Thread: Is this a scam

Originally Posted by reubsrover

I have a vehicle advertised on this forum and this forum only. Got an e-mail this morning...

"Hello i saw your item listing and am interested i want to know if you still have this item available for sale?i can only pay through pay pal and after payment has been made i will make the necessary arrangement for the item pick up.please get back to me asap."

Crikey! Haven't any of you blokes heard of Google?

Put that text into Google and you get a number of hits for exactly the same words.

Of course it's a bloody scam.

Oh, yes, you can see the markets without being logged in.

you can open an account without spending money so an account may not be protection ask them for their user name so you can look at their profile if they have been around a while might be ok, but i would be sus about only using paypal

for some reason the previous dozen or so posts didnt show when i looked at this so missed a lot of posts

Yeah yeah alright it's a scam, just didn't expect it to come with a link to Aulro at the bottom so it sounded a little more believable. I didn't think a scammer would be smart/bothered enough to start an account on a forum site and look through the marketplace.

Here's the entire mesage from debby_0002@yahoo.com

1995 Falcon EF XR6
Hello i saw your item listing and am interested i want to know if you still have this item available for sale?i can only pay through pay pal and after payment has been made i will make the necessary arrangement for the item pick up.please get back to me asap.
Thanks.
Message - AULRO Classifieds

I don't know how they find them easily but a Google of "1995 Falcon EF XR6 aulro" brings up the link to your advert which can be seen even if not logged into AULRO. I just tried it.

Clicking the link gets them to the markets but not directly to the advert.

Originally Posted by reubsrover

Yeah yeah alright it's a scam, just didn't expect it to come with a link to Aulro at the bottom so it sounded a little more believable. I didn't think a scammer would be smart/bothered enough to start an account on a forum site and look through the marketplace.

Here's the entire mesage from debby_0002@yahoo.com

1995 Falcon EF XR6
Hello i saw your item listing and am interested i want to know if you still have this item available for sale?i can only pay through pay pal and after payment has been made i will make the necessary arrangement for the item pick up.please get back to me asap.
Thanks.
Message - AULRO Classifieds

I have received a similar email for a car which I have advertised on here.

Yep,
I got the same email wanting to buy my D3, picked it as a scam straight away.

discomaniac

Originally Posted by digger

didnt the "oh em geee" defeat the purpose of abbreviation of the original "Oh my God" <<<OMG>>> especially when you have typed 1 extra letter over the original!!?

Jeez get a sense of humour

You count rivets in your spare time too huh?

It still seems you have to be a member to send a message from AULRO though since the link and subject line are included by AUKRO website.

I shall follow Diana's advice.