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[Spridgets] No LBC; Possible PayPal Scam?

Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC; Possible PayPal Scam?
From: clarici at verizon.net (Frankie Clarici 4th)
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:50:57 -0400
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It's a scam.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:09 PM, "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have a friend who is selling an early Mustang.  He got a message from
> overseas asking for the final price and his email address used for his
PayPal
> account so that he can pay him.
>
> The fishy things are that he is more interested in this email address than
> settling on a final price; he claims to be from England, yet his command of
> the language is atrocious; he is talking of having his own shipping agent
> arrange to come pick it up; and he is offering to pay the PayPal fees for
the
> seller.  I think this smells funny, but what harm can come from giving him
the
> email address?  Hell, itbs already on the emails they have exchanged.
>
> Is money deposited in your PayPal acct protected from scam artists at all?
> Ibve had lots of purchases arranged thru PayPal, but never sold anything.
>
> Opinions?
>
>
> LAD
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