Scam Tip Report #9396 - Craigslist to purchase a vehicle


Scam ReporterScam Tips Received
Anonymous
Plainfield, IL, United States
2013-04-26 15:36:26
Classified Ads Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com)
Craigslist to purchase a vehicle 
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Michael Orley
Email Address:
michaelorley07@gmail.com
Scam Website:
Fax:
He originally contacts a potential vehicle seller with this email:
Hello,

I am very much interested in buying your item which i saw on craigslist. Is the item still up for sale? Let me know asap.

Thanks
Best regards
Michael.

Upon your reply, he follows up posing as an oceanographer trying to buy this vehicle for his son and his job has a no call policy, but he can receive emails...

Hello,

Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that it\'s 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 son, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which starts today 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 paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don\'t have an account with paypal, its 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 take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.

Many Thanks

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