214-444-6515

Texted on an ad that I had placed on Craig's list and definitely sounded phony.  Beware!

Hi can u be more specific? I got the same response from him...fishy sounding..wanted to do PayPal gave a round about air force story..

Yup... got the same thing, just a bunch of thieves working a scam

I got the same thing as well, I contacted paypal to see if he could possibly hack into my account with an email and they said no. Something just isn't right about this guy. Got the army story also.

looks like this:

Thanks for your response.I am buying it for my family as a surprise to our new home that we are  planing on moving in with my family and am make this as a surprise gift which i will not let any of them know about it until is pickup, although i am presently not within reach(on work basis) i am not in town at the moment because i work with the Military and have been in camp for some time my base is Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,but i will arrange for it to be picked up by agent which will be coming for the pickup once the payment is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come see it myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is very limited you can text me on 214-444-6515. Payment will be made via PayPal as its only payment option i can access here and would want you to do please understand me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very easy, safe and secure, log on to www.PayPal.com) and you don't need to worry about PayPal charges as i will be covering it. Please send me some pics when you can I have some questions for you;

I got the same one today...

Hello,

Thanks for your response.I am buying it for my family as a surprise to our new home that we are  planing on moving in with my family and am make this as a surprise gift which i will not let any of them know about it until is pickup, although i am presently not within reach(on work basis) i am not in town at the moment because i work with the Military and have been in camp for some time my base is Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,but i will arrange for it to be picked up by agent which will be coming for the pickup once the payment is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come see it myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is very limited you can text me on             214-444-6515      . Payment will be made via PayPal as its only payment option i can access here and would want you to do please understand me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very easy, safe and secure, log on to www.PayPal.com) and you don't need to worry about PayPal charges as i will be covering it. I have some questions for you;

Are you the first owner of it?
where do you live?
What is your final asking price?
Does it have anything nagative i should know about?

Hope to read back from you soon.....

Regards Smith

@x7music : I got exactly same message for my mattress listing. Reading first time he sounded legit, but I re-read and felt something fishy. Quick google and I am here.

Thanks all for your posts. This definitely helps to deter these scammers.

Have a great day.

I got the SAME message today!!!  
DAMMIT!!!

I reported them to the FBI internet scam dept.  I gave them this forum link so they may contact some of ya'll.  FYI!

I received the same from  Vincent Smith <brwnsmith29@gmail.com>  and  from   adamspadgett06@gmail.com  

Hello,

Thanks for your response.I am buying it for my family as a surprise to our new home that we are  planing on moving in with my family and am make this as a surprise gift which i will not let any of them know about it until is pickup, although i am presently not within reach(on work basis) i am not in town at the moment because i work with the Military and have been in camp for some time my base is Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,but i will arrange for it to be picked up by agent which will be coming for the pickup once the payment is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come see it myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is very limited you can text me on 214-444-6515. Payment will be made via PayPal as its only payment option i can access here and would want you to do please understand me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very easy, safe and secure, log on to www.PayPal.com) and you don't need to worry about PayPal charges as i will be covering it. I have some questions for you;

Are you the first owner of it?
where do you live?
What is your final asking price?
Does it have anything nagative i should know about?

Hope to read back from you soon.....

Regards Smith

Yep . His family will be very surprised. Wants my pool table too. same exact info contact info all the way around.

I tried to tracked it down as it came up on MetroPCS.  They said the phone wasn't activated at all.  Then on verifyphone.com, it came up with the following info:

Location     Irving, TX, US
Geo-Coordinates     Latitude: 32.89 | Longitude: -96.94
Timezone     (UTC-06:00)
Service Provider    Premiere Network Services, Inc. - Tx
Tower Switch     DEXTTXAJDS0
Phone Type    Landline
Area Codes    214-444, 2144446, 21444465, 214444651
Area Code Started On     August 04, 2002
Zipcodes Covered     75063, 75038

I received the same from  Vincent Smith <brwnsmith29@gmail.com>
in response to our BR Set selling for $4000. I knew it was a scam right away. These sites are great to thwart these thieves, Thanks!

****
Hello,

Thanks for your response.I am buying it for my family as a surprise to our new home that we are  planing on moving in with my family and am make this as a surprise gift which i will not let any of them know about it until is pickup, although i am presently not within reach(on work basis) i am not in town at the moment because i work with the Military and have been in camp for some time my base is Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,but i will arrange for it to be picked up by agent which will be coming for the pickup once the payment is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come see it myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is very limited you can text me on 214-444-6515. Payment will be made via PayPal as its only payment option i can access here and would want you to do please understand me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very easy, safe and secure, log on to www.PayPal.com) and you don't need to worry about PayPal charges as i will be covering it. I have some questions for you;

Are you the first owner of it?
where do you live?
What is your final asking price?
Does it have anything nagative i should know about?

Hope to read back from you soon.....

Regards Smith
Caller: 214-444-6515

I just received the same message from Vincent Smith and Xtiana Babson
BEWARE  THIS LOOKS LIKE A SCAM

*Hello,*
*
*
*Thanks for your response.I am buying it for my family as a surprise to our
new home that we are  planing on moving in with my family and am make this
as a surprise gift which i will not let any of them know about it until is
pickup, although i am presently not within reach(on work basis) i am not in
town at the moment because i work with the Military and have been in camp
for some time my base is Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,but i
will arrange for it to be picked up by agent which will be coming for the
pickup once the payment is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come
see it myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is
very limited you can text me on 214-444-6515. Payment will be made via
PayPal as its only payment option i can access here and would want you to
do please understand me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very
easy, safe and secure, log on to www.PayPal.com) and you don't need to
worry about PayPal charges as i will be covering it. Please send me some
pics when you can I have some questions for you;*
*
*
*Are you the first owner of it?*
*where do you live?*
*What is your final asking price?*
*Does it have anything nagative i should know about?*
*
*
*Hope to read back from you soon..... *
*
*
*Regards Smith*


and

this one from Xtiana Babson


Thanks for getting back to me at your earliest.I am buying it for my
husband as a surprise to our new home that we are  planing on moving
in with my family and am making this as a surprise gift which i would
not let any of them to know about it until is pickup, although i am
presently not within reach(on work basis) but i will arrange for it to
be picked up by agent which will be coming for the pickup once  the
payment  is cleared, so i don't think i will be able to come see it
myself due to security protocol of my job and phone conversation is
very limited . Payment will be made via PayPal as its only payment
option i can access here and would want you to do please understand
me. (if you don't have an account, PayPal is very easy, safe and
secure, log on to www.PayPal.com <http://www.paypal.com/>) and you don't
need to worry about
PayPal charges as i will be covering it. My only question and concern
is do you think is good as a surprise gift to my husband? would be
happy to read back from you soon.

Thank you

Same story with my ad that I had placed on Craig's list (Virginia). Seem like he has a lot of surprise to do for his family.

Has anyone actually let him pay to see what happens? Just curious.  He sent the same email to  for my piece of furniture. =/

I just let them pay and then I found this website. I told them I didnt want to wire money (they had not told me about that before at all). Now I have money in my paypal account and I dont know what to do. Plan to contact paypall and refuse the money. Too good to be true! This is sad.

Oh even better - I checked my real paypall account (apparently the emails they send from PayPal are fake) and there isnt any money in there. I guess I am done then.

Got this today about my table and chairs:
From: vicent brown adamspadgett06@gmail.com
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*Hello.....I came across your AD listed on Craigslist,please i will like to
know if still available for sale and please do get back to me with some
general pics if still available for sale



Thanks


*

Yeah, I don't think so.

I received the same thing,

The name I was to send the Western Union is

Wayne Walker
300 Perry Rd
Vincent, Alabama 35178