I've experienced two of these attempted scams recently both of which were about as poorly developed as one would expect form an individual with no ethics. The first offered me $100 more than I was asking for the piece I was selling and then indicated that since he was too busy and important to make a trip to my house to pick it up if I would only provide him with my address, and PayPal account number he would have his agent pick it up and deliver it to him.
The most recent experience just happened on Friday. I'm currently attempting to sell an expensive Time Trial bike to help pay for a build. This is the response I received from Tonya (complete with a picture in military uniform mind you).
Do you still have the item still for sale? I hope it's good condition? Thanks for your swift response, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my Father as gift, your asking price is quite reasonable and affordable considering others I've seen lately, I'll take it. I would have loved to come check it out my self but am currently in camp as military sere instructor for new recruits. I however squeezed out time to check this posting as all personal dealings are highly restricted here, I really want this as a surprise gift for my Father so I won't let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him and due to the fact that phone calls making are restricted......I will be paying you with my PayPal account because it's attached to my bank account and its safe and very secure way to make payment. If my mode of payment is accepted just send me your paypal email address,(Paypal ID) so i can pay in right away. I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been made, so no shipping included. I'll need your name, the pickup address or location and please include your PayPal email address for the payment and send me some recent pictures if available And if you dont have a paypal account, you can easily go to
www.paypal.com and sign up. its very easy. I await your reply asap Thanks Tonya USAF
Checking out Tonya on Google, she has over $15,000 in reported damages due to her scamming people.
