It all becomes clear.
So I just this minute got e-mail from my eBay buyer. I had no idea that the whole “African internet scam” thing had come to eBay, but that’s what it looks like to me!
This is to notify you that i have ended your
auction agreed to pay the final amount for the item.i
am also using this opportunity to inform you that the
amount that will be on the money order will be more
than ur item fees.i don’t really know the exact amount
it will be because it will be issue by my client and
the reason of the over payment is that the amount on
the money order has been signed,and it is more than ur
item fees,so once you receive it you should deduct ur
item fees and go to the nearest western union branch
close to you to send the remainder balance money to my
client manager in africa,the item is going to africa.
There will be no problem about the shipment
because i want to be personally responsible for
it,make sure you deduct ur item fees and send any
remainder balance money on the money order through
western union money transfer,the same day you receive
it and cash it from the bank.have end the auction but
i don”t know how to do it.so i want you.to asure you
that i am really interested in ur item.i will add
extra $5.00 to your money, if you end the auction for
me asap, so email me your full name,address + mobile
phone #so that the m/o can be mailed out asap.
Below are the questions i have for you:
1)are you very sure the item is in good condition?
2)do you have any western union money transfer
location where to send the remainder balance money
around you?
3)can you make sure you get the money order cashed at
ur bank the same day you
receive it?
4)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and
complete the
transaction,same day you receive the money order?
5)do you agree to send the remainder balance
money,same day you cash the money order from the bank?
If yes too all my questions.kindly email me back today
so that the
money order can be mailed out asap.
regards.
Now, obviously I wasn’t born yesterday, there’s no freaking way that I’m sending this person ANYTHING. I guess I was flagged because it was a Buy It Now from an individual member and I take money orders. I’ve never heard of this kind of scam in my life, but am I right in thinking that that’s what it has got to be?
I thought it was weird before. It’s only getting weirder.
I would so email back and agree to the terms but then not follow through just to be a PITA.
are you supposed to contact someone when you get crap like this?
I would so email back and agree to the terms but then not follow through just to be a PITA.
are you supposed to contact someone when you get crap like this?
Beats the heck out of me. I just e-mailed eBay to report a problem, but there’s not a handy drop down box for “SCAAAAAAAAMM!!” so hopefully it got to the right place.
Beats the heck out of me. I just e-mailed eBay to report a problem, but there’s not a handy drop down box for “SCAAAAAAAAMM!!” so hopefully it got to the right place.
seems like there should be… I mean, this person has likely succeeded in getting the money of some idiots.
seems like there should be… I mean, this person has likely succeeded in getting the money of some idiots.
I don’t get it. They want you to send them money AND yarn? Before you get their money? Huh? Who falls for this kind of weirdo stuff?
I don’t get it. They want you to send them money AND yarn? Before you get their money? Huh? Who falls for this kind of weirdo stuff?
My brother got hit with something similar last year. Federal government likes to get ahold of these people when they can. When my brother got the money order, he took it to the bank who then called the FBI in to investigate it.
Definately a scam.
My brother got hit with something similar last year. Federal government likes to get ahold of these people when they can. When my brother got the money order, he took it to the bank who then called the FBI in to investigate it.
Definately a scam.
This is definitely stranger than the ones I get. I keep getting “notices” from eBay saying I didn’t deliver the rolex I was selling and that I need to straighten the whole mess out or they are closing my account. They want ALL my account info, etc. Considering that A) I haven’t put anything up on eBay since Christmas of last year, and B) that I have never seen a Rolex in person, much less tried to sell one on eBay, obviously this isn’t my auction. And I doubt that eBay’s sophisticated system that has worked this well thus far is gonna suddenly think that I have sold a rolex, so I wasn’t duped.
I do wonder how many people think “NO! Not me, wrong person!” and click the link to verify info.
If I were you, I’d make a call to the FBI and see if they want you to give them the info on this guy.
This is definitely stranger than the ones I get. I keep getting “notices” from eBay saying I didn’t deliver the rolex I was selling and that I need to straighten the whole mess out or they are closing my account. They want ALL my account info, etc. Considering that A) I haven’t put anything up on eBay since Christmas of last year, and B) that I have never seen a Rolex in person, much less tried to sell one on eBay, obviously this isn’t my auction. And I doubt that eBay’s sophisticated system that has worked this well thus far is gonna suddenly think that I have sold a rolex, so I wasn’t duped.
I do wonder how many people think “NO! Not me, wrong person!” and click the link to verify info.
If I were you, I’d make a call to the FBI and see if they want you to give them the info on this guy.
Yep. Very closely related to the Nigerian 419 scam. For fun, read about a guy who likes to mess with these people. The early ones are the best because he strings them along for a while.
Yep. Very closely related to the Nigerian 419 scam. For fun, read about a guy who likes to mess with these people. The early ones are the best because he strings them along for a while.
Crap. Screwed up the link. Should go to the right place though.
Crap. Screwed up the link. Should go to the right place though.
They send you a money order for more than the cost of your items. Once you get the money order, you cash it and do a money transfer to send the extra back to them. Then you find the money order was fake and you’re out the extra money you sent them. Get it?
They send you a money order for more than the cost of your items. Once you get the money order, you cash it and do a money transfer to send the extra back to them. Then you find the money order was fake and you’re out the extra money you sent them. Get it?
Ah so des ne. But wouldn’t you realise the money order wasn’t real when they didn’t give you the money for it at the post office? /scratches head.
Ah so des ne. But wouldn’t you realise the money order wasn’t real when they didn’t give you the money for it at the post office? /scratches head.
I have also often wondered about the second chance items. I have bid on a couple of things which then got pipped at the post and then I get an email seconds later saying that the auction winner has defaulted and they are now offering me the chance to buy it for my maximum bid price.
I have also often wondered about the second chance items. I have bid on a couple of things which then got pipped at the post and then I get an email seconds later saying that the auction winner has defaulted and they are now offering me the chance to buy it for my maximum bid price.
Oh. My. God. What a stitch! I could spend hours reading this stuff!
Oh. My. God. What a stitch! I could spend hours reading this stuff!
I guess the thing is that it initally looks legit but then they realize it’s not and yeah.
I guess the thing is that it initally looks legit but then they realize it’s not and yeah.
Wow. Amazing what some people will do for a buck. Hope you nail the jerk to the wall. Sheesh.
Wow. Amazing what some people will do for a buck. Hope you nail the jerk to the wall. Sheesh.