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I have advertised my boat for sale on Apollo Duck and received an offer this morning from a person calling herself Rose Lama, she is offering to pay me full amount asking price for my boat only the payment to be made through Paypal. This person has not seen my boat other than in the photos.

The email address she gives is rose.lama401@gmail.com, does anyone know of this email address being used for scams please. This just has to be to good to be true.
 
Bailey boy said:
I have advertised my boat for sale on Apollo Duck and received an offer this morning from a person calling herself Rose Lama, she is offering to pay me full amount asking price for my boat only the payment to be made through Paypal. This person has not seen my boat other than in the photos.

The email address she gives is rose.lama401@gmail.com, does anyone know of this email address being used for scams please. This just has to be to good to be true.
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Genuine scammers only ever use e-mail address at @scammail.com so you'll be fine.

Seriously though...
 
There was a scam where buyer pays through PayPal, collects in person, then claims you never delivered the item and demands a refund which PayPal provides as you have no proof of postage.

However I think there's a limit to how much they can claim so probably not the same scam, but most likely a scam.
 
I understand that these attempts are not usually to get their hands on your boat (car/caravan etc.). They are normally "overpayment" scams of some sort or another.

Lets say your boat is advertised for £10,000.

They agree to purchase it for that amount and then either:

1. Send £10,500 and ask you to forward the £500 extra to their shipping/collection agent to arrange the collection. You send out the £500 to an account (which is an account they own somewhere) but a few days later the original £10,500 bounces as it was fraudulent. However the £500 you sent on was real as you are a bonafide Paypal account holder so they gain the £500 and you are debt chased by Paypal for the £500 that your account now owes.

2. They send some random sum above £10,000 and then send a panic email saying they have sent too much. They then ask you to refund the difference through some other method or account, the outcome is the same as point 1.

Martin
 
I think this is a scam. I'm having the same sort of situation with selling my bike. They TXT me to ask if the bike is still for sale and to contact them through an e-mail address. Same thing offer to pay the full price by pay-pal. I just ignore them.

Lezz
 
I have just received a text message saying she wanted to buy my car 'asap' and to send and e-mail to the address you quote, have you just wondered if you had had any feedback from this?
 
To anyone who's not found out. I unfortunately did . She messaged me to buy a boat I was selling . Once I'd emailed her she had me email and proceeded to transfer via pay pal lots of money and was told in order for paypal to release the money I needed to pay 3 large payments in cash via money gram to 3 diff people lol. It is a scam. Avoid and report so no body gets fooled into this . The pay pal emails are fake . Forward them to spoof@paypal.co.uk if you receive any . Hope this helps .
 
ipriceian said:
I just had the same text from rose.lama401@gmail.com offering to buy my Caravan. Must be a scam.
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The address belongs to an habitual scammer.

Today they tried to scam a car seller and the email they sent looked very credible however there are some easy things you can pick up on;

Look for an upper case "i" in the word PayPal when you hover (not click) the return email address - you will see the address "paypai" - which will obviously look like "paypaI" with the upper case "i" representing the lower case "L"

Scammer also states paypal holding until a delivery charge is sent by moneygram - PayPal will never do that.

Hello XXXXXX XXX,

You have received a PayPal payment of £12,520.00 GBP sent from Rose Lama

Transaction ID: 72W56358RF799193C
Status : Pending 98% complete (AWAITING MONEYGRAM PAYMENT)
Description Quantity Unit Price Amount
Merc S1500 1 £11,495.00 £11,495.00
Shipping/handling £985.00
MoneyGram Charges
£40.00
Total £12,520.00 GBP

PayPal Policy
The total sum of £12,520.00 GBP has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but it will not be credited into your account (for security purpose) until you send the requested sum of £985.00 GBP viaMoneyGram.

Issues with this transaction ? Email our customer care/helpdesk department at : paypaIservicefund@mail2helpdesk.com and a representative will attend to you immediately.

See below for the information on how to send the funds via MoneyGram.
________________________________________
Information On How To Complete Your Transaction

As mentioned in the payment receipt and as per the new PayPal payment policy, we have fully deducted the total sum of £12,520.00 GBP from the buyer's account and it cannot be refunded to her due to the terms and conditions for this transaction. Your money is safe and secure with us but it has been put on hold for security purpose and will not be credited into your account until we receive the necessary details from you.

What do I need to do?

Kindly go to the nearest MoneyGram shop/any Post office with cash and ask for the MoneyGram section, fill in the transfer form with the appropriate details. i.e Fill in your details as the Sender and the one below as the Receiver :

Name : Andrew David
City: Paris
Zip Code: 75000
Country : France

Send the sum of £985.00 GBP (cash) to the details above. A Reference Number would be given to you by MoneyGram.
Kindly send the below information to us as soon as you have completed the MoneyGram transfer so that we can credit your account instantly:

- Sender's Name and Address
- Reference Number
- Telephone number
- Total Amount Sent
- Test question and Answer (if applicable)

Send the above information to us at : paypaIservicefund@mail2helpdesk.com (the email address if it is from PayPal - will always be @papyal.com). You will receive a confirmation email from us as soon as we receive the requested information from you.

In actuality the "paypaIservicefund" element of the email address is comprised of an upper case "i" posing as a lower case "L"

Security Tips

Do not give out your password or any information related to your account to a third party.

Send all question regarding this transaction to our customer care via email at : paypaIservicefund@mail2helpdesk.com

Issues with this transaction ? Email our customer care/helpdesk department at : paypaIservicefund@mail2helpdesk.com and a representative will attend to you immediately.


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