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Very very weird. Scam attempt?

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Well after attempting to sell my Shadow Priest for a couple of hours and getting one offer, suddenly a wave of people aiming me comes in. They're all asking me similar things in similarly broken English. I'm kind of weirded out at this point already considering I suddenly have 7 people aiming me offering to pay whatever I said through paypal. After some interrogation of one of them he sends me a screenshot of his ID which is in German. His TW location says he's in California which led me to believe he's behind a proxy / lying. After questioning him about this he said he didn't understand me and kept repeating himself.
While this is not necessarily a scam attempt they all offered to pay through paypal immediately and whatever price I said.

I think this might be linked to an AIM phishing attempt I had earlier, but I have no idea!

AIM LOGS:
Spring000 is the MD Name
Giftquite123:
hi
Giftquite123:
interested in your wow account
Swrybeck: Hi
Giftquite123:
http://www.markeedragon.com/forums/ubbth..._ED#Post2144123
Giftquite123:
may i have the armory link?
Giftquite123:
which ralm your char in ?
Swrybeck: Azshara
Swrybeck:
Giftquite123:
thank u
Giftquite123:
looking
Giftquite123:
r u the original owner of this account?
Giftquite123:
is this account active now?
Swrybeck: Yes it is
Swrybeck: and no but there was only one other owner
Giftquite123:
how many gold left?
Swrybeck: 1.5k
Giftquite123:
Is the character able to be transferred or name change ?
Swrybeck: yes
Giftquite123:
cool
Giftquite123:
thats great
Giftquite123:
a nice account
Giftquite123:
how much i can buy out ?
Swrybeck: 300$
Giftquite123:
okay
Giftquite123:
sounds good
Giftquite123:
r u a paypal verified member?
Swrybeck: Getting verified
Giftquite123:
ok
Giftquite123:
whats your paypal email?
Swrybeck: One second, post in my thread first please
Giftquite123:
ok
Giftquite123:
i did
Giftquite123:
you there?
Swrybeck: yes, name?
Giftquite123:
spring000
Swrybeck: Can you pay through WU?
Giftquite123:
u know there is a risky for me
Giftquite123:
u can just take money and leave
Swrybeck: I have positive rep you have none
Giftquite123:
and u can call blizzard and get u account back
Giftquite123:
i know
Giftquite123:
rep cant proof anything
Swrybeck: Actually it can
Giftquite123:
whats your paypal email?
Giftquite123:
no worries
Swrybeck: look at Duffz and the other repped traders
Giftquite123:
i am paypal verified
Swrybeck: I don't want paypal from you
Giftquite123:
i will send money to u first
Swrybeck: You don't have enough rep in my opinion
Giftquite123:
alright
Giftquite123:
thank u all the same

Practicallabs101 is the MD name
Swrybeck: Back
littlesparrow159:
cool
littlesparrow159:
im interested in buying your wow acc
Swrybeck: awesome
littlesparrow159:
r u the original owner and have the full info?
Swrybeck: I have full info but i'm not OO
Swrybeck: I'll refund you if it's recalled though, and it's only been in one of person besides OO's hands and he's well repped
littlesparrow159:
sounds good
littlesparrow159:
how much r u looking?
Swrybeck: Considering it's on a collectors edition account, 250$
littlesparrow159:
sounds good
littlesparrow159:
is this an active acc?
Swrybeck: Can you post on my thread?
Swrybeck: Yes
Swrybeck: expires soon though
littlesparrow159:
sure thing
littlesparrow159:
can i see a link of his gear first?
Swrybeck:
littlesparrow159:
looking
littlesparrow159:
have any alts on the same server?
Swrybeck: Nope, but a couple of other servers
littlesparrow159:
have any gear in the bank?
Swrybeck: A bit
littlesparrow159:
kk
littlesparrow159:
Is the character able to be transferred or name/change?
Swrybeck: Yes both are available
littlesparrow159:
its a nice acc
littlesparrow159:
how much i can buyout your acc?
Swrybeck: 250, post on my thread first
littlesparrow159:
okay
littlesparrow159:
whats payment method r u accepting btw?
Swrybeck: Western union / paypal
littlesparrow159:
id prefer use paypal
littlesparrow159:
my paypal reputation is excellent, and i'm verified
Swrybeck: Post in my thread first
littlesparrow159:
yes i did
Swrybeck: What's your MD name?
littlesparrow159:
practicallabs101
Swrybeck: No thanks you don't have enough rep for paypal in my opinion
littlesparrow159:
im willing to wait until the payment received on your paypal acc
littlesparrow159:
sounds good?
Swrybeck: No because you can easily recover it
littlesparrow159:
i have added my real cash on my paypal acc
littlesparrow159:
just avoid the chargeback from credit cardf
Swrybeck: would prefer you paid through WU
Swrybeck: Well talk back to me if you want the account through WU
littlesparrow159:
if we do WU,could u just give me the lofin,pw,secret question answer and your wow email address b4 the money?
Swrybeck: No

Normark is the MD name
kaspian08:
hey
Swrybeck: Hi
kaspian08:
your wow account is still for sale?
Swrybeck: Yeah
kaspian08:
i would like to buy it
kaspian08:
is it active now?
Swrybeck: Yes
kaspian08:
got epic flyer?
Swrybeck: Yup
kaspian08:
xfer is up ?
Swrybeck: Yup
kaspian08:
have other gear in the bank ?
Swrybeck: A bit
kaspian08:
has your account been banned or warnned ?
Swrybeck: No
kaspian08:
how much are you looking for?
Swrybeck: 250$
kaspian08:
do you have full info?
Swrybeck: Yes
kaspian08:
are you paypal verified?
Swrybeck: Getting
kaspian08:
getting verified or paypal ?
Swrybeck: Getting verified
kaspian08:
k
kaspian08:
after i sent money to you can you tell me full info?
Swrybeck: After I pick it up yep
kaspian08:
but after i sent money to you what can i get?
Swrybeck: All info
kaspian08:
may i ask where are you from ?
Swrybeck: Wisconsin
kaspian08:
can i log in your account management to verify that you are oo and your account really exits?
Swrybeck: No.
Swrybeck: Not unless you post on MD
Swrybeck: I'm really suspicious at the moment, I just got about 6 AIMs from people and they talk like you and have been saying the same things
kaspian08:
i need to post?
Swrybeck: Yes
Swrybeck: On my MD
Swrybeck: thread
kaspian08:
k
kaspian08:
1scd
kaspian08:
i did
kaspian08:
so?
Swrybeck: You don't have any reputation
kaspian08:
ya
kaspian08:
i dont buy account b4
Swrybeck: You sure seemed like you have
kaspian08:
why ?
Swrybeck: You asked all the questions someone who's traded does
Swrybeck: Epic Flyer, PvP up, gear in bank etc
kaspian08:
thats just i want to know
kaspian08:
so you dont want to sell it tome ?
kaspian08:
me**

I seemed kind of blunt and to the point but I was really suspicious at this point.
Just trying to warn people of a potential scam.
EDIT: Removed Arm links
 
A 300.00 account and he doesn't even want a phonecall as a buyer?

Sounds really sketchy. If any buyer is serious about dropping 300.00, they'll want at least SOME re-assurance.

I wouldn't go through with it.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: btraill</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A 300.00 account and he doesn't even want a phonecall as a buyer?

Sounds really sketchy. If any buyer is serious about dropping 300.00, they'll want at least SOME re-assurance.

I wouldn't go through with it. </div></div>
Oh believe me I have no intention of selling to them, but thanks for the advice! I'm glad I'm not the only person it seemed sketchy too also. Anyone have an idea what's going on or was I just randomly chosen?
 
Don't worry, a good 50 people get encounters like this daily. You're not the only one. :P

But.. you're one of those 50 who actually have common sense and who listen to their gut.
 
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