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This is an email response to my advert for my 3 year old Land Rover in Auto Trader.

It's a scam right?

"Thanks for the swift response, just to let you know that I'm okay with the condition of the item, I'm ready to sealed the deal with you ,I will be paying you £17750 for the car and I will be responsible for all the shipping expenses, I want to buy it for my dad in Italy as a birthday gift ,my method of payment is through PayPal cos its very secure,fast and reliable, kindly get back to me with your PayPal account email or send me an invoice through PayPal if you are a registered user of PayPal,i will advice you that PayPal is the best way transfer and receive money online and if you are not PayPal user,you can get an account with them at www.paypal.com but you don't have to do this if you already have an account,Just get back to me with your PayPal account email or invoice from PayPal so i can proceed with the payment as soon as possible. About the shipping my father has a agent he has been working with for the past 20 years and this agent knows the best way to get items from one country to the other so this is why my father wants his agent to arrange the pick up after payment has been sorted so i think this will be very easier for you, I would have love to come to see this in person but due to the nature of my work that would not be possible for me so i will appreciate any available picture for this that you can send to me so i can have a good look but anyways understanding and honesty matters. my mover are coming from Italy to schedule an appropriate and convenient time for the pick-up at your location after the payment has been sort but i will need you to send me your address and zip code so they can calculate there charges, I'm a Marine Officer, I'm on the ship now so i dont have time coming to check this out .i hope you can understand me due to the nature of my work.Please do get back to me with your paypal email account or send me an invoice so i can make out payment."

What do you think?

Asked on 6 April 2011 by Robin of Rookery

Answered by Honest John
Standard scam.
Tags: scams paypal
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