Email from David DaSilva- Is this Scam?

swxy1

Sorry if this is wrong place to post this.

I am new to selling and would like some feedback on this.

This is what the buyer wrote

Hello ,

Thanks for your quick response, Well everything sounds fine and I guess that the {Calvin Klein Fitted Sheet King SLD PRCL } is in good condition and I am okay with the price $60 and I will be willing to offer you $90 for it. And I will want you to keep all other buyer's off and also delete the advert from the website. Concerning payment my client will issue you a USPS Money Order, since I don't have the funds in your currency. For convenient and easy transaction, I have a liable shipping agent who'd be responsible for the Pick up as soon as you receive payment for the {Calvin Klein Fitted Sheet King SLD PRCL } .I will therefore need the following information of yours to forward my client before he sends the Money Order.

NAME IN FULL........

ADDRESS IN FULL....

CITY...

STATE...

COUNTRY..........

ZIPCODE.......

CELL/OFFICE/HOME PHONE NUMBER.

I await your urgent response.

Thanks!

David DaSilva..

also would like some selling tips from experience sellers

please and thanks

aussiebares

why is he wanting to pay u $30 dollars more than u asked for, and why does he want u to delete the advert from your website.

Sounds a bit strange. And as he's payment method i don't know about your transitions but a international money order would not sit faverablely with me. See if he can pay via bank deposit into your account, or use paypal. The other payment method u could use is get him to pay you thru western union. Hope this helps

cheers

darryl

swxy1

I dont know thats why i came here for some help

this is his first email

Hello ,

I'm Mr. David DaSilva, Am a British Citizen, but live in Canada ; I came across your advert on Link hidden: Login to view and am highly interested in Purchasing the {Calvin Klein Fitted Sheet King SLD PRCL } which you offer for sale. Due to the fact that it's been a long time have been searching for it, Please I want you kindly get back to me as soon as possible with the necessary answers to the question below:

1. Are you the first owner?

2. The present condition?

3. How long has it been yours?

4. Who did you buy it from?

5. And your final asking price?

6. And why have you decide to sell it?

And I will also like you to send me Pictures to enable me view what I Intend to purchase and I will like you to know that my form of payment is through a USPS Money Order..

I await your urgent response so that we can proceed further..

Note: Please I want you to get back to me with your final asking price..

Most Sincerely,

David DaSilva..

aussiebares

just tell him your price, show him some pictures, tell him the condition it's in, and don't tell him who you bought it off, and don't tell him why you are selling it. Look bottom line is if he want's to buy it then you need to set your own rules to how you sell your item's not his rules. If he does'nt like that well than sell it to someone else, don't give in and tell him your whole life story, on what you are selling and for what reason. I am sure if he went into a shop and asked those questions he would'nt get so many answers to his questions. And last important question is, only and i mean only, accept your terms on how you would like to recieve payment, not on his terms. Or you will get scammed.

cheers

darryl

markkaren

This is most definately a SCAM!!! I had the same thing on an item I had listed on Craig's list. The women told me she would trust me to take my part of the money she was sending and send the balance to her agent by wire transfer. I never answered her. My advise to you...don't e-mail this person back. Be careful!!!

markkaren

Also, from my experience, NEVER...EVER give anyone your bank account number and NEVER accept wire transfers. What they do is send you a money order or a cashier's check, you cash it at your bank, you send the extra money they want you to send to their agent and Wa La, your out, your product and the money once your bank sees it was a fake. The bank will cash the money order or the cashier's check, later when it is returned to the bank as counterfit, they debit your account...Trust me...DON'T get caught up with these theives.

markkaren

jimmy_huber

This is definately a Scam, They pull this same crap on us too.

grboutique

This is a SCAM! Don't fall for this crap. I posted some high ticketed value on craigslist and one guy emailed me saying he is interested in buying the item. So I said, Ok you can pick it up tomorrow around 1-4 pm. He emailed me the next day that he wants to offer me $1500 but here's the catch. Why would anyone willing to spend $100 more on my asking price of $1400? Next he said, I will pay with money order, western union or paypal and I will let my carrier pick the merchandise at your location but I require your name, address and phone number.

Once I read that email, I just said if you want to use your own carrier to pick up the merchandise, then have the cash ready on pickup =)

Then I said, I will report you to authority for scamming! After that email, he never emailed me back LOL!

Never fall for this SCAM!

swxy1

Thanks a bunch for the replys

glad i came here for help and not fall in this scam

you people are great!

polski

out of curiosity, how does this scam work?

jimmy_huber

out of curiosity, how does this scam work?

This is a common US Postal Money Order Scam. The questions, The Story And everything the so called buyer said is just part of the scam to make it sound more convincing

dragon2o99

Speaking of scams, I have a question for the elders here..

I was speaking with one of the wholesalers, and they said that 'before we start talking about prices, here are 2 forms to fill out.'

One form requests for the complete credit card information, including the 3 digit CVV2 code on the back of the card. The other is a licensing agreement which asks for your basic personal info. such as name, acct. number, etc.

Is that normal?

jd35648

No, this does not even sound remotely normal. Careful you are about to be scammed. No one asks for cc info before you review their products and prices. You only provide such info on a secure order page with your order total including cost of shipping with all your ship info.

Some wholesalers might ask you for resell lic. number or maybe your social security number if you live in us to run a credit check, but only then if they are offering credit terms. NEVER give your personel info to anyone unless you know exactly who or what company you are dealing with.. Even if i feel conifident about the people i am buying from,My first order I will use paypal just to see how that transaction went..

You can never be too careful when dealing with a new supplier..

If someone is rushing you to purchase or special deal only right now-walk away, you will be dollars ahead in the long run..

540freeman

This is a Scam;

What you may want to do; (All Sellers) is to check out the F.B.I web site for all of the latest scams you will find it very educational and it helps a whole lot when you dont know if its a scam. check it out at Link hidden: Login to view

jimmy_huber

Speaking of scams, I have a question for the elders here..
I was speaking with one of the wholesalers, and they said that 'before we start talking about prices, here are 2 forms to fill out.'
One form requests for the complete credit card information, including the 3 digit CVV2 code on the back of the card. The other is a licensing agreement which asks for your basic personal info. such as name, acct. number, etc.
Is that normal?

This right here is a very good chance of getting scammed. All this personal information is ripe for identity theft. Why would a wholesaler ask you to fill out a form with that much detail?.

I can get this info on a online form. My merchant account will get this info when you checkout and it does it online. And I never see your CW2 code. I would only ask this info if we were doing the transaction manually over the phone because you could not complete it online.

So I would only give the cwd code if it is a secure online form. Any normal website form I would never release that info.

I also would never accept payment over $1,000 by credit card as well. If the transaction was high I would invoice the buyer with My bank info and they could transfer payment by bank transfer.

parabellum

One form requests for the complete credit card information, including the 3 digit CVV2 code on the back of the card.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it illegal for merchants to keep or store CVV2 codes?

dragon2o99

Thats what I thought. And get this, once I emailed back stating that I'm still in the process of starting my business and hesitant to provide credit card information online, the 'wholesaler' said:

'thats fine. Just fill out the forms, and then we'll continue on.' and ended it like that.. Talk about pleasant customer service eh? :)

This right here is a very good chance of getting scammed. All this personal information is ripe for identity theft. Why would a wholesaler ask you to fill out a form with that much detail?.
I can get this info on a online form. My merchant account will get this info when you checkout and it does it online. And I never see your CW2 code. I would only ask this info if we were doing the transaction manually over the phone because you could not complete it online.
So I would only give the cwd code if it is a secure online form. Any normal website form I would never release that info.
I also would never accept payment over $1,000 by credit card as well. If the transaction was high I would invoice the buyer with My bank info and they could transfer payment by bank transfer.

midwestliquidationgroup

I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that MONEY ORDERS CAN HAVE A STOP PAYMENT PUT ON THEM JUST LIKE A CHECK. I managed a bank branch for a couple years and i was shocked to hear that too. The way its done is the money order buyer will report it lost, the bank stops the payment to do investigation. This happened to me and i lost a $400 Palm Pilot on ebay and that is why i do not accept money orders either.

I also would never never never sign up with any company that would require my CC be stored in their computers. There is just too many things that will go wrong. Seriously.

Anytime anyone offers you more for anything .....RUN!

Good luck and thanks again Jimmy for providing such great products in my shipment and being on the up and up. The last two days I made double what I paid for my shipment.

swxy1

wow thanks for the info midwestliquidationgroup

i didnt know that now i wont be accepting money orders either

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