Victim Location 53575
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Matt Owen contacted me to buy my equipment. He wanted to pay me by PayPal. PayPal holding the money till I paid by a money gram 1,100.00 to the person doing the trucking. Once that happens PayPal would release these balance of the money to me.
Victim Location 98284
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I put an add on craigs list for a car trailer price 2,500.this matt said it was what he was looking for,but he said he was getting a bunch of add stuff when I replyed back.so I gave him my phone number and he texted.wanting a bunch of info on me.thats when my redflag went up that it was a scam.did a search of area code for this matt and it came back that it was Algeria.i get these people for time to time but I catch there scam before hand.so when I figured it out it was a scam,i told this matt person I was terminating the conversation due to it being a scam and to not contact me again.plus I flagged him as a scammer on craigs list.