can someone explain this?

[Dne']

Hi,
I put my RAvt4 up for sale, and this is one response that I got~ I've gotten one like it before, but what kind of scam is it?

it reads as follows::
Thank you for getting back to me. Please assure me that it's in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Friend, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime. Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don't have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will be handling the title for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.

Many Thanks.

 

[Sluggo]

It looks like a run of mill scam to me. Way too much detail.

 

[68stang289]

It is definitely a scam, but it's strange that they want to send the money through paypal though. How do you scam paypal? Stolen credit card number maybe? Or maybe even a stolen bank account number?

If you're bored, you can always mess with them a bit. I usually do. I'll try to waste as much of their time as possible.

 

[RapidRabbit]

Definitely a scam. And don't click on the paypal link in the email.

sent from my HTC Droid using tapatalk.

 

[KBMWRS]

Agree with the 'Do Not respond' advice.

RUN. eter

 

[guruatbol]

Respond back that a wire transfer from their bank to yours will be preferred and you will only release the car once the transfer is certified from your bank and cashed with cash in hand.

Or tell him to give the guy picking up the car cash. I am sure he will never email you back.

Mel

 

[Gigantopithecus]

More than likely, the paypal link redirects you to a clone site with a data grabber. They log your login info, then use it to transfer money from your bank account or credit card, or buy crap off the internet and have it shipped to a "mule" house.

 

[Dne']

ok, I ddn' do anything with it, I didn't click on the paypal link. If they were smart they would be so wordy and geeky in their wording! lol Loosers! lol thanks ya'll!

More than likely, the paypal link redirects you to a clone site with a data grabber. They log your login info, then use it to transfer money from your bank account or credit card, or buy crap off the internet and have it shipped to a "mule" house.

 

[68stang289]

More than likely, the paypal link redirects you to a clone site with a data grabber. They log your login info, then use it to transfer money from your bank account or credit card, or buy crap off the internet and have it shipped to a "mule" house.

Ok, that makes sense then why they are saying to go the paypal route.

If they were smart they would be so wordy and geeky in their wording! lol Loosers! lol thanks ya'll!

I'd have to imagine they had some success with being so wordy, otherwise they would have changed tactics. It is amazing to me that this is such a viable scam to run that it continues to be run after all these years.