04-0339-6733

Received a text enquiry about my car for sale. Could not call number as not accepting incoming calls. Weird message asking if my car was still available and its present condition and the firm price. Who even says firm price?

I also recieved this same message but have also recieved some fraudulent emails trying to rip me off $1000 by sending me things like paypal spoofs. dunno if they're related but just be careful, another thing i learned is to not trust anything that sounds too good to be true

regards Andrew

Same dodgy SMS sent via phone regarding sale of car. Phone will not receive calls. Claims his name is James badgerlow. This appears to be a scam. He will agree yo purchase car for advertised price withiut even looking at it. DO NOT give any info. This is one twisted nut !!

Yep 100% scam. Dont touch this bloke with a barge pole, fradulent paypal emails, requests for shipping fees customs fee etc. In the process of reporting him now. Got touched and learned a valuable lesson.

Advertised in a small country town paper and had the same experience as above.  Wanted the car without looking and the same paypal issue!

Same phone number - 0403 396 733, I got a text asking about the caravan that I'm selling, asking of condition and firm price. He also have an email jamescott323@yahoo.com. Thanks to those people above who've posted. I needn't waste on more time on "James" then.

Thank you for posting these comments, i recieved a message from this person about the car i was selling, he told me he was very interested and would buy it through paypal, i thought something was a miss, so i googled his email adress and found what you all had written, thank you for saving us from a scam.

Thanks guys... all the things said above happened to me to... Cheers for the support!!

I've just researched and found this. I got this scam to from him. I did the following 3 payments and am now out of pocket almost $3000. I have emailed hime and demanded money back. WIll seek legal action if i don't. What a horrible scam!! All over my car for sale. I will be notifying the examiner in which my car is in!

Hi so sorry to hear of your incident. I've just spent the last week in the same shoes. I am out of pocket almost 3 grand for all the stupid western transfers that sound to good to be true. Aaaargh. Talk about mad. Please be obliged to let me know what stage you got up to and where your at with reporting because i am going to go ahead with this if i dont recieve my money back!

The same happened to us yesterday from this number. We believed it to be a scam also.
He wanted us to email through pics of car and wanted firm price. Then said he wanted car and he would have a 'private courier' pick it up and he would pay through paypal. Sounded very dodgy.
We had the car advertised in the Examiner newspaper. Where did you advertise yours?

Email from jamescott323@yahoo. Selling a car in a country NSW newspaper, asked for a fixed price and details of the car. I sent photos and 'James' emailed back accepting the purchase, asked that the funds should be passed to PayPal. The car would be picked by courier. Too good to be true so I contacted Police. Police suggested that no further contact with 'James' should occur. Police also suggested that the courier would pick up the car and the funds would disappear.
Thanks everyone for reporting this SCAM!

We had the same when we advertised our car - only advertised in The Times at Victor Harbor, SA. He must spend a lot of time on his scam!  As soon as he said he would buy it without looking we became suspicious - only one day away from opening a PayPal Account.  Thanks guys.

hi guys this dude tried same [***] on me yesterday did feel bit concerned and nearly went through with it luckily for me i never confirmed my email address on paypal before trying to research this guy. he is now calling himself chris lawrence this is the email i received from him he is actually quite good
Thanks for the message and the content of your mail were understood..Here are the details require below..

Name - Chris Lawrence
Address -  34 Tipperary Ct.
Stuart Park, Darwin, NT 0820

Due to the nature of my work,phone calls making,receiving of calls and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you a text regarding it but here is my number - 0403396733..

Kindly back at me with your paypal details (PayPal Email) as soon as you are through with it today, so that i can remit the payment in asap..

Hoping to hear from you soon,
Chris.

I got a text msg re: car am selling, asking bottom price and to reply to gilldavid1982@hotmail.com. Then he emailed me saying he had to pay through paypal and for me to open account and when I declined he then wrote that he would pay directly into my account if I gave my bank account details. I asked for his details for the rego papers. He replied with a licence number and address in Darwin as well as your abovementioned phone number.
I went no further with correspondence and it is getting exhausting trying to track him down.
Besides, what on earth could they get him for.. he has not yet broken any laws has he. :(
This Gill David is the third person to respond to my ad in similar way. Sms me to email the details then reply with the paypal request.
Cheers
Gypsy_red am y7mail.com if anyone has idea to stop these persons.

Hello. Thanks for forum.
I listed my motorbike for sale and received sms from gilldavid1982@hotmail.com today. "condition and form price". Have not tried to ring number as it is suspicious. +07404847499
One site I advertised on warned about scams through electronic means of communication (sms and email). Thanks for heads up.
I will take no action after I delete message.

Regards,
Guy

You are more than welcome.
I am grateful for these forums because we learn so much from each other.
I can't count the number of forums I have visited for information and/or advise.
My thanks to you all!