Comments on: Apparently you can get scammed using PayPal and Gmail http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/ Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scammed through PAYPAL? | EA Web Media Blog http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-277 Scammed through PAYPAL? | EA Web Media Blog Tue, 15 May 2012 14:37:47 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-277 [...] http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/ This entry was posted in general knowledge, personal by ethan. Bookmark the permalink. [...] [...] http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/ This entry was posted in general knowledge, personal by ethan. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

]]> By: Andy http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-276 Andy Mon, 14 May 2012 22:24:47 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-276 Details this time, adexco001@gmail.com, Adexco Mathew. Paypal payment for Car on Auto trader. Details this time, adexco001@gmail.com, Adexco Mathew. Paypal payment for Car on Auto trader.

]]> By: Andy http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-275 Andy Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:41 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-275 Just want to keep this thread alive, obviously names and emails are made up by the scammers, but hoping to keep others from the very near scamming I avoided today! Just want to keep this thread alive, obviously names and emails are made up by the scammers, but hoping to keep others from the very near scamming I avoided today!

]]> By: Maryann http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-269 Maryann Thu, 10 May 2012 13:33:58 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-269 I was selling a motorcycle on craigs list and received this email which is very similar to what I have been reading. Got suspicious so I looked up being scammed with Pay Pal. Thank you for getting back to me. Please assure me that it's in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Dadd, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime. Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don't have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will be handling the title for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon. I was selling a motorcycle on craigs list and received this email which is very similar to what I have been reading. Got suspicious so I looked up being scammed with Pay Pal.

Thank you for getting back to me. Please assure me that it’s in good
condition and that i will not be disappointed with it.I’m ready to pay
your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Dadd,
but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go
for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The
contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea
area. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of
laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send
money via PayPal anytime. Since I’m requesting this transaction to be
done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges
on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its
pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to
http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I
have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will
be handling the title for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.

]]> By: Maria http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-262 Maria Wed, 02 May 2012 19:26:54 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-262 I posted a blackberry on kijiji.ca , got a very fast reply to my ad by text message, he offered to pay via paypal and to give me $100 to ship out west. I said I don't use paypal and he or she offered a bank transfer. I said I would not give my account # and he kept trying for offering to deposit the money and then after I could ship. I said no thanks. But I want to thank everybody that posted this it was great help. The number used to text me is from NY 646-389-6329 I posted a blackberry on kijiji.ca , got a very fast reply to my ad by text message, he offered to pay via paypal and to give me $100 to ship out west.
I said I don’t use paypal and he or she offered a bank transfer. I said I would not give my account # and he kept trying for offering to deposit the money and then after I could ship. I said no thanks.
But I want to thank everybody that posted this it was great help.
The number used to text me is from NY 646-389-6329

]]> By: Elisabete http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-261 Elisabete Wed, 02 May 2012 17:49:33 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-261 Hi there!! Im selling my car on the internet and i got a reponse on my cell from a guy called Chris With the e-mail dahl12@live.com the guy said in the text message he was interested in my car and that he was waiting for my response and he also said pls, i found that weard so i searched on the internet for his e-mail and i found this web page . So can someone tell me if this is a fraude? and if is there a problem replying 2 him? will he be able 2 do something just with my e-mail address? thanks in advanced. Hi there!!
Im selling my car on the internet and i got a reponse on my cell from a guy called Chris With the e-mail dahl12@live.com the guy said in the text message he was interested in my car and that he was waiting for my response and he also said pls, i found that weard so i searched on the internet for his e-mail and i found this web page .
So can someone tell me if this is a fraude? and if is there a problem replying 2 him? will he be able 2 do something just with my e-mail address?
thanks in advanced.

]]> By: Maria_Luisa http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-260 Maria_Luisa Wed, 02 May 2012 16:06:40 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-260 I've got the same e-mail trying to sell my car . What should we do about it ? where can we complain about this scam ? just report e-mail address to spam ? it's not enough ! I’ve got the same e-mail trying to sell my car . What should we do about it ? where can we complain about this scam ? just report e-mail address to spam ? it’s not enough !

]]> By: Cecile http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-259 Cecile Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:44:40 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-259 Same just happened to me with a Sofa I am selling for my Senior Citizen Mother. Some people just can't stoop low enough. They should burn in hell is right! Same just happened to me with a Sofa I am selling for my Senior Citizen Mother. Some people just can’t stoop low enough.

They should burn in hell is right!

]]> By: Jon http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-258 Jon Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:53:31 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-258 What I've read so far, sounds like they have sent you a fake paypal invoice and sent you to a fake paypal website. If you've logged into the fake one, you may have inadvertently disclosed your paypal password. You might want to monitor your account activity for anything suspicious. If your being asked to return money to them, I would say you're definately being scammed. The best way to avoid getting scammed via paypal (aside from cash only deals) is to request the buyers paypal account number and submit a request for payment yourself. Look up paypal scams on youtube for some interesting videos on it. Good luck. What I’ve read so far, sounds like they have sent you a fake paypal invoice and sent you to a fake paypal website. If you’ve logged into the fake one, you may have inadvertently disclosed your paypal password. You might want to monitor your account activity for anything suspicious. If your being asked to return money to them, I would say you’re definately being scammed.
The best way to avoid getting scammed via paypal (aside from cash only deals) is to request the buyers paypal account number and submit a request for payment yourself. Look up paypal scams on youtube for some interesting videos on it. Good luck.

]]> By: Cydny44 http://jakebillo.com/apparently-you-can-get-scammed-using-paypal-and-gmail/#comment-257 Cydny44 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:43:47 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/wp/?p=202#comment-257 Received the same type of email from an engineer on an off shore oil rig wanting to purchase my trailer through Paypal. Same type of email as mentioned above. I told him that I would only do business in person and for cash. Received the same type of email from an engineer on an off shore oil rig wanting to purchase my trailer through Paypal. Same type of email as mentioned above. I told him that I would only do business in person and for cash.

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