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eBay Scam

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GhostOfDixie

Player Valuation: £70m
Hi,

Need some advice. Selling a phone on eBay starting at £150. 3 days to go and I get this message:

I'M INTERESTED IN BUYING THIS PHONE FOR MY FIANCE AS A GIFT TO HIM I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BID ON THIS ITEM, I'M JUST BEEN CONCIOUS OF TIME BECAUSE I'LL BE OFF TO MY WORK. AS A MARINE ENGINEER, WE USUALLY GO FOR HOLIDAYS IN EVERY 2WEEKS AND I HAVE LESS THAN 2 DAYS BEFORE LEAVING BACK TO MY WORK SO IF THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 24 HOURS, I'LL NOT BE AROUND TO REPLY TO YOUR MAILS SO THEREFORE I'M WILLING TO PAY £350.00 GBP FOR THIS ITEM INCLUDING THE SHIPPING COST. I WILL ALSO PAY THE VAT . PLS NOTE: I AM PAYING THIS AMOUNT BECAUSE,1. I WANT TO BUY IT OUTRIGHTLY AND 2. BECAUSE I HAVE JUST FEW DAYS TO LEAVE HERE TO RESUME WORK ON SEA AND ALSO DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO ON SHOPPING PHYSICALLY. I AM PAYING THROUGH MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND I AM READY TO PAY HE 4% PAYPAL CHARGES. AS WELL.
SO PLS , SEND ME YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT EMAIL ADDRESS. SO AS TO HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT CREDITED, AND I WILL LIKE YOU TO END THE AUCTION IF WE ARE HAVING A DEAL.
THANKS.


It sounds dodgy. I replied to try and catch the person out and got this message:

hello seller please not because of the money im just
busy i surppose to to the shop tomorrow because i will
busy that is why im paying that ammount please dont
bother of the money i will pay the ammount through
paypal you can just send you paypal emaill account to
my own payl email account too so that i can go ahead
with the apyment which is dkma1@yahoo.com please do
this as soon as possible thanks and hope to hear from
you soon.


To me it just looks dodgy and that I shouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
 
I agree. Why would somebody fork out an extra 200 quid for something, I assume, is readily available.

IMO, I wouldn't touch it with chico's barge pole ;)
 
Been on MSE site and they reckon its the 419 Nigeria scam. I may have some fun with guy. Apparently is from New Jersey. May see what he knows about his/her town.

:)
 

Dont send nothing until you have the funds in your paypal.

thats the one, i got hit by a scammer recently, and i got ebay and paypal involved - that ip address doesnt trade no more.

unfortunately it means jumping through hoops on ebay now, classing the bid as void, messing with fees, relists, and loads of reading on very unhelpful ebay 'help' pages.
 
i have had funds in my paypal before.. and then it got put on hold and then withdrawn.. and the item had already been posted

this is because the other persons account had been used fraudulantly... and i never got a penny back, luckily it was only bout 40 quid

and if im guessing right... this fella, when he gets ur paypal email address will send you a confirmation email looking like one from paypal... and on the email it will ask u 2 log in to accept the money..

u click the link.. which is actually a fake link but looks the same as paypal and then submit ur login details and it says, money transferred etc..

but in reality... he has ur login details, u have no money and u will soon b screwed over !
 
Well obviously the only Nigerian I'm going to let screw me over is Yakubu, but he better score big time or its curtains.
 
classic rule

dont follow links to paypals login page. never ever ever.

i got a fake ebay and paypal page, it looked ok at first, but further inspection showed the person that put it together didnt know how to punctuate and space their words accordingly.

dear god, if you arent busy this evening please provide all ebay scammers with a fatal disease. amen.
 

u will prob also notice that ur feedback number comes back with a red cross on the email.. or not their at all..

look for the signs my man !!
 
Bit patronising.

u are starting to get up my [Poor language removed] nose ghost !!!

that was not patronising at all.. i was having a laugh with the fella !!!

he hasnt had an email from paypal yet, i was just advising ..

if u dont have anything constructive to say, i advise u keep your opinions to yourself
 

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