Scam or no scam?
Received this answer to my ad on Craigslist for my MH: Hi there, Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that it's in good state and that i will not be disappointed in it?I'm ready to ...
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Someone keeps asking "how" it is a scam with "paypal". This is the clue....
[COLOR=]Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Your cell phone number:
God bless you.
In legitimate transactions, when you allow someone to purchase by paypal, you DO NOT give them your paypal e-mail address. YOU sign into your paypal account and issue an invoice TO THEM. They pay that invoice with their paypal account and they never have to know the e-mail information.
If you give them YOUR paypal e-mail, they can then hack into the account your paypal account is tied to (i.e. checking, savings and/or credit card). Then it is easy to wipe you out. In some cases, it might be hard to get your money back. The banking institution can easily claim: "YOU gave them the information."
A side note to those who refuse to do e-mail on craigslist. I've done quite a bit of ebay and craigslist in the past few years. I would rather work with people via e-mail. Phone calls, texts and crank calls at weird hours of the day can be a hassle. So you might be missing a good sale. :)
We recently sold a 5ver and purchased a new (to us) 5ver. All the discussion regarding appointments to see, etc for both rigs was done
via e-mail. If fact - with one of them, even the sales price negotiation was done via e-mail.
FOR CRAIGSLIST, ETC... when buying and/or selling - set up a gmail or yahoo account for just that purpose. Then your personal e-mail account is not compromised. I do the same for all online ordering.
[COLOR=]Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Your cell phone number:
God bless you.
In legitimate transactions, when you allow someone to purchase by paypal, you DO NOT give them your paypal e-mail address. YOU sign into your paypal account and issue an invoice TO THEM. They pay that invoice with their paypal account and they never have to know the e-mail information.
If you give them YOUR paypal e-mail, they can then hack into the account your paypal account is tied to (i.e. checking, savings and/or credit card). Then it is easy to wipe you out. In some cases, it might be hard to get your money back. The banking institution can easily claim: "YOU gave them the information."
A side note to those who refuse to do e-mail on craigslist. I've done quite a bit of ebay and craigslist in the past few years. I would rather work with people via e-mail. Phone calls, texts and crank calls at weird hours of the day can be a hassle. So you might be missing a good sale. :)
We recently sold a 5ver and purchased a new (to us) 5ver. All the discussion regarding appointments to see, etc for both rigs was done
via e-mail. If fact - with one of them, even the sales price negotiation was done via e-mail.
FOR CRAIGSLIST, ETC... when buying and/or selling - set up a gmail or yahoo account for just that purpose. Then your personal e-mail account is not compromised. I do the same for all online ordering.
