Typical Paypal scammer but new (to me) was the fact he first contacted me with a text from a local area code 587-774-0950 (I understand there are ways of making a text look local even though it is not).
After sending pictures of my vehicle to his/her email I received the following message:
Thanks for getting back to me, i just wanted to make sure nothing is been left out. I will be buying this for the price you have listed it for. Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well. I will arrange with a shipping company to have this picked up at your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment. Am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making are restricted, so you can send me your PayPal email account so that i can send the payment at once and its easy to sign up for one just log on to www.paypal.com, i will be responsible for the pick up charges Note: i'll also include the Shipping company's fee so kindly Get back to me with your PayPal email account so i can proceed with the payment asap. Thanks
I replied with the following suggestion and of course received no response:
Thanks but I have used PayPal in the past and been scammed. Why don't you send your money to the shipper (paypal or whatever the shipper prefers) and the shipper can bring cash when he picks up the vehicle. Thx
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