Scam Tip Report #3764 - Jason Bueller - Craigslist Scammer
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| Sarah Wendling
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2012-07-10 19:33:12
Classified Ads Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  +2 Jason Bueller - Craigslist Scammer I had posted an ad on craigslist to sell a scooter. He contacted me and over the course of several emails, told me he was out of the country and would be sending an agent to pick up the scooter. Fortuately, it seemed fishy to me. I told him not to send me money, but he \"sent\" it anyway - from a PayPal phishing site Luckily, I didn\'t click on anything and instead called PayPal, who confirmed that it was a scam.
Here\'s the initial email he sent me, sinc he\'s likely to use this scam on others with a different email address:
Thanks for your mail. Am interested in buying this and i will paying you the asking price so consider me as your favorite buyer as i will like to have some more pictures if you have them. I would be glad to pay for it as soon as possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due to my flexible schedule. 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 online. If my mode of payment is accepted kindly email me with the information below to proceed with the payment.
1) What is the condition?
2) Are you the first owner?
3) Your PayPal email address or send me an invoice
4) Your full name, # & picked up location address.
And if you dont have paypal you can easily setup one visit www.paypal.com and get back to me with your paypal email address and the full name you use to register,after the payment has gone through my pick up agent will contact you and make a pick up arrangement with you,i wont be able to call you the only means of communication is via email.
Regards.
Jason.
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Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Karen (Jarrettsville, MD, United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-07-12 17:21:00 |
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He originally contacted me via Craigslist and the response back was supposed to be anonymous.
I got his response back indicating exactly as the above info, cut and pasted as follows:
Thanks for your mail. Am interested in buying this and i will paying you the asking price so consider me as your favorite buyer as i will like to have some more pictures if you have them. I would be glad to pay for it as soon as possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due to my flexible schedule. 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 online. If my mode of payment is accepted kindly email me with the information below to proceed with the payment.
1) What is the condition?
2) Are you the first owner?
3) Your PayPal email address or send me an invoice
4) Your full name, # & picked up location address.
And if you dont have paypal you can easily setup one visit www.paypal.com and get back to me with your paypal email address and the full name you use to register,after the payment has gone through my pick up agent will contact you and make a pick up arrangement with you,i wont be able to call you the only means of communication is via email.
Regards.
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| Margaret Ristow (Somewhere in United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-07-10 23:08:14 |
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This guy emailed me to buy a pontoon boat and told me the same story. He's a scammer!
Here's the original email he sent me:
Thanks for your mail. Am interested in buying this and i will paying you the asking price so consider me as your favorite buyer as i will like to have some more pictures if you have them. I would be glad to pay for it as soon as possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due to my flexible schedule. 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 online. If my mode of payment is accepted kindly email me with the information below to proceed with the payment.
1) What is the condition?
2) Are you the first owner?
3) Your PayPal email address or send me an invoice
4) Your full name, # & picked up location address.
And if you dont have paypal you can easily setup one visit www.paypal.com and get back to me with your paypal email address and the full name you use to register,after the payment has gone through my pick up agent will contact you and make a pick up arrangement with you,i wont be able to call you the only means of communication is via email.
Regards.
Jason.
