We received the exact same email ...wife thought it was fishy and ended up here.. pardon the pun
The car listed is a 1940s 2 door sedan not running


Our response

Thanks for your inquiry,
The car is in great condition for a project but not running condition . As I stated in the description it is a project!  
I certainly appreciate your offer but my policy is to let the auction run it's course and then consider the offers I have received via text an and email .
If you would  like photos of a specific part of the car please let me know I will be happy to send them. I will keep your number.
Thank you
Hawk

Gideon Mansell
3:15 PM (46 minutes ago)

to me
Hi thanks for your message, I will not be coming to view it because of my working condition, i am a Marine Biologist and i am buying this for my Dad, i am at sea right now and i am glad you accepted my offer. I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online but i have it attached to my paypal account and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay, all i will need is your paypal email address to make the payment and if you don't have a paypal account yet, it's pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com, i will be expecting your email. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been made for it. When last was it serviced? Are you the first owner ?

Regards

I just wanted to say thank you for all these post

Same message and dialog, new email address gideonmansell@gmail.com. Made offer on vehicle listed on Ebay.

I have recently listed my car for sale on cars.com and received the same txt above as the previous people mentioned.

This is a VoIP number belonging to Bandwidth.com and most likely resold to a wholesaler who gives these lines away and charges a small callerID fee.  You can report scam attempts from this number to:

http://bandwidth.com/resources/legal/policy_violations.html

It's quick and simple and if enough reports are recieved, they will shut down this line.

Hi thanks for your message, I will not be coming to view it because of my working condition, i am a Marine Biologist and i am buying this for my Dad, i am at sea right now and i am glad you accepted my offer. I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online but i have it attached to my paypal account and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay, all i will need is your paypal email address to make the payment and if you don't have a paypal account yet, it's pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com, i will be expecting your email. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payment has been made for it. When last was it serviced? Are you the first owner?

Got the exact same messages displayed above.

Sent me a text saying "I'm very interested in your ______ & I'll like to make an offer of _____ & I'll also like you to confirm to me that it is in a good working condition. Let me know if you accept my offer, i'll pay through paypal & do contact me via hurleygrant01@gmail.com for further communication regarding it.

I have recently listed my car for sale on cars.com and received the same txt above as the previous people mentioned.

Sent me a text saying "I'm very interested in your ______ & I'll like to make an offer of _____ & I'll also like you to confirm to me that it is in a good working condition. Let me know if you accept my offer, i'll pay through paypal & do contact me via hurleygrant01@gmail.com for further communication regarding it.

This was in response to an online for sale ad on cars.com

Text scam - made a an offer  to buy my newly advertised car--grammar is bad, wants to pay with Pay Pal, and I'm to direct all further communications to BarnesGrimes@gmail.com - Right.