669-222-4076

They seemed legitimate at first other than the way they wrote was a little weird. This person said their name is James and wanted to buy a motorcycle I posted on KSL. They proceeded to ask me why I was selling, if their were any problems and how many previous owners the bike had so I thought it was a real buyer. But!!! They followed up my answers with the whole PayPal scam nonsense. That they were on a base and needed a mover to come get the bike for their FAMILY and how much their FAMILY would love it (key word to pull heart strings right?) so they said they had to use PayPal.... I responded with the fact that I've already had someone say something similar which was a scam and I need a way to validate their story. No word back yet! This one was the best scammer I've came across so far, if they had the same area code and didn't say they were "on base" then it would be basically believable. Can't find anything else on this number so hope this helps someone!

Exactly the same as the prior two reports above.  Don't fall for James' scam.

Same as the reports above.

The Better Business Bureau has a whole write-up about this type of scam: https://www.bbb.org/council/news-events/bbb-s ... ith-paypal-con/. We had a similar experience posting on KSL.

We were trying to sell a keg cooler on KSL.com and got the text from this number.  "James Stone" wanted to pay with Paypal and have a friend pic up right away.  I'm going to sign up his phone number for additional information from every erectile disfunction site I can find...

The problem with that is if he is using a spoofed number you might be subjecting an innocent party to harassment.  Not to mention if that number is transferred in the future to someone who has nothing to do with this.

Scammer trying to get a wedding ring set I had for sale. Do not bother wasting your time on him. Said his name was James Stone.

Scammer for sure I work on base and said I would meet up nothing after that. What family needs a carbon fiber bmw body kit lol just a fishing scam

Thanks..Am highly interested and ready to pay the firm price,am buying this for the family,but am not chanced to come for the pickup due to me working as a medic on base,.. I will be making the payment via paypal and will be responsible for the charges and i also have an hauler who will come for the pickup once the payment as been confirmed and credited into your account, Buying this will be so great for my family and what is your name please?

Craigslist, Kiiji, AutoTrader, Etc. Scam:

The scam works like this.  Communication is always by text or email for some made up reason such as they are deaf, they deployed and can't use their phone (then how did the text get out?), etc.  They think your item as described is perfect.  They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot, or working overseas, or on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, or simply fill in your own job here).  They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to hold it for them.  Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”.  They count on the fact that people don’t know or realize that the funds being made available by the bank and the check actually clearing are two completely different things.  They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram.  The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees.  Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally.  Please note that check was probably mailed from somewhere in the US, so it is very important that you take the check and the envelope it came in to the Post Office and have them forward it to the Postal Inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens.  They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.