Scams

[Chad Rhodes]

Got a scam text on my car for sale yesterday.

[Gary Smith]

Get references. It's how it's done in business these days and should be done when selling any kind of high ticket item. I would think any "no name" who's looking to buy his first class car, let alone race car, has somebody who's helping them out.

[HandOverFist]

Funny, something just came up for me this evening concerning a motorcycle I have for sale on RacingJunk for $6500. Guy messages me on the site wanting me to contact him via his email which he provided in the message. I did so and he responded by email with this...

"Thanks you for the response ,am very okay with the price
I really wish to be there to look at it but i don't have a chance because I'm a very busy person.

I want this and am ready to make an instant purchase, I could only pay with a PayPal email address.

Concerning the pick up, i will arrange for a carrier after you receive the payment... Please get back to me with the info below so that i can proceed with the payment immediately if you are selling to me.

Name:
PayPal Email:
Address:
City:
State ::
postal Code:
Price:
Phone Number

As soon as this is provided, I will instruct my payment officer to issue out a PayPal payment...
Thanks and I hope to handle this in good faith,

Best Regards"

I'm a little puzzled as I have never run across this before...not sure if it is legit. The fellow does not seem too concerned about the price and does not provide a contact number for himself...this bike being the first and only item I have ever posted on RacingJunk would give me pause about being so casual as a buyer.

I was not aware one could expend that amount of money thru a Paypal account. I'm not too concerned about my own account as I have an extra layer of security and it would be near impossible for anyone other than myself to access it. It's hard to imagine how I could be hurt as I would not release the bike or the title before I had the funds in my account. Think I should email this guy back and get a phone number to talk to him first? Like to hear some thoughts on this from others.

Edit: Just learned you can make a $10,000. single transaction with a paypal account.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

Funny, something just came up for me this evening concerning a motorcycle I have for sale on RacingJunk for $6500. Guy messages me on the site wanting me to contact him via his email which he provided in the message. I did so and he responded by email with this...

"Thanks you for the response ,am very okay with the price
I really wish to be there to look at it but i don't have a chance because I'm a very busy person.

I want this and am ready to make an instant purchase, I could only pay with a PayPal email address.

Concerning the pick up, i will arrange for a carrier after you receive the payment... Please get back to me with the info below so that i can proceed with the payment immediately if you are selling to me.

Name:
PayPal Email:
Address:
City:
State ::
postal Code:
Price:
Phone Number

As soon as this is provided, I will instruct my payment officer to issue out a PayPal payment...
Thanks and I hope to handle this in good faith,

Best Regards"

I'm a little puzzled as I have never run across this before...not sure if it is legit. The fellow does not seem too concerned about the price and does not provide a contact number for himself...this bike being the first and only item I have ever posted on RacingJunk would give me pause about being so casual as a buyer.

I was not aware one could expend that amount of money thru a Paypal account. I'm not too concerned about my own account as I have an extra layer of security and it would be near impossible for anyone other than myself to access it. It's hard to imagine how I could be hurt as I would not release the bike or the title before I had the funds in my account. Think I should email this guy back and get a phone number to talk to him first? Like to hear some thoughts on this from others.

Edit: Just learned you can make a $10,000. single transaction with a paypal account.

Scammer.. Do not make further contact..I get these creeps all the time on Craigslist

[Future Super Stocker]

Do not respond. This guy sounds like a scammer. Do not give any info. This guy did not want to give any info about himself and said he would send his agent to pick up the item and refused the shipment.

[Rsmith38]

I get these scams from Craigs List adds for used cars, also for Vacation Rentals (I have a log cabin in Maine) - You can tell immediatly after you receive a few bogus replys- My best one was people coming on vacation to Maine; from the Ukraine in Russia?
Just type delete and send them away. You also get replys from Women wanting to meet you! Never with a phone number, either with e-mail or text from smartphone.

[Ronnie Smith Jr]

It's definitely a scam. Not only by the "I'll pay you your price" but the style of writing that goes into these replies to your for sale items. If he is SO busy, as he claims, how does he have time to banter with you about his interest in the bike? How does he have time to look at Craig's list? How does he have time to converse back and forth on what he needs from you? There will always be a conversation back and forth until the hook is set and he gets the property and you're left hanging with no money plus an overdraft or counterfeit check or disputes. The scammers have moved from the counterfeit checks to fraudulent Western Union wires to eBay fraud to Paypal fraud claiming various allegations and disputes. Once the property is released to a carrier, most likely an agent of the fraudster, you are likely to have lost your property - forever. Scammers used to offer above asking price knowing the greed would overrule common sense. Now that the "word" is out about that, they are using various methods to scam honest hardworking people, such as the above listed and other posts.

Good luck with the sale.

[FINESPLINE]

It sure is a wonderful world we live in today. I feel sorry for our children and grandchildren who will have to deal with this BS through their lives. I am 61 years young and remember doing deals with a handshake and sleeping good the night of the deal or sale. Today it is just a nightmare from beginning to end trying to figure out how the people you deal with are trying to screw you. That is why lawyers will rule the world.

[Future Super Stocker]

I agree. The hand shake means nothing today. How sad is that. Same with me Knocking on 60yrs door, and that's how I did it.

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

Funny, something just came up for me this evening concerning a motorcycle I have for sale on RacingJunk for $6500. Guy messages me on the site wanting me to contact him via his email which he provided in the message. I did so and he responded by email with this...

"Thanks you for the response ,am very okay with the price
I really wish to be there to look at it but i don't have a chance because I'm a very busy person.

I want this and am ready to make an instant purchase, I could only pay with a PayPal email address.

Concerning the pick up, i will arrange for a carrier after you receive the payment... Please get back to me with the info below so that i can proceed with the payment immediately if you are selling to me.

Name:
PayPal Email:
Address:
City:
State ::
postal Code:
Price:
Phone Number

As soon as this is provided, I will instruct my payment officer to issue out a PayPal payment...
Thanks and I hope to handle this in good faith,

Best Regards"

I'm a little puzzled as I have never run across this before...not sure if it is legit. The fellow does not seem too concerned about the price and does not provide a contact number for himself...this bike being the first and only item I have ever posted on RacingJunk would give me pause about being so casual as a buyer.

I was not aware one could expend that amount of money thru a Paypal account. I'm not too concerned about my own account as I have an extra layer of security and it would be near impossible for anyone other than myself to access it. It's hard to imagine how I could be hurt as I would not release the bike or the title before I had the funds in my account. Think I should email this guy back and get a phone number to talk to him first? Like to hear some thoughts on this from others.

Edit: Just learned you can make a $10,000. single transaction with a paypal account.

At a minimum yes have him give you his phone #, address, and name. It is a foreign buyer most likely(postal code is not a common term for us here in the states). Land line too. Then you can do the research to see if its a real person or not. A selfie from the cell phone too. If he is legit, just to be fair, have him pay a local mechanic to go over the bike too. A real buyer will chuckle at this but it sounds like a scam to me.......A real buyer will pick up the phone, and ask questions, want to get the bike looked at etc.

At least they will want to talk to you to inquire about all the good the bad and the ugly that you didn't mention in your ad!

Eric