new to selling on ebay

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right i started selling on ebay there a few days ago and allready people are trying to scam me out of my money

the Nigerians are at it again

is selling on ebay all ways going to be liked this
getting emails by scammers

this what one fella said

HELLO SELLER, I WILL LIKE TO BUY THIS ITEM AND WILL WANT YOU TO SHIP IT TO AFRICA AND I WILL BE PAYING THROUGH PAYPAL SO MAIL ME THE TOTAL COST OF THE ITEM AND SHIPMENT COST THROUGH ONLY THROUGH DHL MAIL THE COST TO ME I WILL PAY.GET BACK TO ME SOON. THANKS

my god do they have a life

Mitch Connor

whats the problem? africans not allowed to bid?

What's the problem? It seems to me he's saying he will pay through Paypal like anyone else? Why assume he is a scammer?

vorbis

they pay through paypal, you ship the item, they then claim that it never arrived and get paypal to refund them the money. Voila you now have no money and no item!

vorbis

vorbis wrote:

they pay through paypal, you ship the item, they then claim that it never arrived and get paypal to refund them the money. Voila you now have no money and no item!

But can't anyone do that?

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vorbis wrote:

they pay through paypal, you ship the item, they then claim that it never arrived and get paypal to refund them the money. Voila you now have no money and no item!

bingo correct

they moved on from paying you in excess the thing your selling now using paypal to rip people off

can ebay not do anything

Mitch Connor

if you force them to pay for postage insurance and get a proof of postage surely they can not do anything and any money they try and claim back would be paid through insurance.

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Deleted User wrote:

But can't anyone do that?

yes but the nigerian fella had no feedback at all and only sighned up today

and the nigerians are always trying to rip people off

this is my second email from them

{(-_-)}HeadShoT**

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

yes but the nigerian fella had no feedback at all and only sighned up today

and the nigerians are always trying to rip people off

this is my second email from them

Ok fair enough. Sounds a bit prejudice to me but you can't be too careful on ebay. Is this your PSP you're selling?

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Tauren wrote:

if you force them to pay for postage insurance and get a proof of postage surely they can not do anything and any money they try and claim back would be paid through insurance.

it might work but im not going to chance it

just need to sell this psp

other wise i wouldnt be a seller on ebay

Hobbes

Tell him you will send escrow.

Webmonkey

I don't care what people say but its them Nigerians are ****ers, they baught 5 laptops off me with stolen credit cards. Were shipped to england, credit cards bounced what not, banks would not do ****. Out 10k

Headshot

your right Aristotle its my psp im selling

just really need the money

any body got suggestions how ill sell it for 425 euro

Headshot

Webmonkey wrote:

I don't care what people say but its them Nigerians are ****ers, they baught 5 laptops off me with stolen credit cards. Were shipped to england, credit cards bounced what not, banks would not do ****. Out 10000 grand.

:eek: sh'it

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this was the first email i got
How are you and your family?...and how is business doing?hope good.I am intrested in the
immediate purchase of your item for my fiancee, who is currently in Ibadan Nigeria and will be paying the sum 580.00 EUR including shippment via Royalmail special delivery ,Or Ups...which i considered to be safe and secured. i will be paying you for this deal to be concluded very fast through my paypal account and as soon as payment is made ...I want you to ship out the item to my fiancee in Ibadan Nigeria....
So please let me have your paypal email address...as required for payment..

this fella is not registered ebayer any more :rolleyes:

fair bad

the_syco

Webmonkey wrote:

I don't care what people say but its them Nigerians are ****ers, they baught 5 laptops off me with stolen credit cards. Were shipped to england, credit cards bounced what not, banks would not do ****. Out 10k

Do ye not have an address, that you can give to the Gardai, for fruad investigation?

Webmonkey

Private investigators were hired. It was a nigerian mafia. No luck on tracking them down

Linoge

Webmonkey wrote:

Private investigators were hired. It was a nigerian mafia. No luck on tracking them down

lol

the_syco wrote:

Do ye not have an address, that you can give to the Gardai, for fruad investigation?

Yeh. eBay deals with fraud, then they contact the gardai if neccessary.

samo

just on the paypal chargeback thing....I had someone that never sent an item (was only a small amount for a dvd) and I did a paypal chargeback...paypal found in my favour but said that there were no funds in the sellers paypal account so tough!

It probably does seem a little dodgy especially if the buyer in the OP's case only registered today but if you clear the paypal funds out and then send are you not a little more protected from the risk of a chargeback...

EDIT/ Just read the 1st email sent by the Nigerian fiancee....seems majorly dodgy and best avoided

Interceptor

I always paste a paragraph of conditions and if the item is likely to attract weirdos I put the line "Bidders must have >5 trades and 100% positive feedback" I restrict the sale to Eu and only accept Paypal. Ebay isn't for everyone or everything - if you are so worried, why not just sell it locally - whats wrong with the Buy&Sell? And as for Nigerians, you can get scammed selling apples to Kilkennymen - always be careful.

'c

vibe666

just put in a note saying approved bidders only, or something along the lines of anyone with less than 10 positive feedback needs to conact you before bidding.

only ship to europe, etc etc.

look at what other people are doing to combat this and do the same.

Headshot

lads i got another one lol

and i put on my add i wont ship to africa but still

HELLO SELLER, I SAW YOUR ITEM ON THE AUCTION SITE AND I WANNA ASK IF U CAN SHIP TO NIGERIA AND ALSO TO TELL U THAT I CAN ONLY PAY THROUGH WESTERN UNION BIDPAY ACCOUNT B/COS IT'S THE SAFER AND FASTEST WAY FOR ME TO PAY FOR AN ONLINE AUNCTION,PLS DO MAIL ME ALL UR NECESSARY INFORMATION SUCH AS NAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER, IF U ACCEPT THIS TYPE OF PAYMENT,AND ALSO DO TELL ME THE EXACT AMOUNT OF THIS ITEM INCLUDING SHIPPING AMOUNT WITH FEDEX. KIDLY REPLY ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.THANKS AND GOD BLESS

god bless my whole :mad:

****ing bastard

bs217

I got a similar email today ... here's a link to an earlier post.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3276975#post3276975

What do you think? I have a bad gut feeling about it...

WellyJ

On a seperate EBAY note,

I bought an item recently which came to 3 English pounds.

Postage to "United Kingdom" was deemed 9 pounds,

I assumed this would be the cost for me, but the seller quotes THIRY FIVE pounds for shipping to Ireland!!

This is far too much to bother with the item to be fair...

So i contact the seller to say i will pay for the item no problem, but not the shipping, and therefore they can just relist the item. So basically they are making an extra 3 pounds on the item once they sell it again.

HOWEVER,

They reply saying that they wont do this and to pay up in the next ten days.

Surely they must be taking a fair slice of this ridiculous 35 Pounds shipping for themselves?

Otherwise why not accept my compromise?

WellyJ

SirLemonhead

What's the item?

I'm guessing for 3 quid that it can't be too big?

WellyJ

Its a toy space ship set that i used to have the twin of as a kid,

wanted to get it for my young nephew, Its from the 80's so thats why the price is so low, it is pretty big and im guessing shipping would be expensive.

But not 35 pounds expensive

thesteve

On the note of this topic, Paypal cannot take the money out of your account if the buyer claims it was not received, if the buyer didn't opt for postal insurance then its his tough sh!t, if he did then the money has to be claimed back from the postal service...

On the note of the shipping, if you did not request a quote first before winning the auction then I'm afraid there's nothing you can do. Don't pay, all he can do is give you a bad feedback and report you as not completing the transaction, ebay will do nothing unless you do this frequently...

jamiecake

I work for eBay you can send this in via the web portals, and submit it to the guys in Fraud, they will happily suspend his ass!!