When selling a bike on T&E...

[nico]

as many probaly know selling my bike alsomt every day im geting these e-mails,
they scream scammer any one else get them?? not it is a bike not a truck

Hello,
I am happy to read from you, i really appreciate it,i am a U.S soldier chosen by United Nation for an assignment in Iraq at the moment, i am buying the truck as a gift for my Dad, i want to make it a surprise for him,he wont know anything about the item until they get delivered to him, i can only pay through paypal as i dont have access to my bank account online as i dont have internet banking,but i have my bank account attached to my paypal account and this is why i insisted on paying you through paypal,So please kindly get back to me with your paypal details including your price which you are willing to sell this..so i can proceed with the payment and after the payment has been done, i have a pick up agent that will come around to pick the item up after i have made the payments for the it.......Greetings
Tina

[DarkLord]

For a U.S. soldier they seem to have awfully clunky english.

Me smells bullshit.

[FJRider]

It's a scam ... steer clear.

[EJK]

Looks genuine. Someone help Tina out?

[Coldrider]

Looks genuine. Someone help Tina out?Is she a good looker?

[rustyrobot]

Why not let them pretend to make payment, then have a 'conversation' with the person who comes to pick it up. Since you are in the armed forces Nico, I bet you could easily ask "Tina" questions to prove she isn't.

[EJK]

Is she a good looker?

Ask nico. He's got her email ;-)

[nico]

hahah i rekn 6 foot scranwn and somalian lol who knows yeah ive got about 20 of these e-mails like this the part i cant work out is if i gave them pay pal they (suposly pay) to my account how do they make the scam do they grab the truck::::) the withdraw the funds ?

and not in forces any more ex- army

[rustic101]

I think Tina and Jane are related as I am helping sell my flatmates Vespa and received a few messages from her. However, never heard back when I gave her my work address.... Funny that!!!

I wonder if Jane heard back from the Cybercrime Unit lol, as I certainly have not heard from her again - bugger.

There were only two places I advertised - On here and tardme -

[rustic101]

as a starting point

http://scambusters.co.nz/links.html

[Eyegasm]

as a starting point

http://scambusters.co.nz/links.html

Here is a thread that explains the scam in more detail

http://scambusters.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5544&start=0

Basically you have to pay to get your funds released? Yeah right...