Scam or not?

[Inakutia]

Well I'm about to sell my scooter and posted an add on Gumtree, a guy responded to me and this is the conversation:

''Thanks for your response..I'm quite satisfied with the condition and price,and I need you to understand that i am willing and ready to purchase it right away, end the advert, consider me as your favorite buyer just to close the deal and not selling to other buyer.However, I will not be able to come for inspection, all i need is your word of sincerity that is in good condition as described online ,.If possible can you send me some more recent picture... I will be paying the PayPal charges (3.4%) from my account and will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and I hope you have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then I will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need your home address for it to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company''

So after this email I told him that I'd rather go for a bank transfer and willing to drop the price down by 50quid if we do it via bank. So he emaild back saying

'' I do strictly cash deals but presently, i'm away on an assignment and that is why i am offering to Pay you via PayPal. I have been using PayPal to buy and sell for years now and i have never for once had any problems whatsoever. I Also have a 90% Customer rating with PayPal. i'll send full Payment as soon as you provide me with your PayPal email address...I hope you wont mind to get an account with PayPal.Its reliable and easy to use PayPal,all you need to do is visit www.paypal.com and register with them.When you are done with the registration send me the email used for the registration with PayPal so i can pay in.
Await your response..''

So do you think it's a scam or something of that sort? I heard that you can actually get your money back if you send it to someone via paypal or something like that? So is it possible that if he does send me the money he can get the money back?
What do you think guys should I trust him, what should I do?

[noobRider]

Scam
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[SandTiger]

Scam
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[Inakutia]

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Seems legit to me.

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[BigDan1190]

Its quite clearly a scam, it couldn't be written more like a scam unless it was signed "Nigerian General".

I'd say only ever do bike deals in person with cash or maybe a bank transfer. Just far too much risk involved otherwise.

[Moo.]

Scaaaam

If it looks like Sh!te, Smells like Sh!te .. it probably is...

Probably a hacked PayPal account, so as soon as he gets the scooter, real owner claims money back through paypal..

Also... just the way its worded is weird.

"Sorry mate, i'd do bank transfer.."

"Sorry but im away on assignment.. so i cant do a bank transfer on my computer so i'll do paypal on my computer"

And all the urging you to make a paypal account...

SCAAAAM
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[Rogerborg]

Totally legit, if you Google "I'm quite satisfied with the condition and price,and I need you to understand that i am willing and ready to purchase it right away" then you can see that this chap is interested in buying loads of bikes, cars, vans, caravans, boats...
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[Inakutia]

told the guy that even tho I do have a PayPal account I don't trust it, so it would either have to be cash in hand or bank transfer. We'll see what happens next

[andyscooter]

I'm in the cash only club

Do you really want to give a stranger your bank details


Cash in the hand and its your otherwise do one
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[Ste]

[Rogerborg]

[JamesE90]

Good evening madam

[BigShow]

these scammers aren't even trying anymore.

[mentalboy]

Any communication with the words 'my shipping company/agent', especially on Gumtree will almost certainly be a scam.

What they would do, if you told them to proceed and gave your email address, is send you an email with a paypal link - which if you click through shows what looks like a very genuine paypal page showing payment to you.
Obviously being the astute netGod you are, you know never to click through on emails but open a new browser page and go to (in this instance) paypal - whereupon your 'buyer' can scream till he's blue in the face that he's paid you but if it doesn't show on paypal... you know the rest!

If you are a sadistic sod you can have loads of fun baiting scammers, no reward for it other than knowing they think they've got a hook and that you are wasting time they could be spending scamming someone who'll actually fall for their tripe.
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[TheArchitect]

scam scam scam

big time scam.

no doubt it's a scam.

don't fall for it, it's a scam.

believe me, this is a scam.

he's trying to scam you.


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[SandTiger]

[Andy9934]

[Ste]

"but would freeze the funds"

How do you do that with PayPal?

[Irn-Bru]

Obvious from miles away it's a scam with a wall of text like that.

I'd never sell my bike to someone long distance either, unless they came and viewed the bike, paid in cash, then got it picked up via courier later on. Otherwise, cash in hand, face to face only.
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[Triton Thrasher]

[Pigeon]

If you ship to an address that is not setup on the buyers paypal account, paypal will not cover your losses.

[DrSnoosnoo]

Had my CG on gumtree recently, had a million of pretty much exactly that text, got some texts from computers that said, reply by email only! As if their phone was about to explode and could never read a reply.

I don't know what was worse, the scammers or the, what's your best price CASH idiots. I don't take fucking credit cards you spazzes
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[Ariel Badger]

Scam...
I have not actually read a single word of this thread including the opening post but..........If you have to ask if it is a scam it is a scam.
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[Ariel Badger]

Just read it. FFS why on earth would you believe that this was anything other than a scam?
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