Trying to sell my motorbike online using autotrader...
Got this reply:
Question
Hi Do you still have it for sale? i will like to make an offer $7, 200 for this, payments will be made through paypal and i will arrange for the pick up as well. Cheers, Jordan.
I replied - sensing a scam due to unusual English, punctuation, and arranging for pick up:
Hi Jordan,
Yes, it's still available... And paypal would work.. Where do you live?
His reply:
from Jordan Evans <[email protected]>
date Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:50 AM
subject Re: Important Sales Lead from AutoTrader
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
Thanks for the quick response, i am buying this item for my son as a surprice gift and i am at sea at this moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the item to be a surprise for dad so i wont let him know anything about the item until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the item.I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payment as soon as possible for the item and pls if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go on http://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.my dad have pick up agent that will come and pick the item up after i have made the payment.what is your final price?.
Obvious scam...