Nigerian Scammer?

RoadSweeper

okay i sold this

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6433259773&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT

and you can see the person that bought it has 0 feedback.

I hunched it wasnt for real, so i messaged him asking him how he would like to pay me.

he emailed back....


hello seller,i will like to buy this item for a very good friend of mine that as been so good to me and will like to know if you will kindly assist me in sending the phone to him,he is in nigeria presently,i dont mind paying any amount for the shipment cos he has been so good,he was present at my wedding in london and now he is about to have is wedding and i wont be able to make it due to the nature of my work,i will be really grateful to you if you can do this little favour for me cos i dont really know how to express my feelings to you about this matter,kindly reply me to my mail box if u are willing to help me out and i will also like you to know i will be paying via postal order,so kindly reply me with the name and address where the postal order will be sent so i can make payment ASAP.thanks,lillian
here is the shipping address
wale adebayo
7 oyerokun road
off western avenue
surulere
lagos,
nigeria
23401




So.... I'm not sending the phone, or giving him my address for a postal order. How do i deal with this?

I dont want to be charged for selling an item i didnt get to sell cause of these nigerians :mad:

OFDM

Report it to ebay, it's a scam that going around a lot recently.

Check the sticky:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=295930

I often wondered whether a Nigerian scammer has ever tried to scam another Nigerian scammer.

RoadSweeper

I know its a scam, but how can i report it? He has done nothing wrong yet has he....? I can't report unpaid as he wants to send a postal order and wants my address.

Nukem

Paypal or nout and watch him scurry i reckon.

Nukem

Gone West

you can report anything which look suspicious.
Ebay dont mind, and will thank you if it turns out ot be a scam (it is, BTW).

is_that_so

RoadSweeper wrote:

hello seller,i will like to buy this item for a very good friend of mine that as been so good to me and will like to know if you will kindly assist me in sending the phone to him,he is in nigeria presently,i dont mind paying any amount for the shipment cos he has been so good,he was present at my wedding in london and now he is about to have is wedding and i wont be able to make it due to the nature of my work,i will be really grateful to you if you can do this little favour for me cos i dont really know how to express my feelings to you about this matter,kindly reply me to my mail box if u are willing to help me out and i will also like you to know i will be paying via postal order,so kindly reply me with the name and address where the postal order will be sent so i can make payment ASAP.thanks,lillian
here is the shipping address
wale adebayo
7 oyerokun road
off western avenue
surulere
lagos,
nigeria
23401

Looks like a scam to me. Bring it to eBay's attention at the very least. There must be a school somewhere that teaches these guys how to churn out that rubbish.

RoadSweeper

lol, figured. cheers. I e-mailed customer care. waiting for a reply

BrianD

He'll probably send you a PO for a €1000 and ask you to post the phone and wire the change to him.

Just tell him PayPal or nothing. He hasn't done anything wrong as yet but if you go with his PO idea you'll be the one who is 'done'.

rubadub

I would hate to be an honest nigerian (if there is such a thing!), you couldnt do online business with anybody. whenever I hear nigerian now, I automatically think SCAM

20 Times 20 Times

rubadub wrote:

I would hate to be an honest nigerian (if there is such a thing!), you couldnt do online business with anybody. whenever I hear nigerian now, I automatically think SCAM

When i used to work for vodafone retail , they were trying to scam bill phones all the time , forging bills address names etc , now i think vodafone just slap a 200-500 euro condition on any nigerian looking to connect

RoadSweeper

ebay wrote back saying he's no longer registered, and getting final value fee's returned

Our man in Havana

I can't see ebay ever doing anything about scammers, as they get their listing fees regardless. They would be cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Why do ebay tell you to contact your isp about fraudulant sellers and hoax mails? I work in the abuse dept of a large isp and there is nothing we can do if someone on our system uses ebay to rip you off. They are not breaking our rules.

Nukem

Bond-007 wrote:

I can't see ebay ever doing anything about scammers, as they get their listing fees regardless. They would be cutting off their nose to spite their face.

10 head scratches for this one. Why wouldnt eBay do something about scammers? - they have to otherwise it tarnish's their name as a site and service,no one then uses it and then no one pays them. Yes/No?

Our man in Havana

Nukem wrote:

10 head scratches for this one. Why wouldnt eBay do something about scammers? - they have to otherwise it tarnish's their name as a site and service,no one then uses it and then no one pays them. Yes/No?

Their standard line is "we are only a venue, we can't get involved in disputes". Seems to sum up ebay really.

Gone West

nope.
their standard line is they will do everything within reason to help you recover any money you lose.

Don't blindly post your opinon(false) as fact please.

WizZard

RoadSweeper wrote:

...and getting final value fee's returned

How does this square with?

Bond-007 wrote:

I can't see ebay ever doing anything about scammers, as they get their listing fees regardless.