I also got a scam email when selling a bike on CL earlier this week.
First email was from "Don Duke" email
DrEricThomas@---.com
Second email was from "Donald Duke" (seriously? how obvious is that ) email
Donaldduke@---.com
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy it now as a gift
for my brother,I am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and
due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of
website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert
and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise
for my brother so i wont let him know anything about it until
it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with
it. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank
account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my
paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you
to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the
payments asap for it and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it
is very easy to set up, go to
www.paypal.com and get it set up, after
you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for
registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick
up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payments.
LOL you are going to have to try much harder than that. Idiot.