What's the scam here?
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Eastern Washington
Only time I use paypal to collect money is be when selling on here or ebay. Never on craiglist. If I advertise on craigs, then I am looking for local buyers. Local buyers dont need paypal. Now if I were selling a big dollar item like a bike, I would never take the whole payment by paypal. I would only take a deposit via paypal and the rest in cash. Again that would only be on here or ebay. Seems to me that unless someone is willing to show up in person then craigslist emails are scams
Road Master
Joined: May 2012
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From: Canada
It's a scam. Does the e-mail look something like this?
What they do is send you the money on paypal and then you give them the bike. Then a week or so later paypal figures out it came from a fraudulent account and then tries to take the money back from you. If it's still in your paypal account it's gone! If you have a credit card or bank account tied into your paypal they will suck it from there.
As it has been said, cash in person ONLY!
cheers
Hi there,
Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that the merchandise is in good state 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 Dad and he is a mechanic, but the issue is I'm 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 pay pal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don't have an account with PayPal,it s 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.
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Zip code for pickup
Many Thanks.
Rose McGowan.
Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that the merchandise is in good state 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 Dad and he is a mechanic, but the issue is I'm 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 pay pal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don't have an account with PayPal,it s 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.
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Zip code for pickup
Many Thanks.
Rose McGowan.
What they do is send you the money on paypal and then you give them the bike. Then a week or so later paypal figures out it came from a fraudulent account and then tries to take the money back from you. If it's still in your paypal account it's gone! If you have a credit card or bank account tied into your paypal they will suck it from there.
As it has been said, cash in person ONLY!
cheers
I got dinged at Christmas with a paypal scam. I was selling my v-star,buyer was in England. He wanted to send me my asking price plus 1000 dollars. I was to give the 1000 dollars to the shipper who was supposed to come get the bike. I said sure. I gave him my paypal address which is tied to my bank account. He sent the funds along with a virus. The virus took his funds and cleaned out my account plus my thousand dollar overdraft. I blew a gasket.
It took a month to sort out but paypal did return my money,in January. So Christmas did come just a bit late.
Now I use my old lady's paypal account,which is tied to a single bank account,with no overdraft,and I only deposit what I need to,to pay for whatever I am buying.
Paypal will return your money,even if the transaction came from a fraudulent account.
It took a month to sort out but paypal did return my money,in January. So Christmas did come just a bit late.
Now I use my old lady's paypal account,which is tied to a single bank account,with no overdraft,and I only deposit what I need to,to pay for whatever I am buying.
Paypal will return your money,even if the transaction came from a fraudulent account.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Hershey, Pennsylvania
I used Paypal mostly for small purchases over the past few years.
A year ago a bought a lined Denim Jacket over Ebay. Transaction went smooth, got the jacket in the mail and everything was good. Then I started noticing charges appearing on my credit card to internet sites (about $25 a pop). Had to cancel, report the fraud, and get new card.
Only two ways I would sell my bike:
1. Dealer assisted selling program.
2. Craigslist cash in hand, no test rides without collateral (like car keys and no walk ups).
A year ago a bought a lined Denim Jacket over Ebay. Transaction went smooth, got the jacket in the mail and everything was good. Then I started noticing charges appearing on my credit card to internet sites (about $25 a pop). Had to cancel, report the fraud, and get new card.
Only two ways I would sell my bike:
1. Dealer assisted selling program.
2. Craigslist cash in hand, no test rides without collateral (like car keys and no walk ups).
Club Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,192
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From: Knoxville, Tn
PayPal
If I am not mistaken, PayPal charges 2% of the sellers selling price as a fee. So if you sell an item for $1000.00 it will cost you $20.00 to do it through PayPal. Not a lot of money on small items but with a big ticket item it can add up.
Last edited by dyna rider; May 16, 2012 at 10:39 AM.
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From: Eastern Washington
3%, which is why I said I would never take the whole payment by paypal. Usually on here some of us will use the gifting feature when doing paypal transactions with trusted people. Gifting doesn't cost anything. But again trusted people here.
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Joined: Feb 2012
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From: BC
100% it's a scam.
There are all kinds of tricks they use. Only do cash in hand.
There are all kinds of tricks they use. Only do cash in hand.
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