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very suspicious: ebay

  • 31-08-2005 7:38pm
    #1
    MB44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭


    Just sold an item on ebay and received this email from the buyer, I am very very suspicious but she is offering to pay first. Anyone have any suggestions?


    "I'm relatively new to Ebay as you can see,I have never bought anything on
    this site. I heard its very convinient and easy thats why i'm trying it
    now.This item is going to my Husband......... which is currenttly in Ibadan
    nigeria for a project, I will be paying you....... for this deal to be
    conclude very fast with my PAYPAL account and you will receive your payment
    confirmation immediately .I would have love to send the item to Nigeria
    myself but i'm not presently in uk. I scout for young players and i'm
    presently in south america, Brazil to be precise. Please let me have the
    total cost of the item... SHIPPMENT INCLUDED VIA REGIASTERED Royal mail
    postage,Dhl or UPS which I found to be more secured and efficient. please
    back to me with your paypal email address and the total amount including
    shipping fee to Nigeria....as required for the payment.Do get back to me as
    soon as possible.
    Best regard.betty"


Comments

  • #2
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    iirc there was something about dodgy ebay sellers from Nigeria posted here a while back.


  • #3
    billstraighten
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭billstraighten


    do not ship there its a scam search for a mobile fone and the amount of buyers that will not ship specifically to nigeria

    they can also fake the western union forms so do not ship to nigeria


  • #4
    MB44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭MB44


    pisses me off because now i have to relist the item for another €7. thanks though


  • #5
    Gone West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    Read the stickie at the top of this forum about ways to avoid ebay scams.
    A forum regular/seller posted his experiences with selling to a man, who also happened to be from Nigeria. It turned out to be a scam. Theres a list of things you should look out for in the posts included. One of them is when the buyer/seller includes *way* too many personal details and tangents off topic. This is a common attempt to disguise the oddities in the transaction. Hardly anyone falls for these any more. This seems to be the case in your account.
    Why not report it to ebay as 'suspicious' If it is a scam (I'd bet my house it is) they'll sort it out.


  • #6
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    MB44 wrote:
    pisses me off because now i have to relist the item for another €7. thanks though

    File a non-paying bidder alert and they'll refund your listing fee and/or relist the item for free


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  • #7
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Sounds suspicious alright. Why all the crap about different countries, why not just ask for the quote to nigeria.
    But I cannot see how it is a scam, she is willing to pay via paypal before it is shipped with registered mail.

    What scam can she pull, does she say she never got the goods and do some claim?


  • #8
    p.pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭p.pete


    rubadub wrote:
    What scam can she pull, does she say she never got the goods and do some claim?
    Think it's something like that - item doesn't get delivered but gets "lost" and the buyer gets their money back and so the seller is out of pocket.


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