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Paypal scams ?

dave1982 · 2010-06-23 12:58:15

I'm selling a psp on cork gumtree for 100 euro.Some has contacted by email asking about it being posted to africa.I said fine but shipping will cost money to you.She said fine now there is 200GBP pending in my paypal account on receipt of a postage tracking number it will be credited in to my account,I'm very slow to…

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I'm selling a psp on cork gumtree for 100 euro.Some has contacted by email asking about it being posted to africa.I said fine but shipping will cost money to you.She said fine now there is 200GBP pending in my paypal account on receipt of a postage tracking number it will be credited in to my account,I'm very slow to proceed any further now as this screams scam.Not sure how you guys ever hear of this?

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#2 23-06-2010 1:00pm

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Sounds like they'll get the item, ask for a refund on the extra, you send them the money and then the paypal transfer gets cancelled altogether

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#3 23-06-2010 1:14pm

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Thanks its sounds dodgy will stop the sale so i think
Thanks

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#4 23-06-2010 1:25pm

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Stolen Paypal/CC to make the payment. They can also try to claim no receipt if you would not use the likes of DHL (An Post tracking is useless).

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#5 23-06-2010 1:34pm

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Definite scam.

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#6 23-06-2010 4:14pm

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scam...never send anything to africa..its always the same with gumtree your better off tryin adverts much better.

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