Scam?

[bruce19]

I posted my '02 Bayliss on Craig's List and received this inquiry. I'm thinking scam but was wondering if this looks familiar to anyone here:


Thanks for the mail, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my
son and am okay with your selling price, I'm a Petroleum Engineer and
currently offshore i really want this as a surprise gift for my son so
i won't let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him
and also this is my first time buying something online. You can mail
me back with your paypal email address so i can make the payment to
you right now and if you don't have an account with paypal you can set
up an account today as it's secured and reliable visit their website
on www.paypal.com/us ... i will be responsible for the pick up agent
payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping
or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you
once have made the payment to you and i will also need your full
Name,address and phone number because it will be needed for the pickup
arrangement I would love to speak with you through the phone but due
to my work as a Petroleum Engineer i work mainly offshore, our phone
is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, We can still
communicate through the email exchange for now. I will be looking
forward to read back from you real soon with the PayPal email address
and your full address including phone number for the pickup
arrangement.

[bruce19]

Oh, and his name is "John Smith."

[edvin70]

Looks like a scam

[Lsberrios1]

I wouldnt even go into that paypal website. It could be a fake website to get all your info. Dont do it. The Only way I would do it would be if the Shipping agent would bring cash money with him/her.

[Chuckracer]

I got that same email when I was trying to sell my KTM. Common sense told me to delete and ignore it.

[MTScott2]

You should figure out a way to scam him ...
would be great fun, send them to the local cop shop to pick up the bike...

[jbcaddy]

he's a petroluem engineer from Lagos. just ready to bend you over

[PowerD]

Yeah, got a very similar email a few weeks ago when trying to sell a car. 100% scam, funny how they shy away after you demand payment of your choice... wish we could turn it around and rip them off

[jssport]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

I got that same email when I was trying to sell my KTM. Common sense told me to delete and ignore it.

Common sense doesn't seem that common on this list when it comes to buying / selling bikes on the internet.


How could you even possibly think this is legit ?

[corvus]

I listed aprox 10 items on craigslist last month.
got that same email about 8 times.