I have seen that email in numerous iterations any time I have listed anything on kijiji that is of any value. These guys have a bot that scans all of
the craigslist, kijiji, etc listings and when something new pops up in a category they are interested in, you will get an email almost immediately
after it is posted.
They are always "on vacation", "for their son who is out of the country", "currently serving in the Middle East", "working/in school out of
province/state" so you need to ship to an address other than their official paypal address. Always offer to pay exactly what you ask, sight unseen,
(or more!) plus they will send a "shipper" to pick it up and will pay by paypal (including the shipping costs - which they ask you to pass along to
the shipper!) The paypal transaction gets cancelled, you can't find the "buyer" and you are now out not only your item, but also the shipping fee
that they "sent" you to pass on to the shipper. And paypal won't cover it because it was delivered to somewhere other than their verified paypal
address.
There was actually a GMC on eBay a couple of years ago that was the same scam in reverse! I was coach shopping at the time and had a delightful time
giving her/him/it the run-around. Couldn't come by to see it because it was already "Packaged for shipping". It was a seriously "too good to be
true" deal, which means it wasn't even a real coach! Had the same picture of another coach that was already listed on craigslist, in another
location, which, as I recall, was also a scam.
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Deb McWade
Logan Lake, BC, CAN
"Li'l Sister"
'77 Kingsley, 403, EBL EFI;
TZE167V101404
It's Bigger on the Inside!
