Rubber Bullets
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So I put a few items up for sale on Gumtree and Freeads today. This evening I got a text that read:
Do you still have the In,strument ? Pls get back to me annbeatson****@gmail.com (sic)
Underneath the text it said Sender does not support replies.
My spidey senses tingled, especially as I'm not selling an instrument as such, but one of my ads is for a guitar multi effects pedal, so I replied:
Hi Ann, You texted me about the instrument. I've got a few items for sale, which one exactly were you interested in?
The reply I got reads:
Great! please consider it sold and take the ads down off gumtree,i am buying it for my cousin and i am ready to pay your full asking price, i have read through the advert and i'm totally satisfied with it and i will be glad if you can get back to me fast,sadly i won't be able to come for the inspection and pick up due to my disabilities,i loss my hearing and being on a wheelchair but I have a courier agent that will help me to pick it up at your preferred location.
Regarding the payment i can only pay via PayPal at the moment and I will be responsible for all the PayPal fee/charges on this transaction kindly get back to me with your PayPal email and the pick up location so that i can inform the courier agent about it now?
Awaiting your reply soon...
Clearly whoever replied hasn't read my e-mail and so I assume that this is a scam of some sort, but I can't work it out. Any ideas? I'd hate to think I'm depriving some poor wheelchair bound deaf girl of a present for her cousin
Do you still have the In,strument ? Pls get back to me annbeatson****@gmail.com (sic)
Underneath the text it said Sender does not support replies.
My spidey senses tingled, especially as I'm not selling an instrument as such, but one of my ads is for a guitar multi effects pedal, so I replied:
Hi Ann, You texted me about the instrument. I've got a few items for sale, which one exactly were you interested in?
The reply I got reads:
Great! please consider it sold and take the ads down off gumtree,i am buying it for my cousin and i am ready to pay your full asking price, i have read through the advert and i'm totally satisfied with it and i will be glad if you can get back to me fast,sadly i won't be able to come for the inspection and pick up due to my disabilities,i loss my hearing and being on a wheelchair but I have a courier agent that will help me to pick it up at your preferred location.
Regarding the payment i can only pay via PayPal at the moment and I will be responsible for all the PayPal fee/charges on this transaction kindly get back to me with your PayPal email and the pick up location so that i can inform the courier agent about it now?
Awaiting your reply soon...
Clearly whoever replied hasn't read my e-mail and so I assume that this is a scam of some sort, but I can't work it out. Any ideas? I'd hate to think I'm depriving some poor wheelchair bound deaf girl of a present for her cousin