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Here is a paypal scam that i received when trying to sell my boat notice
he hasn't seen the boat, didn't try to haggle, can't see boat before
purchasing, can't be reached in person, had 2 different gmail accounts
that he sent from, wants paypal email, paypal id, and what the heck is a
seer? it looks so much like your other scams. i think i'll have some
fun and string him along for a bit.
Thanks for your swift response, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my Son, your asking price is quite reasonable and affordable considering others I've seen lately, I'll take it. I would have loved to come check it out my self but am currently in camp as military seer instructor for new recruits. I won't be able to leave the base until 22th of April, I however squeezed out time to check this posting as all personal dealings are highly restricted here, i really want this as a surprise gift for my Son, so i won't let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him and due to the fact that phone calls making are restricted......I will be paying you with my PayPal account because it's attached to my bank account and its safe and very secure way to make payment. If my mode of payment is accepted just send me your PayPal email address,(PayPal ID) so i can pay in right away. I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been made, so no shipping included. I'll need your name, the pickup address or location and please include your PayPal email address for the payment and send me some recent pictures if available And if you don't have a PayPal account, you can easily go to
www.paypal.com and sign up,its very easy. I await your reply asap
Thanks Judah Jacobson.
USAF
6 comments:
i got this one, too. twice, actually, in varying forms. apparently they think people who sell boats are complete idiots. My particular favorite part of the whole thing was the fake paypal emails. sweet.
It's so obvious when you're reading it they're not native to writing the language and we're supposed to believe they're in the U.S. military? yeah right...
Here is a good question. Why can't PayPal or some law enforcement agency catch these people? It is so obvious what they are doing, the majority of us know in advance who they are yet there is not process that I can see to set them up for a fall. It's like a bank robber is emailing you in advance they are coming to steal from you and the only thing the police tell you to do is lock the door?
PayPal and law enforcement agencies can't do anything because no actual fraud has been committed. "its not illeal to send a text or email". A crime has to take place before any agency can do anything about it. You have to keep in mind that there are more criminals than there are employees in any law enforcement agency or even a PayPal crime department. They are usually busy solving actual crimes.
Lawyer Lou
Oh yeah by the way SEER is "Survive, Evade, Escape, Resist". What's funny is the guy signed USAF and SEER is actually a US Army school. Seer is basically like what you see in the movie when someone gets captured and interrogated and they interrogator tries to get information from you! Basically you are in a captured environment and they want to see what it will take for you to crack under pressure.
Easy ways to find a bluff dealing with military is.
Army has Posts hence army post and not base
Air Force has bases
Usually special force training is only conducted by army and navy ie navy seals and army green beret etc...
Army uses acronyms
I was selling a dining set and received a similar email. When I replied that I felt this was a scam...I received a response of "whatever the f".
Then I opened another email requesting information about my dining set and it was basically the same scam. I just responded I can only accept cash in person.
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