Scam artist sent me a text form cell phone wanted to buy my car for sale on ebay.
Got suspicious requested his information. Jumped on line did a search on his phone # and found these posts.
Anyone wanting something for real will make the phone call don't take text messages and emails for real.
Get a name and voice on the other end when doing business.
Derrick

This guys as I am typing this message is trying to buy my car I have for sale on ebay.
Said he was going to pay 19K with paypal. I gave him my paypal user name to deposit the money.
No deposit then he requests to add 950.00 for shipping and wants me to pay the 950.00 to Western Union.
I got suspicious and I requested his ebay username and paypal user name, his name and address. Have not heard back from him. The guy said he was on a oil rig working and could not inspect the car.

just got the oil worker thing myself, after listing my vehicle on ebay , I've since  removed my phone number , he is still doing it, how do we get this person to stop? I've had it with all the internet fraud, i just got horribly taken advantage of by blackwater equipment in medford WI on a 21,000 excavator purchase,

Same thing with me today.  I have a truck on ebay.  He is on an offshore rig wants my paypal id....

just got text acting the same way as everyone else. living in Chicago i knew the area code but am military station in New Jersey lol, that was the first red flag. did a google check and found this out.

yes~~same thing happen here~and just keep ask what car u have any is good~~want account number sth like that~~not serious at all...

Yep, this guy contacted us as well. Total SCAM. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HIM ANY MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION!!! Paypal says once money is sent through western union it is untrackable. So glad we called Paypal before we went any further with this jerk.

same here, just listed a car on ebay and recieved a text almost right away. wanted to buy car and needed paypal id to send full payment, this person said he was working on oil rig and could not come to inspect car but would send a shipper to get car, what a joker

same thing from car i listed today on ebay...  oil worker will arrange for pickup.  get back to me with your paypal email id so i can make an instant payment

Same thing. First hint was anyone who says they will pay you without trying to haggle price down even a little. And paypal.. I text back If I can call back to this number and speak with you and we can go further. What reponse? Crickets!

I'm exhausted.

Yep, same thing here today.. off shore oilsman... wanted my paypal id.. good luck to him.

GOT SEVERAL TEXT MESSAGES AFTER I POSTED AD ON EBAY

SCAMMER!!!!

REMOVED MY PHONE NUMBER FROM ADS

Same thing happened to me today.  Off shore oil rig guy wants my paypal info so he can pay for my truck.

same as everyone else no real questions about car just give me  pay pal account and ill pay u.

Got two text messages from this number wanting to know about a car that we have listed.  First one asking about the price.  Follow up stated he wanted to buy the car and was an oil rig worker and wanted our PayPal info - Scammer!!!!!!! Phone number is a Google VOIP phone in Naperville, IL.  Doesn't even ask about the car.

Just shows it's worth the few minutes to check out numbers that text you before answering them... It's amazing that these guys waste their time trying to scam people instead of making an honest living.

Is there really anyone who would really buy into this b***s*** they don't even say their interested in the model of your car or anything we want to buy your vehicle.. Really without even seeing it? Sure you do

I almost fell for this b*****d. I can not believe people like this exist. Do not for any reason send them a money transfer.

Got same thing today for a car I was selling on Ebay.

wanted my paypal id. said he wanted to buy my truck that is listed on ebay. and he was an offshore oil worker. Pretty sceptical.