Jul 28, 2013
Got this exact same text Friday morning for a bike I'm selling on cycle trader. Wouldn't give their name at all. Tried to call and it said something like ,"please state your name" and then came back and said they were unavailable at that time. That's when I called PayPal and asked if there was any way they could hack my bank account through PayPal. They said there was no way that was possible. The motorcycle dealer here told me that people but and sell like this all the time so I figured it would be ok to give my email address and see if they actually paid. That was yesterday afternoon and still no more contact. I did the phone search this morning and here I am. I'm guessing that they somehow try to get you by a combination of things. Your name, which my dumb a$$ left on their phone screening thing, your email address and your phone number. Probably an identity theft ring. The only thing that won't work for them is my phone because its under the company name and not tied to me directly. That is, unless they try to hack the phone somehow and access personal information inside of it. I dunno..... Sure wish now that I didn't provide my name and email. Like I said, PayPal said there's absolutely no way around their security to directly access my bank account and I'm calling the bank first thing tomorrow just in case. In the mean time, I might just have a little fun and make this reject think he's getting somewhere...."if" I hear back from him, then text him this link when I'm done playing.