Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Scam Email: Rebecca Mac

This scammer had an incredibly lazy beginning to their scam ("hi seller" - now that's personal) and then just got all out of control with their logic. There was no way this scammer was going to find success with his tone.

Here is the email an artist sent to me:

Here is  the latest scam, which came to me at Zibbet, and to inquire about 30 of my paintings:
Hi seller,
just want to make an enquiry if this item is still for sale or not...if it's still for sale then you can mail back to my email address on rebeccamac001@yahoo.com OK..

regards..
Second email after the artist explained they could buy the paintings via Zibbet:
RE: January Jog: Crossing

I am an astronaut stuck on an asteroid at the moment deal with it, i am buying the item as a gift for my mum, i want to make it a surprise for her,she won't know anything about the item until they get delivered to her, i can only pay through paypal as i dont have access to my bank account online as i dont have internet banking,but i have my bank account attached to my paypal account and this is why i insisted on paying you through paypal,So please kindly get back to me with your paypal details so i can proceed with the payment and after the payment has been done, i have a pick up agent that will come around to pick the item up after i have made the payments for the item.please get back to me on my private email address.rebeccamac001@yahoo.com...

1 comment:

  1. From: Rebecca Macdonald rebeccamac001@yahoo.com
    To:
    Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:04 AM
    Subject: Re: Poppies, listing

    Thanks for the mail and am sorry for the late reply..I am an oceanographer and am currently at sea at the moment, i am buying the item as a gift for my dad, i want to make it a surprise for her,she won't know anything about the item until they get delivered to her, i can only pay through PayPal as i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking,but i have my bank account attached to my PayPal account and this is why i insisted on paying you through PayPal,So please kindly get back to me with your PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and after the payment has been done, i have a pick up agent that will come around to pick the item up after i have made the payments for the item.please get back to me on my private email address.
    Thanks...

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