I'm suspecting a fraudulent buyer!!!

Jarren

Hi all

I sold my first item on ebay so happy days:) but something set my alarm bells ringing.
Link to my ad - http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230631606183&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSA:IE:1123#ht_500wt_1156

Basically the item was bought by someone with no feedback and only registered
his account today. The problem I have with the buyer that he contacted me via
email stating that he wanted to have the phone sent to Nigeria!!!

Copy of the email below:

Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information. Learn more

Hello seller,

It's my pleasure to inform you that your item i bought off ebay has been paid for by the paypal...... the payment has been made including the shipment cost to my son's address because i want this to be sent to my son in Nigeria under the below address...

NAME.............OLAMIDE GBOYEGA
ADDRESS........9,AXION PLAZA
AGEGE
LAGOS STATE
NIGERIA
23401

Please as soon the payment has been sent to from the paypal, i will like you to get the item ship as soon as possible and get to me so i can know what to do about this....Many Thanks and God bless,

Regards



Now

The other thing

I got confirmation from PayPal that he paid for the item however:

Both emails ,from buyer and Paypal ended up in my Gmail spam box

Copy of the email from Paypal




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Dear ........................


You have been sent a paypal® payment of EUR 550,00 for an ebay item(#230631606183) from one of our member,Mrs Kolsare Wakle (kolsare_wakle@yahoo.co.uk) for a recent item purchased from you...
Payment Details
Seller's User ID: jarren1976
Seller Email: ............................
Amount: EUR 500,00
Shipping & Handling: EUR 40,00
Insurance: EUR 10,00
Total Amount: EUR 550,00

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For security purposes, you may want to email the Buyer and receive confirmation of the buyer's shipping address before you send your item.

Money paid Details:

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Payment charged from credit card of Number:
Payment Type: Mastercard
Name on Card: Kolsare Wakle
CardNumber: 5491*******67212
Expiry Date mm/yy 09/14
*******************************************************************
Item Information:
Item #: 230631606183

ItemTitle: Google Nexus S Pearl White

Item Quantity: 1

Item Unit Value: EUR 550,00

eBay User ID: jarren1976

Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=(230631606183)

End Date: 07 Jun, 201109:03:16 BST

Shipping Method: ANPOST International Signfor(Delivery Abroad).

Below Is The Confirmed Shipping Information As Shown In The Payment Credit Card.


Shipping Information:

OLAMIDE GBOYEGA
9,AXION PLAZA
AGEGE
LAGOS STATE
NIGERIA
23401

Confirmed



This Pay Pal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but due to concerns we have for the safety of ebay community we have decided to place your fund pending as much complaint received from our custormers about some sellers who refused to post an item after they have received clear funds in their account, this gives us concern. Hence,

The funds has been removed from the buyer's account which will be credited into your account as soon as we receive the shipment TRACKING NUMBER . To complete this transaction, get back to us with the shipment tracking number so that we can verify that the item has been shipped and transfer the funds deducted from the buyer's paypal account to your account.

Mail the tracking number to our customers care department at sellers_online_trackings@consultant.com
Make sure the shipment tracking number is mailed to us ONLY and NOT the buyer.

Shipment TRACKING NUMBER is the number given to you at the point of posting, quote this number and send this to our custormer service at sellers_online_trackings@consultant.com


Important Notice:
Due to concerns we have for the safety of the eBay community we have decided to place your fund pending as much complaint gotten from our customers about some sellers who refused to post an item after they have received clear funds in their account,this gives us concern.
However,The funds deducted from the buyer's account will be Credited into your account once the shipment has been verified. This action taken in order to protect both seller and buyer and for the security measure, interest to reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities. You can consult our customer care service for any further assistace regarding this at:sellers_online_trackings@consultant.com

Sincerely,

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Am I right to suspect the fraud:( ?
thank you all

pokerface_me

Sounds very dodgy alright. I'd check with paypal and see if you have indeed been paid and i'm not sure what else you can do, maybe check with ebay but they are not very helpful anytime i've dealt with them.

hollypink

Looks like a scam alright - dodgy spelling and grammar in the email supposedly from paypal.

we have decided to place your fund pending as much complaint received from our custormers about some sellers who refused to post an item after they have received clear funds in their account, this gives us concern. Hence,

I googled the dodgy email address sellers_online_trackings@consultant.com and found this http://forums.hexus.net/general-discussion/187385-desperate-attemps-ebay.html

after a few hours I got a faked paypal payment confirmation from the following address:
sellers_online_trackings@consultant.com

(I reported this to ebay and paypal too)

Jarren

I just did that and the money is not in my Paypal account:(
I forwarded the email to spoof@paypal.com
Let's see what they going to say about that:)

godtabh

if it looks like spam, smells like spam then it probably is spam.

check your pay pal account but remember the account used to transfer funds could have been hacked.

Jarren

An update

Just received the email from Paypal

spoof@paypal.com to me
show details 4:26 PM (0 minutes ago)
Hello ......

Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You're right - it
was a phishing attempt, and we're working on stopping the fraud. By
reporting the problem, you've made a difference!

Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other
personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn
more about online safety, click "Security Center" on any PayPal webpage.


Every email counts. When you forward suspicious-looking emails to
spoof@paypal.com, you help keep yourself and others safe from identity
theft.

Your account security is very important to us, so we appreciate your
extra effort.

Thanks,

PayPal


This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Ince, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.à
r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118


Looks like I will have to contact Ebay now:( so I could relist my item again
thank you all:)

BengaLover

Supposed spoof warnings from paypal can also be spoofs too.
Just make sure NEVER to click a link within an email from paypal.
Whatever notification they send you will also show up on your paypal account, so log in there instead to double check.

Big Lar

The Spoofers are Spoofing ?

BengaLover

No, the spoofers send out emails that look like paypal is emailing you to warn you about a spoof..:p

Explosive_Cornflake

A good thing to do in gmail is to see where the message cam from.
If you have a message opne in gmail, press the down arrow to the right of reply and select "Show Original"
Taking for instance an email I got from boards last night.

Delivered-To: <deleted text>@gmail.com
Received: by 10.204.101.79 with SMTP id b15cs88047bko;
        Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:03:08 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.216.237.224 with SMTP id y74mr4179021weq.73.1307487788265;
        Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:03:08 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <no-reply@boards.ie>
Received: from[COLOR="Red"] mx-out.boards.ie[/COLOR] (c[COLOR="Red"]ookie.boards.ie [/COLOR][89.234.66.109])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTP id x58si9898580wec.61.2011.06.07.16.03.07;
        Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:03:08 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass ([COLOR="Red"]google.com: domain of no-reply@boards.ie designates 89.234.66.109 as permitted sender[/COLOR]) client-ip=89.234.66.109;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass ([COLOR="Red"]google.com: domain of no-reply@boards.ie[/COLOR] designates 89.234.66.109 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=no-reply@boards.ie
Received: by mx-out.boards.ie (Postfix, from userid 80)
	id CCA012F7038; Wed,  8 Jun 2011 00:03:07 +0100 (IST)
To: <deleted text>@gmail.com
Subject: "Ras Dhun na nGall" update
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Date: Wed,  8 Jun 2011 00:03:07 +0100 (IST)

Dear Explosive_Cornflake,

You are following the thread "Ras Dhun na nGall" by nomadic, there have been 5 post(s) to this thread, the last poster was tawfeeredux.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056283448&utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digestthread

Following the highlighted bits I can see the email came from boards so I don't have to worry about it.

Out of interest can you show this part of the email from the phising email you got from paypal?

bryaner

When you put it back up make sure to exclude countries like Nigeria etc from your shipping list.

Jarren

OP here

I had postage only set to EU but that guy claimed initially to be from UK

On the side note I received this email from Ebay support yesterday




MC098 FIB NOTICE: Suspicious Bidder Alert - item #





Dear ........

Our records show that member kolsare_wtiw recently won one of your items. We'd like to let you know that eBay has cancelled all this member's bids due to issues relating to their account.

As the buyer is no longer a registered user, you are no longer obliged to complete the sale. We recommend that you don't post the item or respond to further emails from the buyer.

If someone asks you to continue with the sale outside of the eBay platform, we strongly recommend you ignore the request. Transactions completed outside of eBay aren't protected by our Feedback system.

In some cases, sellers have reported receiving an email indicating that they have received payment by PayPal, but in fact this is a fake message. We recommend logging into your PayPal account to confirm that payment was actually received. For more information on spoof messages, please go to:

http://pages.ebay.ie/help/account/reporting-spoof.html

Here's what you should do now:

If you have already posted the item, we suggest you take steps to confirm the payment went through and try to stop postage:

1) Check whether the payment went through
2) Stop postage if possible
3) File an Unpaid Item dispute to get a Final Value Fee credit

- Check whether the payment went through

If the buyer already sent payment, we recommend you contact the company that was used to send/receive payment to verify whether or not the funds have cleared. If you find that the payment funds are fraudulent, contact your local police as soon as possible. Retain any emails you exchanged with the buyer as the police may need them in order to investigate further. eBay will gladly help the police with their investigations if needed.

- Stop postage if possible

The postal carrier may be able to stop the delivery. Check their website or return to the post office for further information.

If you sent your package via An Post, you may be able to file a mail fraud complaint. For more information, copy this link into a new browser window:

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost

- File an Unpaid Item dispute to get a Final Value Fee credit

If you didn't receive payment for this item, please file an Unpaid Item dispute in My eBay. When the dispute is processed successfully, your buyer will receive an Unpaid Item strike and you'll receive a Final Value Fee credit.

For more detailed information on Unpaid Item disputes, please copy this link into a new browser window:

http://pages.ebay.ie/help/tp/unpaid-item-process.html

For additional information about buying and selling safely on eBay, please visit our Safety Centre by copying this link into a new browser window:

http://pages.ebay.ie/safetycentre

As always, our goal is to keep eBay a safe and reputable place to buy and sell. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.


Regards,

eBay Trust and Safety


H18979



Thanks again folks
Much appreciated:)

bryaner

Be very careful selling expensive phones over e-bay, I've seen many posts on here where sellers had buyers saying (lying)that all they received was an empty box, paypal always seem to side with the buyer.

RachaelVO

OP it's total horse sh1t!

Don't send the phone, tell ebay, make an official report, they'll refund your fees, and alert paypal. Send any of the details your received to spoof@paypal.com they'll get back to your quiet quickly.

It's a 419 Scam. Has it written all over it!

bryaner

RachaelVO wrote: »

OP it's total horse sh1t!

Don't send the phone, tell ebay, make an official report, they'll refund your fees, and alert paypal. Send any of the details your received to spoof@paypal.com they'll get back to your quiet quickly.

It's a 419 Scam. Has it written all over it!

Ehh I think the OP is well aware that its a scam..

RachaelVO

Ah, I see you did all that (should have read more of the thread )

Seems like your learning as you go!

RachaelVO

bryaner wrote: »

Ehh I think the OP is well aware that its a scam..

Copped it before you had the generosity to let me know

bryaner

RachaelVO wrote: »

Copped it before you had the generosity to let me know

No bodge, I've been trigger happy before myself..

RachaelVO

bryaner wrote: »

No bodge, I've been trigger happy before myself..

The only redeeming thing is, is that I was being helpful(ish)

Ah sure, it you can't jump the gun and make an eejit outta yourself every once in a while, what'd be the point?

bryaner

RachaelVO wrote: »

The only redeeming thing is, is that I was being helpful(ish)

Ah sure, it you can't jump the gun and make an eejit outta yourself every once in a while, what'd be the point?

Lol