Fortunately, we did not fall for the scam by "Chieun Lee" ([email protected]), but had we been suckers this scammer could have taken us for $25,000. We are selling a classic car on Craig's list and received a response from this con artist. I also believe he/she contacted us via e-mail under the name of "Chi Lee" ([email protected]) AND via text message from the phone number of 202-688-8081. We actually received the following e-mail from "Chieun Lee":
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Thanks for the reply, i am a marine technician and am always busy at sea thats why l wont be able to check the item due to the nature of my work so whats the present condition, because am buying this for my son as a surprise gift so am willing to offer you the amount you required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online (i don't have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay, all i will need is your PayPal email address to pay for the item, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been sorted. L will be waiting for your reply asap
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Clearly an example of some of the most blatant and stereotypical scam techniques out there. Seriously??
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