So get a pm from someone on AZ looking for an alternator. Guy sucks at using the messaging system and somehow gets my messages but then goes back and replies to old ones or something. Anyway, he is from Oman supposedly, needs an alternator. Asks me to email him because he knows he sucks at the messaging system. Email him, says he will take it and will pay in the morning. I get paypal payment for the agreed upon price. He notifies me he sent payment from his wife’s account which has a confirmed address in the UK. Red Flag #1. I then get a shipping address to send to, its in the US, don’t really think anything of it because I know there are a lot of people who will ship stuff to relatives in the US and then have them ship a bunch of stuff at once to them.
Here is the address
182-21 150th Avenue
Springfield Gardens, NY 11413
Tel: 718-553-8740
Looked a little strange to me so I google it, well what to you know, the first page is full of scam reports of people from overseas who paypal money then have you send ti to a freight forwarding company at this address. Red Flag #2.
At this point it seems the plan is to get the tracking from me, then file a claim with paypal saying that it wasn’t shipped to the correct address/confirmed address in paypal. Gets his money back because paypal sucks in situations like that, and gets a part.
So as much as I do not want to jeopardize great seller feedback and possibly screw an honest person who might be “conveniently” using the same company as scammers in the past, I really want to just USPS this shit a empty package to his confirmed paypal address and let him go fuck himself LOL, thoughts?