Does this sound dodgy??

[Heaven]

Never sold a car before and we've put our little car online to sell it. Here are 2 enquiries from people:

Hi thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.
I am buying this for my son as a surprise gift thats why am offering
you that amount. I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i dont
have access to my bank account online(i dont have internet banking
with it), but i have it attached to my paypal account, and this is why
i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will need is your paypal email
address to make the payments, and if you dont have a paypal account
yet, you can set one up at paypal it cant take you less than
3mins to do that, i will be expecting your paypal email so l can pay.
I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments
has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap

Thanks for the swift response...I am willing to offer you $4,000 for it.due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.

As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).

I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made ...so no shipping included.

You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to paypal and sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap.

Do they sound dodgy to you?? Who would not want to see a car before buying it?? They don't even ask anything about paperwork and signing it over etc. And they're so demanding! Haven't even talked to us yet and they have already organised a courier and are awaiting our paypal details?? I don't think so! They just sound odd to me.

[Olive]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!! dodgy its a scam

[Nelle]

Yeah I'd be dodging that bullet I think. xo

[~Trish~]

Yes, definitely a scammer, I've heard this one MANY times before.

[Heaven]

Phew, DH is not responding to them. What are they planning to do??

[~Trish~]

Phew, DH is not responding to them. What are they planning to do??

Most likely send you fake payments and steal your car I'm guessing.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Very dodgy............

Just say that to them. Sorry, if your are willing to purchase the car, you will need to come here and person to sign it over etc.

Or,

Sorry, due to some techinal issues with my computer at the moment, i am unable to get onto my paypal account. I am writing this from a friends computer.Is there a number I could call you on to discuss another arrangement? (chances being, they wont have phone hahaha)

Ive heard the marine scam before on here too...

dont do it hun.

[Winter]

I wouldn't even respond, they are dodgey to the max!!

Good luck with selling your car though!

[CinderToriella]

YES what kind of person does not want to see a car before they buy it

[jesses_girl]

There was a thread on this a little while ago, its a scam. Please dont do it.

[Pandora]

Yes it's dodgy someone got scammed by this. Not sure if it was this forum or another that I'm on but the marine engineer one in particular

[*Beema*]

Very very dodgy, it is a well known scan, even the car sale websites have it plastered all over their pages!!

I have a whole heap of them when I was selling my car, here is a way to stop them.

In your listing near the top put it
"I do not accept PayPal as payment for this vehichle, genuine enquiries only"
I foudn that once I put that in, I didn't get any more dodgy enquiries

Goodluck selling your car

[Firstbabybump]

Hi all, Just wanted to share with you all that when I brought my car I wasn't able to physically look at it, but I sent a friend and had a phone call with them while they looked at it.
So people do buy cars without looking at them, but this person sounds like a horrible scanner. Just have some fun with it Heaven

[DoubleK]

yes but having someone physically looking at the car for you is different then just paying for a car no one has looked at.