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He sent the EXACT same emails to me. Scumbag.

He just sent me the exact same emails. Bastard. I can’t figure out how he plans on paying with paypal and then picking up motorcycle. Is paypal not as secure as I thought?

I figured out how the scam works. I got the same email when I tried to sell my Chevy suburban on Craigslist. So I did some research and found out a few things. (Actually, I got two of these scam emails on the same vehicle within 2 days of each other from two different people.) Anyway, they use Paypal because paypal has a really good “make it right” policy. They send the funds to your paypal account and right away they come to pick up the product or in this case a used car. Meanwhile, you think you have your money but as soon as they pick up the vehicle, using “an agent” they notify paypal that they didn’t receive the product. Paypal will automatically refund their money unless you can come up with proof that you delivered the vehicle. The only form of proof paypal accepts is a tracking number with SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION from either the post office or UPS. Well, you won’t be able to show proof of a signature because the guy is offshore and used an agent. Guess what… this just may be the newest way of stealing cars!

Thanks to all who posted your alerts on diffjames6@gmail.com. He did the exact same to me and thank goodness I googled his email account first before going any further. Thanks to people like you no one will fall for this. Thanks again.

Your blog on Diffy B James confirmed my concern. The following was his offer to buy my item on Craigs list.
“Thanks for the mail, Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, i will be happy if you can tell other buyer that the item has been sold because i would like this transaction to occur within the next Hours. I’m seriously interested in buying the item and am okay with your selling price, i want to be the best offer by adding $100 to your money then keep other offers off, I can’t come for the inspection but I have an  pick up agent that will handle the neccesasry papers and also the pick up. You can mail me back with your PayPal email address so i can make the payment to you right now and if you don’t have an account with PayPal you can set up an account today as it’s secured and reliable visit their website on http://www.paypal.com or http://www.paypal.ca,  i will be responsible for the payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the payment to you and i will also the information below :1.Your PayPal Email Address.2.Your cell/phone number.3.I need your contact home address for the pick-upOr My Office will be mailing (overnight) a certified check from my account to cover the cost, If you are not interesting in PayPal you can get back to me with the information below to make the Certified check to you and i will wait for it to clear to you account OK…  I will be needing the following information to issue out the payment . . .Your Full Name:Address :City:State:Zip code:Cell and home Phone#:Please note that the payment will be overnight by my Office to your address and its bound to be delivered within 2 days. I have taken a close look at the advert and am completely satisfied, i really need this and would appreciates that you help save this till the payment arrives. Furthermore .. I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping,i will have my mover come over for the pick-up Am A Respectful Buyer On CL,  I await your reply……Regards”

I just got the same responses from this guy. Has anyone tried to turn him in? My husband wants me to. Its sad that this guy is still doing this and hopefully no one has been taken by this scumbag.

Yep… just got pretty much the same thing from this guy. Thanks to all who posted about diffjames6@gmail.com! You saved me a ton of hassle!

He’s still at it as of Dec 2011. Watch out

He is using the name Patric Fisler now. Same wording just different name.

I got this same intro today from diffyjames111@tlen.pl. Luckily I noticed a Poland email and instantly googled his name. I will call him out if he responds to my reply about calling me to discuss the sale. Thanks for the warning everyone,
Mark

I now got an email for Attorney Webster (forgot last name) with a Poland email p.pl address. I got an email for this sale a few months ago and the guy had the same story about paying me $100.00 more than I wanted and his dad had the same car, but I can not remember the email location. I asked the guy to call me as he was typing in broken english (tip off) without a reply. I would not sell to anyone unless they bring a certified check and are within the tri-state area.

Attorney S. Webster is the new name. They use an free domain email such as tlen.pl then change the response to gmail email address.

Wow, I got 3 email also from him. I am glad I googled his name. Thank-you all for posting it. I was wondering how he was going to Scam, but knew it didn’t sound right.Her is his e-mail
Hi There, ****** SEASON GREETING ******

Thank you for getting back to me, sorry for the late response due to the nature of my work, My name is Diffy B James from Homestead in Florida but i’m not in state right now, can you assure me that it’s in good condition because I don’t want to be disappointed buying this from you. I’m ready to pay your asking price but due to the nature of my work, i will not be able to come for the inspection, I can’t make any calls right now, I would have called you and discuss about this transaction, sorry for that but I’m able to access email anytime as I’m making use of PDA, so the only quickest payment option is PayPal, I make the payment via PayPal since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the PayPal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with PayPal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to create. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the deal as fast as possible? I have a Pick Up Agent that will come for the Inspection and take care of every necessary paper for me. the Pick Up Agent will also handle the pick up after i have send the money to your PayPal account.

I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.

I got the same email for an add I put on Craigslist today!!!!!!! It sounded like a scam. Thanks for the help.

CURRENT EMAIL FROM: James Diffy diffjames11@gmail.com

Hi There,

Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my son, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.

Merry Christmas and best wishes

I got the same James Diffy email. Thank you for this post. I am writing back the POS now.

HIS RESPONSE when I said: “I only do business in person” -

I told you earlier, I’m out of state and there is no way for me to come up with the cash, PayPal is reliable, secured and a fast way to pay money online moreover i don’t have the money in CASH and I cant travel with such huge amount, I can only pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account because I can’t go around with such huge amount, if you don’t have an account with PayPal kindly go to http://www.paypal.com you will be instructed on how to create a new account and get back to me when that is done. . kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money to you now.
Best Regards

Wow you saved my butt thanks for posting this. I got the exact email from this guy. A carbon copy. I was just trying to sell my bike. But it kept getting weirder and weirder. He added a pay pal request for a western union and agent fee of 1500. I will be notifying pay pal. He does say that paypal will release the funds after his agent picks up the bike. . Once again thanks for posting this. I would have lost a bike and 1500. Does any body know where this guy lives. And who is this agent he uses… I am half tempted to say just have your agent come here and have my friend at the state patrol and sheriffs office arrest home. That way he can enjoy xmas in jail.

I got the same exact thing. But he said I am sending the money. The got an titled from paypal but the return address was wrong. The email also states that I needed to send western union to his shipping agent. Until then I thought he was local. I never agreed to any wire transfer so I told him for 1500 I would deliver it to the merest Ktm dealer and have him pick it up. Then he got more aggressive and said old get this done soon so I can give it to my kid by christmas. The funny thing was that if he had email. Then he could use western union on line. I contacted paypal. Cregs list. And since I am an officer in the army and this was done to me while on base. I contacted CID. Then went to the FBI and filed under the scam area against soldiers or their families. I also for another fake email saying if I did not send the 1500 to the agent the fbi would send my name and picture to the local police…. So I contacted them also. The return email also was not from paypal…and paypal as everybody know does not respond that fast. I would really like to thank who ever put up this website. I had a real bad feeling and googled him that led me here. I will add that this format is also being used under another name and email but the exact same word are being used. Thanks for putting the word out on this guy. I may not have lost 1500 or my bike, but this guy cost me a week of sells and other offers. So either way damage is done…. Be advised. I do not think he is really using paypal. I my case I never saw pending or any thing else, hold,,, nothing. So I think he is now but passing.g pay pal. And sending a fake paypal message.

This guy is still at it and now he is a rugby coach. Luckily I googled this guy and thanks to all these posts I know now what a scammer he is. I just knew things wern’t right about this guy.

Yes, I just received a email today James Diffy who wants to buy off Craigslist.. Really, Thank god for the internet I knew it was too good to b true!!

This guy just e-mailed me as well!!! I am sooo glad this website exists otherwise I would have fell right into this Scummy Scammer James Diffy, Diffy, or whatever the hell this guy wants to call himself next. What else can we do about this? I really like Bill’s idea. Great job Bill! Hopefully the FBI does something about it!! As for this scum of the Earth Diffy– Go get a real job where you dont have to try and scam good hearted people you gutless piece of trash!!!

Just got the exact same email…almost fell for it. He’s a rugby coach buying the truck I am advertising for sale on Ebay. Had a funny feeling so googled his name and this website came up…glad I did!!

Got the rugby coah email today. What a whack.

Well as of today, he is still at it. Thanks for your help.

I got the same email, im new to to this stuff but im not stupid. He tried this on me so I called paypal as to why they were holding the money till i paid western union 1500.00 for the transpost agent. paypal told me strait up that it was a scam because they don’t hold money till you pay western union because western union is a competitor and they wouldnt be helping them.

said he was a rugby coach to me too. That he was buying it for his son.@Amber

Just got the rugby coach letter trying to buy my Harley. Thanks to this thread I got tell him where he could put his PayPal transaction. He’s lucky I can’t find him. He’d be drawn and quartered.

Got an email from him as well. Told me he was a rugby coach and stationed out of state. Wanted to buy it for his son and use paypal. Glad I googled his name.

I got the rugby one too and just flagged it on CL. Don’t know if they follow thru and figure out the scam so they can change their policy.

OMG I almost sold him a motorcycle…….sent him an inactive paypal address…..and am showing copies of email to authorities!!!!!! I cannot believe I amost fell for it, thankfully he seemed fishy and i googled him!!! Thanks guys for this post, it just saved me 15K!!!!!

Just got an email from Diffy via CL wanting my computer offering shipped to his fiancé:

“Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of $100 because i want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would have paid by cash but not in state right now,
Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.”

Sounded very fishy. Luckily I googled.

Hope this guy gets caught soon. Thanks all for taking the time to post on this.

I just got the exact same emails…what a scamming piece of crap…here’s what he sent me:

Hi, how long have you been using it and what is your frim price ?
Diffy

HI,

Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of  $100 because i want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would have paid by cash but not in state right now,
Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.

Thanks

I told you earlier. I’m out of state, I’m offshore now, PayPal is reliable, secured and a fast way to pay money online moreover i don’t have the money in CASH and I’m not around now, I can only pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account because I can’t go around with such huge amount, if you don’t have an account with PayPal kindly go to http://www.paypal.com you will be instructed on how to create a new account and get back to me when that is done. . kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can pay you for the item now.
Best Regards

I gave him a hilarious, fake email and instantly got an official looking email (sent to my anonymous craigslist email handle) from PayPal, stating that Diffy has paid me the money.

I called him out for being retarded and stated I’m reporting him and whatnot…no response yet!

Same thing with me. diffjames11@gmail.com responded to an ad selling an antique desk. I also got similarly fishy, illiterate emails from bentonrose03@gmail.com and tingokarat@gmail.com.

I emailed him back and told him he was a scammer and I had reported him but he still replied, this time via diffjames6@gmail.com:

Hi There,
Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my son, but the issue is I’m not in state right now, I’m out of state for coaching program where i stationed for my rugby coaching. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.
Best Regards.

Was selling expensive bedroom set on Craigs List. Received email from diffjames6@gmail.com James Diffy about being a rugby coach and wanting to pay by paypal and have an agent pick up. Called paypal and they have no record of him or that email address. Thanks to the previous posts on here I knew to check with paypal first!

yup, as of today he is still trying.. several communications from him trying to buy a guitar from Craiglist.. glad i googled his email, first!

I just got an email from him too. Trying to sell my GTI on Craigslist and the fact that he offered to buy the car sight-unseen for my full asking price threw up a red flag. Glad I found this. I emailed him to call him out on it and he called everybody here a liar. What a moron.

Yup just got an offer on my jeep by him as well, posing as a rugby coach. Googled his name and it led me here thank god. Thanks for the posts guys saved me 9 grand. I hope he burns in hell

Another name Mc Pherson

I never would use electronic payment of any kind from craigslist but I googled his email anyways. I hope everyone googles it before they buy.

“Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of $100 because i want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would have paid by cash but not in state right now,

Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.

Thanks”

Same thing here guys.

“HI,

Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of $100 because i want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would have paid by cash but not in state right now,
Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.

Thanks”

I love when they say “kindly”. Nobody says that. If it wasn’t enough of a giveaway that he wanted to ship it without seeing it………..

-C

I was trying to sell a camera on Craigslist and here are the emails I received from him, it smelled like a scan and I didn’t proceed.

Email 1:
Hi, how long have you been using it and what is your frim price ?

Email 2:

HI,

Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of $100 because i want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would have paid by cash but not in state right now,
Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.

Thanks

Tried it on me again with selling my bike, what sounds too good to be true usually is.

Just got this today…2/17/2012

Hi There,

Thank you for getting back to me. sorry for the late response due to the nature of my work, Can you assure me that it’s in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my son, but the issue is I’m not in state right now, I’m out of state for coaching program where i stationed for my rugby coaching. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.

Best Regards.

Hey,

I got the same exact two emails cuz I called him out as well. What a jerk he is……..

Ya hes still at it (2-24-12) because he contacted me also and even though he wants me to send it through the postal service which then I could prove sending it but with reading all of this I dont think I should.
Unless we could some how use this against him some how, any ideas?

And watvh out because he also uses this email account also “timtimberry.berry@gmail.com”
This is the email I recieved from him/her, who ever it is.

HI,

Thanks for the quick response, can you assure me it’s in good
condition ?? ,I need you to understand that I am willing and ready to
purchase it right away, put it off the AD site, consider me as your
favorite buyer, i will include the shipping cost of $100 because i
want it shipped to my fiance via USPS (EMS) as a gift, get back to me
with your PayPal email address so i can send the money now. I would
have paid by cash but not in state right now,
Kindly send me your PayPal email address so i can send the money
immediately. i will pay via my VERIFIED PayPal account.

Thanks

Hey,
As of today (03 March, 2012) this guy is still at it, under the name D F James
I posted on craigslist Boston about selling a boat.
I have a similar story to all those above, even the illiterate wording is the same. To make it even more strange, we even had a g-chat conversation:

me: hey i got your e-mail

please give me a call
1:15 PM
D: hello jake
1:16 PM
I’m sorry i can’t makecalls
1:17 PM
me: ok, well when you can, I would like to talk to you. I haven’t received anything to my paypal account. Until we can talk this over I’m not comfortable making any deals or western union transfers
1:18 PM
D: I got the confirmation message from PayPal that the money i sent to you is on hold due to security and safety measure,

all you have to do is to go to Western Union with the $1,000 and send it to the agent, make sure you email PayPal the Western Union receipt so they can release the full funds to you and the pick up will be arranged. when will you get this done so i can email the agent to get ready for pick up ???
1:19 PM
me: i have no record of funds in my account. usually there is a pending status, but my account doesn’t show anything.
1:20 PM
im not going to send any money to the pick up agent. if you can’t arrange for someone to arrive with the money, I’m afraid that we don’t have a deal.

D: the money is held by PayPal and will be visible to you once you send the money to the agent
1:21 PM
me: what agent? I have no address or name. you will need to coordinate this with whomever you want to pick the boat up. when you do please get back in touch.
5 minutes
1:27 PM
me: Thanks for understanding.

D: Name : Lydia Flowers
Address : 23820 Southwest 132nd Avenue.
City : Homestead.
State : Florida.
Zip Code : 33032-2414.
Country : USA.

I hope this information will be helpful for anyone who is trying to get this bastard.

Thanks for putting up this site!

-Jake

I received an email from diffjames11@gmail.com so I assume it is the same person, just a different number on the end. Thanks for the heads up.

My boyfriend just received the exact same emails as you all have described here for a tractor he is selling. He used the email address djjames@gmail.com. We did file reports through the government, as well. What a shame that this guy is still engaging in this criminal behavior. Thankfully we are all smart enough people to realize that he’s a fake. Unfortunately, there are many unassumming individuals out there who wouldn’t think twice about sending money and/or personal information to this creep. Hopefully they will get him and he will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Many thanks for creating this site as I was instantly directed here upon googling.

Yep, just got this same email from this guy trying to buy a dump truck. What a scumbag!!

I have the same email conversations with this guy as most of you. I figured it was a scam from the beginning. I’ve been playing with him to see all of his moves. I asked him for a scanned image of his driver’s license for security purposes. He said I should trust him because he is a loyal citizen and a good Christian. I asked to see a picture of his family so he can prove that he’s a family man. I’m really disappointed that he has not written back in over 9 hours. I have plans for him.

He’s trying to get me right now – I’m trying to get as much info on him as possible so I can give it to the police – I wish there was a way that people could trace IP addresses (I know the government can). Then it would be easy to catch this guy. There must be a way…. I want to catch this scumbag so badly….. I would seriously get so much pleasure out of finding out his info and getting him arrested… Sucks that the internet is so unsafe these days… and it’s probably getting worse. There will be a whole department at police stations for it soon. These people need to be put in jail!

To his next victim – toy with him to get info… We need to catch this guy.

Same sad story here. Good luck catching him. I think he likes toying with everyone. Sad, sick individual. Is there anyway to work with craigslist to catch him?

I’ve just been contacted by this guy with the same old line. Wanted me to open pay-pal account. Just something about this guy wasn’t right. Feel sorry for anyone that got took buy this con artist..Pay-pal should clean up their web-site and not allow this guy on there anymore. Like to see the Sherrif take him away……

OMG Brad, he just did the same things to me this James Diffy guy ..He saw my ad for my 2005 outback for sale on craigs list and wants trying to scam me for 2200.00 to send to western union to pay for some fee of an Agent and I was like babahahhaa are you kidding me?? I don’t send money to get money you jerk…then I reported him to paypal and to our local police and shot him a email with the paypal and local police addy,just so he could see that I was serious about nailing HIM hahahahaa…do people think we are stupid???? hahhaa

From: “James Diffy” Add sender to ContactsTo: “karen akeo” Thank you for the message. I understand you and i want you to know that this money has been fully deducted from my account, both the item money and the shippers money, i made the payment altogether and this money is on pending status according to what PayPal sent to my email.you should have receive the confirmation message regarding the payment in your paypal email ,check the inbox , junk or spam folders for message from paypal regarding the transfer. PayPal made it clear to me in the confirmation message that was forwarded to me that you will have to look for a way of sending the added $2000 to the shipper address through western union and forward the proof of sending the money to them for verification, once they receive the proof that send the money, they will release the full funds to your paypal account immediately. i will like you to comply with their policy by sending the $2000 to the shipper through western union and forward the Western Union details to PayPal. I should have take care of this myself but due to the nature of my job, am at offshore now and there is no any Western Union office here to send the money. I have explain this to PayPal and also explain to you as well. So that is the reason why i couldn’t cover this by myself. And PayPal said since i have added the shipper money to the payment i made to your account. for some security reasons, you will have to send the added $2000 to the shipper and forward the proof of sending the money to them, such as the MTCN, and the scan copy of the issued receipt by western union. Once they receive this proof from you, they will contact me and release your money immediately, and also contact my shipper for the details so that they could cash the money and come to you for the pick up. So kindly try your best and look for the $2000 and send it to my shipper address given to you and forward the proof of sending the money to PayPal for verification. I am very sure that you will receive the full payment in your account same day.

Thank you for your understanding.

this is one of his many emails babahahhahaaa..JERK!!!!!

This is the FAKE PAYPAL message he sent to me

HOLDING PAYMENTS IN A PENDING BALANCE

Dear Karen Akeo,

PayPal is working to make it safer than ever to buy and sell on internet and one of the boldest steps is to identify transaction that pose the greatest risk of fraud and holding the payments from sellers for a period of time to help ensure that the transaction go smoothly.

Regarding your Transaction with James Diffy. We want you to be sure that you will get your money once you get to us with the necessary Western union details for verification, this is a safe transaction and all mails are being monitored by FBI so no need for you to panic and we will not released the MTCN number to the receiver until we get confirmation email from you that you have receive the full payment on your PayPal account.We are doing this to make sure that the shipper get his funds and also to make sure everything goes smoothly.

So therefore, all you have to do now is to proceed and send The Pick Up Agent Fees through Western Union Money Transfer to the agent address and make sure you contact us with the Necessary Western Union details so that we can verify it and then credit your account with the Full Funds as soon as possible. this transaction cannot be canceled neither the money can be returned to the buyer due to our new policy.

You are required to send the western union information as stated below.

1) Sender’s Name :
2) Sender’s Address :
3) Sender’s Country, State, City and postal Code :
4) MTCN (Transfer Control Number) :
5) Amount sent :

We assure you that this is a safe and approved transaction and your account will be credited immediately we verify the Western Union details. You can contact us anytime if you have any question(s) about this transaction. We want you to understand that the money payment can’t be reversed nor can it be canceled or split, so we assure you that you are 100% SECURED doing this transaction.

Once again be rest assured that you will have your Money and you can receive your money anywhere in the world .so we would like you to kindly proceed with the western union transfer and send the receipt or MTCN number to us, Once the Western Union Information is received from you for verification.

The money will show up in your account once the Western union details are received from you we want you to know that this is a safe transaction.

PayPal Team.

Heres the other FAKE PAYPAL message

Dear Karen Akeo,

This email notification confirmed that you have received an Instant payment of $14,700.00 USD from James Diffy via PayPal Payment Service.

View the “NOTE” of this pending transaction below

Seller Protection – Eligible

——————————————————————————–

Buyer
James Diffy

Note to seller
Kindly send the money to the agent so he can come for the pick up, Diffy.
Pick-Up Agent Address – Confirmed

Name : Joseph Flowers
Address : 23820 Sw 132nd Ave
City : Homestead
State : Florida
Zip Code : 33032-2414
Country : USA.

Money Transfer Method,
Western Union Money Transfer.

Description Unit price Qty Amount
2005 Keystone Outback 21RS $12,500 USD 1 $12,500 USD

Agent Fess
$2,000 USD

Extra Charges/Transaction Fess
$200 USD

Total $14,700 USD
Payment $14,700 USD

This is to notify you that the said amount has been successfully transferred by James Diffy and has been deducted from his PayPal account, which is ready to be credited into your account, been that this Payment has been subjected to be a Payment for an (Goods) purchased from you we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured also to verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.

The above sum has included the transport charges and taxes as we and the Transport Company quoted for the buyer (as per PayPal Policy). You will receive a Message from the PayPal Customer Verification Department Shortly informing you on how to send the shipping charges and taxes to the transport company with the above details as soon as possible.

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Sincerely,
PayPal
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From: “James Diffy” Add sender to ContactsTo: “karen akeo” I got your PayPal email address and i will send the money to you now, Kindly do me a favor, the shipper company charged me $2000 before they can send the Agent to you, i will also add the Agent fee to the payment now, i mean i will include the agent fees to your final price of the item, i will send $2000 to your PayPal account, and you will help me pay the agent when he come to you and pick up the item, please kindly do this for me, i will send the total amount of $14,500 to your PayPal account and you will just help me pay the agent when he come for the item.
Nice doing business with you.

Thanks

— On Fri, 3/9/12, spoof@paypal.com wrote:

From: spoof@paypal.com
Subject: RE: Fw: Re: ** Notification of an Instant Payment made by James Diffy ** (KMM8943803V74853L0KM)
To: “karen akeo”
Date: Friday, March 9, 2012, 1:34 AM

Hello karen akeo,

Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You’re right – it
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It seems James Diffy is at it again. Read on.
Hello I want to notify you that i just complete the payment into your account, $7000 meant for the Honda Trike and 2000$ meant for the pick up charges has been successfully deducted from my account i also include an extra charges of $200 meant for the Western union charges because i got a message from the shippers company that they only accept western union a method of payment, i just got a confirmation message that my account has been debited now and you should have received a notification message in you email box from PayPal as well, if not kindly check your mail inbox, spam and junk folders very well for the message from PayPal and the pick up agent. hope you get the agent name and address ??

kindly go to Western Union to and send the pick up fess to the name and address of the pick up agent as confirmed by PayPal, get back to me once you get this done so we can proceed with the sale.

Thanks and nice doing business with you.

The return email on this was Service@paypal.com.
This is to notify you that the said amount has been successfully transferred by James Diffy and has been deducted from his PayPal account, which is ready to be credited into your account, been that this Payment has been subjected to be a Payment for an (Goods) purchased from you we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured also to verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.

The above sum has included the transport charges and taxes as we and the Transport Company quoted for the buyer (as per PayPal Policy). You will receive a Message from the PayPal Customer Verification Department Shortly informing you on how to send the shipping charges and taxes to the transport company with the above details as soon as possible.

You may reply us back if you have any question concerning this payment and our customer representative will attend to you immediately.

NOTE : Please reply to this email. This mailbox is monitored and you will receive a response. For assistance, Kindly send any question(s) to us by replying to this message, we will not appreciate any calls for now due to this transaction is monitored on Email Verification Center only, you’ll receive a respond immediately.
Sincerely,
PayPal

This James Diffy needs to be stopped. He is going to make it difficult for honest buyers/sellers. I will be contacting PayPal, Craigslist to report this. Thanks to all who posted about this guy.

This James Diffy needs to be stopped. He is going to make it difficult for honest buyers/sellers. I will be contacting PayPal, Craigslist to report this. Thanks to all who posted about this guy.
ppvp2212@secureroot.com> is the email that was used to send the paypal messages to me. Did anyone else’s email look like this?

I notified James Diffy that he needed to contact PayPal as no money had hit my account. I have not received any more emails from him. Guess he realized I wasn’t as dumb as he thought. take that Spammers!LOL

OH Yeah, This guy is unbelievable, and still working his scam. I recieved his last e-mail and he actually called me the scammer, and he was going to rteport me to the FBI because I`m ripping him off. I had a truck on Craigslist for sale and he responded that he was in the Merchant Marines, and will be paying of course through PayPal. Of course I would need to wire the $900 shipping fee in advance to prepay. Once this had been cleared then , of course he would be crediting my account with my asking price, plus the $900 shipping, plus Western Union transfer fees, and all handling fees incurred.
RRRRIght. I`m gonna get right on that . Let me send you $900 bucks Western Union,when I`ve undergone a frontal lobotomy! I sent him an e-mail telling him I contacted the FBI Field Office in Miami and that they are well aware of him and the case is active. Of course this was not true, but maybe he will discontinue this scam.

Thank you is all I can say!

I think this is the same guy, diffjames11@gmail.com
First message was “I saw” etc.
Second message came from a different email address
djjjames1@gmail.com
Talked with Paypal, forwarded his emails
New name = D F James

Hey we have got the same along those terms letters, and i just got i assume a fake confo from paypal of payment for my car i am selling on craigslist.org and supposed extra for an agent to pick once i pay his western union transfer fees, shippg costs, etc

my question is, now he has my paypal email address can he go in there and muck around in there, take out funds, do further scam activ? and if they have our email address, do they have our home addresses too?

who knows maybe he is actually now reading this post, monitoring his name references.
we are at this phase now, the shipper/mover hasn’t shown, and the money in not yet in the paypal account, but if it goes in there, should i ignore it, create a new paypal account, how do we cut off this guy?

our sob story was that he is buying for his son, while he is abroad on a soccer coaching gig,,i guess we should have paused at that “soccer” during football season reference.

anyways i just told him that the deal is off, and he should contact paypal cos there is nothing from him in there, to whatever make believe tune of 4000 for the car we are selling on craigslist.org

He’s still at it! You would think he would be a little creative & not use the same exact emails???? Idiot.

Craigslist Scammer – Used Cars – Diffy B James diffjames6@gmail.com
If you have been scammed by this guy, you can take the following action: Go to http://www.FBI.gov, click on “contact us”, then click on the link to report internet crime. There is a group called the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) that appears to be the group gathering and organizing internet crime for the FBI…not sure if they are a separate group or part of the FBI.

I received a response email for a craigslist posting for the piano i am selling. this person bryan taylor said he will pay full price for the piano i posted however i notified him that price is negotiable. who would pay full price when i am willing to lower it as the seller.

after numerous emails from both bryan and I. he told me he will pay full price plus $800. He asked kindly if i would send $800 to Western Union under the name of Lydia Flowers . Western union will in turn give me a transaction number to send to paypal.

Name: Lydia Flowers
25268 SW 133rd Pl
City: Homestead,
State: Florida
Zip code:33032,
Country:United States

I was skeptical about this transaction and I will be canceling the deal. In addition, he will not provide me with his phone number because he said he will be out at sea for work. He claims he is an oceanographer. Believable, but not this time.

FYI, the shipping company he said he will be arranging is through DAS Dependable Automobile Shipper.

I posted the email above. Below are the emails he sent. I hope this message helps all who comes across this post.

Email 1
Hi,

Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good state and that i will not be disappointed with it.I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Son, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon. will like to see more pics.

I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.

Many Thanks

Email 2
I just contacted an Agent that will help me handle the pick up, I cannot come to pick it up due to the nature of my work, but the agent will help me get it to my house when all the payment has been made, I will need your home address so i can send it to the agent for pick-up after the payment has been cleared.

Can you assure me that it’s in good state and that i will not be disappointed with it.I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest. Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? the tiel will also be handle by the mover.

I need your contact home address :
more pics :
PayPal email address :
phone number :

Many Thanks

Email 3
I got your PayPal email address now and i will send the money to you now, Kindly do me a favor, the shipper company charged me $800 before they can send the Agent to you, i will also add the Agent fee to the payment now, i mean i will include the agent fees to your final price of the item, i will send $800 to your PayPal account, and you will help me pay the agent when he come to you and pick up the item , please kindly do this for me, i will send the total amount of $2,200 to your PayPal account and you will just help me pay the agent when he come for the item.
Nice doing business with you.

Thanks

Email 4 – Subject – “PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE”
Hello I want to notify you that i just complete the payment into your account, $1,400 meant for the Acrosonic Baldwin Piano and $800 meant for the pick up charges has been successfully deducted from my account i also include an extra charges of $100 meant for the Western union charges because i got an message from the shippers company that they only accept western union a method of payment, i just got a confirmation message that my account has been debited now and you should have received a notification message in you email box from PayPal as well, if not kindly check your mail inbox, spam and junk folders very well for the message from PayPal and the pick up agent. hope you get the agent name and address ??

kindly go to Western Union to and send the pick up fess to the name and address of the pick up agent as confirmed by PayPal, get back to me once you get this done so we can proceed with the sale.

Thanks and nice doing business with you.

—

By the way, this message is almost word for word when compared to original message posted.
Best of luck to all honest craigslist buyers and seller.

these are the emails he used

bryantaylor002@gmail.com – initial and contact emails

pp1256_verifiedcenter@secureroot.com – phony paypal verification email

das_shippingagent@consultant.com – fake shipping company

I was just sent the same type of emails from this guy when he tried to buy my horse trailer and I was sent the same fake paypal emails and then told to go to western union to send $2000 for the shipping company to come pick up my stuff. Thankfully I did not send my address because it sounded a littel “fishy?” and I havent gotten anything else back yet. But I wonder if I should be worried that he has my email address?

I got the samr emails word for word from this guy, and he wont answer any questions at all about himself and his location and he has no PayPal account that I can verify and yes hes full of bull

Thank you for posting this! We just got an offer from this guy on our SUV, and my head was spinning with how quickly “he” seemed to be rolling with this. My biggest tip-off was that “he” never seemed to read what I wrote…just responded as though I told him what he wanted to hear. THANK YOU AGAIN! Email addy used: djjjames1@gmail.com.

Oh, and I even received an “official” email from an AutoShipper company. Scumbaq.

he is going to hell

It’s sad that people are being bilked for so much money. He tried me, but I caught on. I played with him for a few day and them got tired of waisting my time with the crook. My last emial to him was……. “From my first email I knew that you were conducting fraudulent and illegal transactions. We notified Paypal several days ago and they are aware of your crime. You are breaking the law! You are a very dishonest individual and should be punished for your actions. You have cheated and defrauded allot of people from their money. Is is sickening to watch your behaior. I have notified law enforcement people in our local area.”

I just got almost the same emails as above from the same email address djjjames1@gmail.com All I can say is most gmail accounts are just that scams! And never sell something on craigslist without out meeting the person and cash transactions!!! What a creep!

This guy used two emails:

smithjohnson308@gmail.com

D F James djjjames1@gmail.com

Apr 1 (5 days ago)

to me
Hi There,

Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good
condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to
pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my
son, but the issue is I’m not in state right now, I’m out of state for
coaching program where i stationed for my rugby coaching. But I’m able
to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only
quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal
anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i
will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction
and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe
and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can
make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come
for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary
paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email
address so i can send the money now.

Best Regards.

I received the same scammers email for my Motorcycle I listed on Craigs list…

@GINGER
I just received the same email on my motorcycle….

I just received the same email from him for my tent trailer – $11,500 he was going to pay — so glad I googled his name. Something didn’t seem quite right. Will report him tonight.

All the stories here all the same, wow, this guy is scum.. So I received this from the scammer a few days ago regarding a craiglist ad I did for my husband over the weekend.

DF James

I saw your advert on Craigslist, how long have you been using this ? and let me know your firm price Thanks

My husband then replied back basically asking him what his firm price was & this is what he sent back:

D F James

Hi There,

Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good
condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to
pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my
son, but the issue is I’m not in state right now, I’m out of state for
coaching program where i stationed for my rugby coaching. But I’m able
to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only
quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal
anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i
will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction
and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe
and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can
make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come
for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary
paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email
address so i can send the money now.

Best Regards.

–
I want to know your firm price before i make any offer.

OK so that’s when my husband had me take a look at the email and it took me only a second to see it was a scam, then a quick google search of his email, confirmed everything.. Needless to say I tore him up when I replied back!! Hope they catch the SOB…

I also received the following email and became suspicious, not figuring out how a PayPal transaction could go bad. Thanks for all the posts – saved me some serious aggravation.

“Hi There,

Thank you for getting back to me. Can you assure me that it’s in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it. I’m ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my son, but the issue is I’m not in state right now, I’m out of state for coaching program where i stationed for my rugby coaching. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will take care of very necessary paper for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
I need the address where the agent will meet you and your PayPal email address so i can send the money now.

Then this email from him:
‘I got your PayPal email address and i will send the money to you now, Kindly do me a favor, the shipper company charged me $1000 before they can send the Agent to you, i will also add the Agent fee to the payment now, i mean i will include the agent fees to your final price of the item, i will send $1000 to your PayPal account, and you will help me pay the agent when he come to you and pick up the item, please kindly do this for me, i will send the total amount of $4,500 to your PayPal account and you will just help me pay the agent when he come for the item. Nice doing business with you.

And lastly from his ‘shipper’:
‘Hello,

This message is originated from Autoshippers.

We received a message from our client James Diffy concerning the Item or Goods he’s buying from you, our client cannot come for it himself due to the nature of his work.
Our service is to serve our client/customer maximum protection and shipping of their cars,trucks,bike,boats etc.this is the reason you’re receiving this message.
We will be sending an Agent from our company to you,the Agent will help our client get the “ITEM PURCHASED” he’s buying from you to it’s destination.

Below are the agent information :
Name : Nefertiti Flowers
Address : 24275 SW 120th Ave
City : homestead
State : Florida
Zip Code : 33032-4305
Country : USA
You can also mail us back if you have any question about this message and our customer representative will attends to you.

‘

Got one on a motorcycle! Diffy!!!!

I got the email too. I knew it was bogus from the get go, so I decided to play along. I figured I would at least waste his time to get even for his waste of mine. My recommendation- don’t give ANY information- not valid paypal info, ph, address, nothing. Just give fake stuff and act super excited about the deal. It worked until I gave a fake Western Union confirmation number. He said it wasn’t coming through and asked for a receipt of what I sent. I got a receipt off Google images and filled it out- addressed to him for 6 million dollars (and some other, uh, friendly notes on it to give him a little gotcha feel.)

BTW that homestead, fl address is for All Dade Door company. I don’t know if they are being used and have no clue about the whole scam or if they’re part of it. But I called the phone number (305-257-2700) and left a message to let them know, and that the FBI has been contacted. If you want to play along, give them a call!