Advertised on Auto Trader to sell my Motorcycle.  Got a text from this number that said to respond to email...the email was micheal.trey1@gmail.com.  Responded to the question about the maintenance of bike and then got a response saying everything sounds fine and they started the whole paypal business. SCAM Went to the Auto Trader because I was tired of this always happening on Kijiji.

I had the same type of text message from the same guy today.

I also got a text message from that number asking to answer at micheal.trey1@gmail.com
This is a big scam!
I almost believed it, not at first though!

At first he asked a few more questions about my car that he wanted to buy and then asked for more pictures. This was legit so far.

He said he would send a shipping company to pick up the car and transfer money through paypal. We exchanged emails with details about the procedure and then he said he transfered the money to my paypal account and to unlock it i would have to send 1400$ through western union to the shipping company and he had transfered me 1400$ more than my price for the car.
I waited for my paypal to tell me I had received something and nothing happened. The guy told me to check my junk mail because he was sure i'd have an email from paypal.
He said to go transfer the money asap, very insisting.. I already had doubts but I told myself well if the money actually appears in my account i'll do it. But at that point I did a google search with his email and found out it was a scam. I emailed him back saying he was an idiot for doing such a thing and once I called him a scam he never emailed back.

I got same email. and asked me to pay through paypal!! scam!!

Yes, I am a scammer. I spend my days contacting people who post ads for used cars and bikes. I try to get them to give me information that will give me access to their PayPal accounts.
My email, which started out as micheal.trey1@gmail is now up to micheal.trey4@gmail.com. It seems too many people see right through my pathetic attempts to rip them off. Its so damm frustrating. Why am I such and idiot when everyone else is smart enough to earn an honest living?
I realize that I am a pathetic loser, and if there was any justice, I would lying under the wheels of a bus right now.