in style to that from selling on CL. I didn't reply and didn't hear from him again. I'd imagine it was a scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Nooooooooooo. {censored} with the guy. Make him pay. Tell him that you would be willing to give the guitar to his "agent" and after he is satisfied, he can send the Paypal payment. Make up some story, I don't know. Just make something out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Who says 'pickup agent', anyway? You say 'UPS' or 'FedEx' or something like that. And 'petroleum' rig? I've never heard them called anything but an 'oil rig', although I guess that could be a regional thing. I'd never touch it- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 This guy mailed me about the Les Paul Jr I'm selling, in English, which isn't our native language. No big deal, but for some reason his next mail made all my alarms go off: Hello Thom, Thanks for the mail, i am buying this for my Brother. I am a petroleum engineer currently on a rig offshore i really want this to be a surprise gift for my Brother so i wont let him know anything about this until it gets delivered to him , i am sure he will be more than happy with it.I can only pay with PayPal here, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments asap and please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to setup,go to www.paypal.com and get it set up ,after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the money through.The advert price is okay with me:Pick up agent will come for the pick up as soon as i have made the payments, i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i am a petroleum engineer I work mainly onshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, we can only communicate with our base for now. Thanks. xxxxxxx. What I find amusing about this is that the scammer could have simply stated, "OK, give me your Paypal address and I will send payment". Lengthy explanations usually indicate a scammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Nooooooooooo.{censored} with the guy. Make him pay. Tell him that you would be willing to give the guitar to his "agent" and after he is satisfied, he can send the Paypal payment. Make up some story, I don't know. Just make something out of this. This is a good way to get yourself killed. These scams are not run by small time thieves, they are serious, organised criminals who would not hesitate to get rid of a nuisance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 The buyer is the pickup agent. He's not splitting his take with anyone.He gets away with the guitar before the payment bounces.Best rule of thumb: If you think it may be a scam, it definitely is. Walk away. There is no pickup agent. Scammers don't want merchandise. As mentioned, this will involve some kind of overpayment with bogus funds and the seller will issue a refund with good funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'd ask that the payment be sent as a gift, that way he can't dispute anything. Then have the cops waiting on his agent. Being afraid of these people is how they get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Anybody seen my kidney... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Send the guitar to me and forward me the email. I will sort it all out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'd ask that the payment be sent as a gift, that way he can't dispute anything. Then have the cops waiting on his agent. Being afraid of these people is how they get away with it. Once again, there is no agent. That's not how the scam works. The most likely scenario is that they tell you they'll send Payapl. You're expecting a Paypal payment. They follow up with a fake email telling you you've received funds. Since you're expecting funds, you assume the email is real and follow the link in the email to log in to Paypal, only you're logging onto their phishing site, giving them your Paypal logon info. They log on and have free access to your Paypal account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 This is a good way to get yourself killed. These scams are not run by small time thieves, they are serious, organised criminals who would not hesitate to get rid of a nuisance. I doubt these are "serious, organised criminals". Secondly, I am not saying he should meet the guy, just send him on a goose chace. You think the scammer is going to locate him by his email address and kill him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I doubt these are "serious, organised criminals".Secondly, I am not saying he should meet the guy, just send him on a goose chace. You think the scammer is going to locate him by his email address and kill him? What do you stand to win? What do you risk losing? Up to you to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Anything that involves a 'delivery agent' coming to pick it up is scam-O-rama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I doubt these are "serious, organised criminals".Secondly, I am not saying he should meet the guy, just send him on a goose chace. You think the scammer is going to locate him by his email address and kill him? There is that whole pesky Paypal having your address problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 There is that whole pesky Paypal having your address problem... Yeah, but if you read my post I said not to have the guy send the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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