Same thing happened to my mom today.. Same speech, same explanations, same excuses...
SAME EVERYTHING!!

She got a Paypal confirmation through her e-mail adress saying she received 13 600$ in her Paypal account for her vehicule and had to pay a 1550$ for transportation through Western Union Transport Agent in China...Although when checking in her paypal account, the money (13 600$) wasnt there, therefore never was transfered!!

''Peter Paul'' uses the Paypal logo to send FAKE transfer confirmations using FAKE Paypal e-mail adress (service@intl.paypal.com) ... The phone number he used to contact my mom was; 781-695-2463


Heres what he said;

[[ Hey Mate, the response i have just received from my private courier that they wouldn't come for the pick up unless I pay them the agent commission fee of $1550 first and payments for commission fee made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters which is in the China and the payments is made through Western Union Money Transfer, I will add the said $1550 to the money I will send through PayPal.

As soon as I made the payments, I will email you and let you know and please I will need you to help me send the money to my pick up agent Hq in the China through western union money transfer, this can be done from any western union outlet, post office or online, as there is always western union money transfer section in most outlet, post offices.. I would have done it myself but as there is no outlet post office on sea and i don't have credit card.. I'm a little incapacitated....I will be making the full payment asap, I will email you as soon am done..I will appreciate your help here....]]

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Then she said she wasnt gonna transfer that amount of money..
He responded by saying this;
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[[ Nothing confused here mate, am not new to PayPal and have been into many services so i know how it's all works, i dont have any access to the funds cos it has been deducted from my account....all you need to do is to make the upfront payment of $1550 via western union and get back to PayPal with the details which will be given to you at western union section at the post office and PayPal will definitely put the money through as per the e-mail they sent to me which i think is also similar to yours....please advise positively to this so as to ease up the whole transaction...
Thanks for been nice and considerate about this.]]

BEWARE!! This Peter Paul is answered my ad and same thing....offered more money, same wording as above etc.  The area code of the phone he texted from was Oregon and the number is 541-7257835. The email he is using if pupaq04@gmail.com.  DON'T DEAL WITH THIS GUY!!

mine was from "Peter Paul" at 541-725-7835

Thanks for your mail...Due to nature of my job i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.

Your price is Okay and i can offer you little bit more is $5,000 i hope my offer is acceptable..?
As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).

I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made ..

You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address with full name and your phone number in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com and sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap.

Thanks....

I just had the exact same thing happen to me, but when he offered paypal I laughed to myself. Yeah bud, with private exchange its cash or f*** off. Happy ive been more aware since you all had the same issue. Scam

sorry  text came from 513-275-7537.....

I just received the exact same as above,

Thanks for your swift response. I will be glad if you can mail me the present condition cos due to nature of my job i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.and tell me the full price
from-
Peter Paul- pupaq04@gmail.com...  I knew it was a scam just wanted to see how many others...

just though i check because something didnt seem right....!
Glad i found your comments, this is one of the reason i'm posting here,thanks.
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Your price is Okay and i can offer you little bit more is $30000 i hope my offer is acceptable..?
As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).


I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made ..


You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com. and sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap.




Thanks....




On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:21 AM, ruben xxxxx <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
the ??full price?? is as stated , $29400.including all the extras.
thanks for your interest ,
Ruben

From: peter paul
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:54 PM
To: ruben xxxxx
Subject: Re: Venza 2011 AWD



Thanks for your swift response. I will be glad if you can mail me the present condition cos due to nature of my job i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.and tell me the full price


On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:47 AM, ruben xxxxx<xxxxxxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
Yes, I just put it up for sale , is in excellent condition , comes with many extras , thank you.

Ruben.

My boyfriend got the exact same email from a guy wanting to buy his truck from kijiji. He offered him more money then he was asking. the only difference was the number, this was the number he called from 917 725 3694. As soon as my boyfriend showed me the email I knew there was something fishy going on. This guy is unbelievable. Oh and the name in his email was peter paul.

Who is making these calls?

LOL. This guy is funny. Just finished emails with him also. Same story.....
Come on buddy!  Are you for real.
My guess is no.
If you asked everyone where they are from I am sure you would find he is trying to purchase from coast to coast in both the USA and Canada

DON'T BE FOOLED

lol just got one of these ...what is the deal ,,,,,,

Same exact word for word

same thing happening to me today too. just don't respond. its a scam

Exact thing. word for word, just the price was different.

hey i got a call from that number too, with the exact thing happened to me. did you find out who it was or if its legit?

The caller called in and also sent a message tha he wants to buy a car. This is the message he sent me through his email address ( pupaq1@gmail.com)

Thanks for your mail...Due to nature of my job i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.




Your price is Okay and i can offer you little bit more is $19500 i hope my offer is acceptable..?

As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).




I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made ..




You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com. and sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap.









Thanks....