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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I'm still not getting how the scam works. Other than that from the link, once you said you had PayPal the guy then asks you to wire HIM money so that he can arrange the pick-up agent to come by?
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I was confused by that too since he isn't going to actually acquire your car, all he's doing is stringing you along.
This is what appears to happen: You agree to sell him the vehicle. Then, in the next communication he realizes that the pick-up agent needs to be paid $1000 and won't accept PayPal payments, so he asks if he could send you an extra $1500 (to cover the $1000, plus $500 for your trouble) in his PayPal payment and have you send the $1000 to the pick-up agent. So, he gives you the information on where to send the money and once you do, you'll never hear from him again. If he does send anything through PayPal, it will be with fraudulent or stolen information, so you'll never get the money and you'll be out the $1000 you sent to the "pick-up agent".