BEWARE Scam artists responding to ads using paypal scam

[izza8175@hotmail.ca]

Here are 3 that I have encountered this week on my furniture ad, they ask for you to wire your own money to a freight forwarder and then once you have a wire transfer number you can send it to paypal and they will release your payment for merchandise

jessihumps-in@yahoo.com

Lisa Macedo
lisamacedo2000-00058@yahoo.com
mikeburgoynee@gmail.com

Ashley
sx1rb-b398@yahoo.com

They say this after asking for extra pictures and details:

Okay.. I will be paying the 2.9% PayPal surcharge from my account. So i will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and i hope you have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then i will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need your home address for the merchandise to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company..

Then you get this:
https://www.paypal.com/us

Dear (kijiji seller)

This email confirms that you have received an Instant payment of $2,800.00 CAD from Lisa Macedo (mikeburgoynee@gmail.com) via PayPal MERCHANDISE Payment Service.

View the "NOTE" of this pending transaction below


Payment Details
Merchandise Amount:
$1,800.00 CAD

Agent Charges:

Taxes and Insurance:

Total:

$1,000.00 CAD


$0,000.00 CAD

$2,800.00 CAD
Transaction Id: 9XR6056157684563M


Quantity:
1



Merchandise Title:
"Munire Antigua Furniture Set - Full Bed/Crib & Dressers"





Transport Company: Freight Forwarder



Name: Diane Daniels
Add: 312 Slocum Close,London.
City: London,
Post Code: SE6 1HA,
Country: United Kingdom.


Address Status: Confirmed https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=p/pop/confirmed_address


NOTE: This is to confirm to you that the said amount has been successfully transferred by Lisa Macedo and has been deducted from his PayPal account,which is ready to be credited into your account,been that this Payment has been subjected to be a Payment for an MERCHANDISE purchased from you, we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured also to verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.

The above sum includes the charges of the shipping company and taxes.(as per PayPal MERCHANDISE PAYMENT POLICY). You will receive a Message from the PayPal Customer Verification Department Shortly informing you on how to send the shipping charges and taxes to the transport company to the above details as soon as possible.


You can reply to this message directly using the reply button in your email to submit the required information or to contact the PayPal Customer Verification Department and include either transaction ID or reference number (PP307) quick recognition of this transaction.
Sincerely,
PayPal

And then this

Important Information on how to complete your recent transaction (Transaction ID: 9XR6056157684563M).‏

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Dear (Kijiji seller),

You have received a PayPal Payment of $2,800.00 CAD from Lisa Macedo (lisamadeira111@gmail.com).

A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.

In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. You are to send $900.00 CAD to the shipping company through a Western Union Outlet, and notify our customer care service with a scanned copy of the western union receipt (It should be sent in JPG format).

NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.Also an additional fees of $100.00.CAD has been added for the Western Union Charges by Lisa Macedo.


Please, find below the name and address of the shipping company's agent whom you are to send the funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.

Click Here Locate Nearest Western Union Office

Transport Company "Freight Forwarder"


Name: Diane Daniels
Add: 312 Slocum Close,London.
City: London,
Post Code: SE6 1HA,
Country: United Kingdom..

Address Status: Confirmed https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=p/pop/confirmed_address



https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=KZAL42RVE3MQS
Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should be sent in JPG format or send type details as:

(1) Sender's Name;
(2) Receiver's Name;
(3) MTCN;
(4) Amount Sent;
(5) Western Union Receipt


You may Click Here or reply to this message directly using the reply button in your email to submit the required information or to contact the PayPal Customer Verification Department and include either transaction ID or reference number (PP307) quick recognition of this transaction.
Sincerely,
PayPal.



They are really ignorant after you point out that they are scam artists. Please beware.

[TeamBS]

Thanks for the heads up about this scam. It seemed fishy so I googled the e-mail and your post came up.

Do you know if there is any way to inform the Kijiji staff about this abuse?

[no_more_hacks@hotmail.com]

it would be so nice to find a bunch of these close matches for a serious rectal disorder and put them in a room with a pack of very hungry wolves

[candrik@yahoo.com]

I just received an offer from Lisa Macedo <mikeburgoynee@gmail.com> using the same email and pushing me to open up a paypal account. Thank you so much to everyone who posted warnings about this scam.

[matty_2u]

just got the same scammer & pay pay & all that crap on my furniture........claiming to be out of the country, and would arrange to have someone pick up furniture -

Here is the email :

"Lisa Macedo" <mikeburgoynee@gmail.com>Add sender to ContactsTo: "Thanks for the response Does it need anything to be replace or repair?if theirs please specify,i will take it for the listed price,Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment. I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too,since i won't be be able to see this in person,what's the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.