it was actually a text message that I got. he/she seemed interested in one of my kijiji ads asking how much the item was selling for when they must have seen the ad it the price is clearly on it.

Got a text from this number asking how much I was asking for my tires and rims which I posted on Kijiji.  Seems I'm not the only person he contacted for the same thing.  The thing that made me suspicious was that he wanted to deposit an addition $300 to my PayPal account so that I could pay the shipping.  It sounded fishy so I told him the deal was off.  Who in their right mind would trust someone they don't know with $300 which I sincerely believe would never have been deposited in my account.  No doubt I would have received a bogus email from PayPal stating that it was deposited and if I didn't bother to check the account I'd be paying someone $300 out of my account for nothing.  Too risky.

Here's the email I got from this guy with the details regarding the payments.

I got your PayPal information  details and I will proceed  and make the payment transferred to your PayPal account immediately in your state ...The Transport Company charged me 300$ for pick up and delivery. So I will be adding this Charges of 300$ for the Transport Company's Agent to your payment making total sum of 1,100$ that will be transferred to your PayPal Account , so that once you receive the Payment Confirmation Receipt from PayPal that the payment has been successfully made by me and will be accredited into your PayPal Account,then you can send the money to the Transport Company's Agent,due to the fact that this Transaction will be done Simultaneously just for the safety of you and I..I hope i can count on you? I will send you a mail as soon as the Payment has been made Successfully and as well as the Transferred money is in your Designated PayPal Account After PayPal has contacted me regarding the successful of this Transfer,Okay.

I believe this is Based on Trust? and I Hope i can Count on You?

Thanks for your Corporation.....

i got the exact same post

this guy is nuts! I called him out after seeing your posts and now he is threatening me! I am so tired of people like this wasting time and scamming people.


From: Gary Williams <garmicky00@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:48:36 PM
Subject: Re: furniture
wow i dont know what you mean , but you shouldn't use abusive language on me ...ever in your life ...

From: Gary Williams <garmicky00@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:02:18 PM
Subject: Re: furniture

I got your PayPal information  details and I will proceed  and make the payment transferred to your PayPal account immediately in your state ...The Transport Company charged me 200$ for pick up and delivery. So I will be adding this Charges of 200$ for the Transport Company's Agent to your payment making total sum of 700$ that will be transferred to your PayPal Account , so that once you receive the Payment Confirmation Receipt from PayPal that the payment has been successfully made by me and will be accredited into your PayPal Account,then you can send the money to the Transport Company's Agent,due to the fact that this Transaction will be done Simultaneously just for the safety of you and I..I hope i can count on you? I will send you a mail as soon as the Payment has been made Successfully and as well as the Transferred money is in your Designated PayPal Account After PayPal has contacted me regarding the successful of this Transfer,Okay.

I believe this is Based on Trust? and I Hope i can Count on You?

Thanks for your Corporation.....


Regards!

He's responding to our Kajiji add too....This guy is very strange.  Private courier to pick up $1000 of used furniture?!
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Thanks for the mail , i'm buying this furniture asap and due to the
nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for
inspection, i'm a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have
gone through your advertisement and i'm satisfied with it and i i'm
ready to pay you the price if you are ready to sell this item for
me...

As for the payment..i can only pay via PayPal online secure payment..I
insisted on PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account
online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal
account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it

I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after
the payment has been made ...so no shipping included and With the
issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of
all paperwork will be done by the courier services company agent so
you don't have to worry about that.

You can now send me your PayPal email like this below so i can pay in
right away and also include your address in your reply.

PayPal Email Address
Full Name
All Total Cost
Contact Mobile Number
State
If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on
to www.paypal.com and sign up its very easy...

once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment and then i
will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will
need your home address for the item to be Picked Up by the Shipping
Company..

waiting for you reply