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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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I got this email in reference to a set of wheels I have listed for sale. Note the Australian email address...

Gold SSR GT1 Wheels and Tires

Hi Mate,
In reference to your on-line placed advert... I will like to know if this item is still up for sale and if its condition still remain as described in the advert and what is the final price asking??? Finally,I will like to pay via PayPal... and I have a pickup agent that will be coming for the pickup in your location. So kindly get back to me with your direct email address and phone number to my email address at (tim.j001@yahoo.com.au) so that i can contact you towards completion of this transaction.
Regards...Tim

http://www.wheel-whores.com/classifi...p?product=5057
Does that look like a scam to you? I'm pretty wary, but usually it seems like scammers don't use PayPal and want shipping, so I'm not sure...

So yeah, what do you think?
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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Nevermind. Found this: http://www.wheel-whores.com/forum/vi...p?f=32&t=21444

Definitely a scam.

Leaving this open for future searches/reference.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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You can just tell by the grammar. Scammers always ask for the final price too...
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Old May 8, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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A scam? No, of course not. And the Nigerian Prince really really will give you $20 Million for helping get his $100 Million out of the country.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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You can just tell by the grammar. Scammers always ask for the final price too...
Lol, yeah I was pretty sure it was a scam, because of the grammar. I've done plenty of deals with legitimate people on here though that had horrible grammar.

Just thought there might be a 0.1% chance that they just had bad grammar because they were foreign.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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You should play with this one. Give him the address of the local PD. paypal@xxxpolicedept....
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Old May 10, 2011 | 09:00 AM
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Do it...he seems legit.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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you should play with it for real though. and then have the person come to a public address so you can give him a piece of your mind!
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