Scam Tip Report #1719 - overpayment - paypal


Scam ReporterScam Tips Received
Mick M
Auburn Hills, MI, United States
2012-02-22 22:35:08
Overpayment Scam
1
+3 overpayment - paypal 
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Collins Williams
Email Address:
collinswilliams101@gmail.com
Selling on CraigsList:

Here's the Scam - Basically They "Overpay" the shipping company! Then you Pay.
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Thanks for the details provided, I was just about to make the payment
when i got a email from the freight agent that they will not come for
the pick up until I pay the pick up and delivery cost via Western
Union Money Transfer. The shipping cost they charged me is $550 which
I will not be able to provide due to my job. Now, I will have to add
it to the payment, I will send to you via PayPal and after you
receive the payment notification from paypal.you will help me to send
the shiping cost to the freight agent via Western Union Money Transfer
which is their payment method. I will also include an additional $100
for the Western Union charges.

I\'ll let you know once I made the payment.
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The Fake PayPal Payment comes in a email afterwards.
Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
This guy is still at it 11/16/2012, why do people at the FTC get paid ??

No Name   (Apollo, PA, United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-11-16 20:25:16
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Name Unknown
Telephone:
6085618234
this guy use email address Collins Williams ;
Thanks for your swift response to my buying inquiry,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 I'm 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, that's why I'm arranging for a pick up. I'm buying the item for my Brother in Law, as I've promised him early this year. I really want it to be a big surprise to him so I wouldn't want him to know anything about it until it gets delivered to him. I'm sure he will be more than glad to receive it . I don't have access to my bank account online as I don't have internet banking. I'm going to arrange for a pickup with a freight company so you got nothing to worry about.
However, I'll like to complete the payment part through PayPal for the safety of both of us. In addition, I'll need your name, the pickup address or location and please include your PayPal email address for the payment. If you don't have PayPal account It's very easy and secured...just visit www.PayPal.com and click on signup, after that you will need to send me the name and email address you have used to registered with PayPal so I can make the payment ASAP.
Regards.

hiranya wg   (Costa Mesa, CA, United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-08-27 18:49:42
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Collins Williams
Email Address:
Collins Williams
APPROVAL OF S $5000 LOAN THAT GIVES U AN OPTION TO SEND MONEY TO GET STARTED,ONCE MONTHLY PAYMENT IS FIGURED OUT THEY ASK FOR A 3MONTH FEE.WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO MEAN THAT ONCE THEY GET THAT YOUR FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL NOT BE FOR 4MONTHS,BUT THEN THE 'BS' KICKED IN AND I'M NOT PROUD OF IT BUT I FELL FOR IT 2 MORE TIMES TRYING TO GET THE MONEY...ONE WAS ANOTHER 3 MONTH FEE BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THEIR WAY OF HELPING ME GET AHEAD AND NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER PAYMENT UNTIL 7MONTHS DOWN THE LINE...WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT,BUT STILL NO RESULTS..THEN I GOT THE CALL ASKING IF I RECEIVED MY CASH YET AND I HAD TO LET HER KNOW I HAVE NOT..SO SHE SUPPOSEDLY HAS TO CALL ME BACK SO SHE COULD SEE WHAT'S THE HOLD UP,WHICH TOOK 2 DAYS TO GET BACK TO ME..THEN MORE OF THE 'BS' HAPPENED SAYING THE GOVERNMENT WAS STOPPING ALL THEIR TRANSACTIONS CAUSE OF THE TAXES NOT BEING MET...SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY HALF AND THEY WOULD PAY HALF BUT THEN CAME MORE DRAMA WITH THEM SAYING I NEEDED TO PAY THE WHOLE AMOUNT CAUSE THEIR AMOUNT WAS NOT BEING ACCEPTED..(BIG JOKE HUH)...THAT'S WHEN I TOLD HER SHE WAS GOOD AND THAT SHE OR THEY COULD JUST KEEP THE MONEY AND STOP CALLING ME,AND SHE SAID THEY COULDN'T KEEP MY MONEY I EITHER GET SOMETHING FAXED TO ME AND I HAVE A FEE TO PAY FOR CANCELLING,AND IF NOT IT WOULD BE DONATED TO A LOCAL CHARITY(TRIED TO GET MORE MONEY SOMEHOW)...THE LAND BASE IS SUPPOSE TO BE IN JAMAICA...SO I TOLD HER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SPELL MY NAME RIGHT AND PUT IT IN BIG LETTERS AND TO LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY DID IT,CAUSE WHEN I COME OUT THERE I COULD PRESENT MY ID AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SEE WHAT MY MONEY DID.....LOL...I CAN JOKE ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT NOW,BUT HERE IT WAS I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME HELP TO TAKE CARE OF A FEW THINGS AND POSSIBLY BUILD ON MY CREDIT..."CHASING MADE ME BLIND TO BEING CON OUT OF MY MONEY"....HOW CRAZY IS THIS ONE....SINCERELY, TAKEN FOR A BIG LOOP!!!!!

No Name   (Harrison, NJ, United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-03-17 15:44:57
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Angela Rowe
Scam Website:
Telephone:
8773678905/8763700185

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