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Put truck on cl. Buyer said he sent funds. I get this in a spoof paypal email:

service@paypal.com <smithclayton3128@gmail.com>

10:58 AM (15 minutes ago)

to me
PayPal
You've got new funds!


Dear Greg Lepore,

This is to confirm to you that the said amount has been successfully transferred to your PayPal account by Smith Clayton. The amount said has been fully deducted from his PayPal account and is ready to be credited to your PayPal account. A hold has been placed on this transaction for the fact that this payment has been subjected to be a payment for the MERCHANDISE purchased from you, we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured, also verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.
Summary of this Payment



Receipt ID: 2436-6299-0776-3722

Sent to : glepore123@gmail.com

Sent from : Smith Clayton

Receipt number : 2436-6299-0776-3722

Payment Date : January 30, 2019

Merchandise Price : $4,000.00USD

Pick Up Fee : $950.00USD

Walmart Charges : $50.00USD

PayPal Charges : Paid

Total Amount : $5,000.00USD



Important Note: This transaction is on hold due to the large increase in the rate of the online scams recorded in the previous years. We have changed some of our rules and regulation to make sure our clients (Seller's and Buyer's) are safe from scams, PayPal in conjunction with The FBI and The IFCC has invented certain preventive measure to ensure the safety of both our seller's and buyer's. Once these PayPal procedures are followed the funds deducted from Smith Clayton account will be available in your account.

PayPal Safety Procedures On How To Complete This Pending Transaction.

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount of $5,000.00USD from Smith Clayton account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees. The transport company requested for full payment from us because many people don't pay the exact amount the buyer included in the payment after their account has been credited. PayPal in cooperation with The FBI and The IFCC invented this measure to ensure the safety of this transaction. In order to complete this transaction and get the funds released to your account, we implore you to go to any Walmart outlet with cash and just pick a Walmart-2-Walmart send money form, fill and send the $950.00USD that was included in the Payment out of your pocket to the name and address given to you below, online Walmart-2-Walmart Transfer to certain destinations may be subject to further delay or additional restrictions so we advise you to go to any Walmart outlet and get this done. Once you have done that you will reply us with the Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Walmart-2-Walmart transfer receipt as soon as you send the money to the pick up agent representative. As soon as we verify the authentication of the Walmart-2-Walmart details provided to us, the money ($5,000.00USD) deducted from the buyer's account will be credited to your account.


Yeah, right...

"said amount" and "amount said".

Scammers alway try to use these phrases to sound official. Lawyers don't talk like that.

Why can't people just get a frickin honest job and work for a living.

Does ANYONE fall for this stuff?

What's with the Walmart charge?

"The transport company requested for full payment"

This just screams 419.

What torques me is that he texted me at 1 am and woke me, then when I replied this am he wasted an hour of my time with add'l photos and other meaningless info. Its the time sink that gets me. He took that, and I didn't fall for his crappy scheme.

^that's the problem there. Mr. Nice Guy.

I've been getting the ole. I'll send you cashiers check and have my shipper pick it up.

Hmm okay. Been sending them to a local detective at police department....

tell them you haul cars for a living and can deliver to "XXX" next week and you will take cash.

I can cover it for you. According to my gmail account
Warren Buffet picked my email at random and is going to send me $5,500,000
The FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE BENIN REPUBLIC has $16,500,000 of my money.
REVEREND FATHER TONY JOHNSON SHEDRACK, also in Benin, has another $15,500,000
The IRS has a trunk box with $8,000,000 in it at JFK, and
The USPS has a Money order worth $50,000 (is that even worth claiming?)

So I should be getting all that soon, so just send me your bank account number, routing number, SSN, and I'll get that money sent to you.:D

I had no idea where Benin was until I looked it up, right next to Nigeria.

Bet Senator Ocasio-Cortez would fall for it if she could read.

It might have been her sending the scam: trying to raise enough money to pay for her apartment in D.C.

I had a new one the other day that I didn't really understand. Get a text from some knucklehead that says they want to buy my Craiglist item, but they need to verify that I am legit. So they tell me they will send me a confirmation code and I have to send them the code back.

So I get the code and send them a random number back. This goes on for a few iterations and I tell them to GFThemselves.

I'm assuming they did the "Forgot Password" or some such that has a security code sent to my phone. Then they can change my password and go from there.

I always respond that they should send cash with their "trusted shipper", then I will let them have the car.

I was wasting the time of some scammer claiming I had a warrant out on me because I missed jury duty, and the "cops" were coming to get me. He said if I go to Walgreens and buy a gift card and read them the number he will call off the cops. I acted stupid and had him explain how I can get the gift card, and finally I mentioned I don't have a car and I will have to walk a few miles to get there, and that I better wait for the cops to show up so they don't get mad at me. I told him I was going to let them take me to Walgreens to get the gift card for them.

feed into the stereotype that they think we're all dumb ^^^

It used to be owned by Elon Musk. Need I say any more?