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Ebay Buyer - Is this fishy???

post #1 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:04am
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I sold a Movado watch for $999 - something about this does not sit right with me...


Hi mate
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I have bought this your lovely item, please are you sure that it is in good condition, because am sending it out as a gift to my Son who is to engage his spouse in lagos Nigeria,I want you to get me the postage cost to Lagos Nigeria via USPS Global Express Mail (EMS) 3-5 days,I will be fully responsible for the postage cost okay.
I would have checked the postage cost by myself or ask you to send the item to my home address in US but am currently on holidays in UK, I will pay you via PayPal only please no other payment method than PayPal. If that is okay then get back to me ASAP for immediate payment.
And Below is the address that you will have to calculate the shipemt to:
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NAME: ----------------------------- ADEBOLA WILLIAMS
ADDRESS: -----------------------5,AYINKE STREET,AKOKA. YABA*
POSTAL CODE: ---------------23401
STATE: ----------------------------LAGOS STATE
COUNTRY: -----------------------NIGERIA.
Thanks
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Callet.
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post #2 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:08am
Have you shipped it yet?

Please say you havent...
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post #3 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:12am
Thread Starter 
Hellllll no!

They didnt pay yet either.
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post #4 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:13am
Oh Im sure they will pay.. but theres a reason he was insisting on using paypal.

Youll ship the $1000 item, and he will file a chargeback.

Youll be out $1000 and your watch.

BIG scam.
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post #5 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:16am
STAY AWAY FROM THIS DEAL! HE'LL CHARGEBACK LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
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post #6 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:27am
Thread Starter 
yeah figured... sent a mutual withdrawl or told him to pay me with bidpay....
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post #7 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:29am
^How safe is bidpay with these sort of transaction in protecting the seller (and might as well throw it out there, for the buyer as well)?


And I say if he really wanted it, tell him to get his a88 back in the US after he's done "vacationing" in the UK, and he can then proceed to ship them out to his son.


Might as well add to the mix: how's his feedback track record? Just curious.


It's probably best to stay away from him anyways.
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post #8 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:36am
i say scam
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post #9 of 39
4/27/07 at 10:13am
Listen to Kelly. (:
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post #10 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:04am
I agree with what everyone said. Something sounds way off. I wouldn't ship it out.
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post #11 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake View Post
^How safe is bidpay with these sort of transaction in protecting the seller (and might as well throw it out there, for the buyer as well)?


And I say if he really wanted it, tell him to get his a88 back in the US after he's done "vacationing" in the UK, and he can then proceed to ship them out to his son.


Might as well add to the mix: how's his feedback track record? Just curious.


It's probably best to stay away from him anyways.
Bidpay would not accept his payment. They seem to be turning down a lot of people lately. I tried to use them to ship a pair of jeans to Italy and they turned the buyer down.
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post #12 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:28am
Im surprised he left out the part about giving you an extra $400 or whatever "for your trouble" in helping him with this.
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post #13 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by sultrysiren View Post
Bidpay would not accept his payment. They seem to be turning down a lot of people lately. I tried to use them to ship a pair of jeans to Italy and they turned the buyer down.
bidpay has certain requirements such as a FB minimum etc. if you want to find out why they're denying a payment just call and the CS will look it up and tell you exactly why it was rejected. i like bidpay
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post #14 of 39
4/27/07 at 12:03pm
Me too but they have been turning down a lot of my buyers lately. I did not know that I could call them and have them look up the reason. Thanks.
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post #15 of 39
4/27/07 at 12:17pm
PHONE#

866-4BIDPAY (866-424-3729)
650-965-6200 (International)
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post #16 of 39
4/27/07 at 2:29pm
This same thing happened to my sister. Send nothing outside USA!!
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post #17 of 39
4/27/07 at 3:05pm
Don't ship it at all!

I had one of these... he wanted me to ship an iPod to Nigeria for his son for Christmas. I thought, this is fishy, it's two months after December so I did some research. Turns out this is another Nigerian scam -- they hack people's accounts (accounts with lots of great feedback) and these accounts are based in locations that you DO ship to so that they can bid. Then they send the sob story and overcompensate with the shipping (he offered me over $200 more to ship it via FedEx). I had no worry about a chargeback because he sent me a fake PayPal payment invoice.

Send the email to spoof@ebay.com and if he sends you a PayPal payment send it to spoof@paypal.com.

It's likely a hijacked account. I got all my insertion fees and FVFs back within a few hours after sending it to eBay's spoof email. If you don't get the fees back right away, send an email to the Trust & Safety and they'll credit your account.
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post #18 of 39
4/27/07 at 3:36pm
Never, ever, ship to Nigeria. It is the absolute home of scams. Have you ever heard of the 409 scams? Whenever I get ebay messages like this, I just report the person.
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post #19 of 39
4/27/07 at 6:41pm
NEVER ship to Nigeria - this is a huge scam.

I have had good luck selling to Europe and Canada, so I would not go as far to say never ship outside of USA.
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post #20 of 39
4/28/07 at 1:24am
big time S C A M

its always, " i am going to give this to my ____ who lives in _____but i live in _____. can you please send it soon. i please give me your address and payment information kind sir...etc. haha. got it all before.
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post #21 of 39
4/28/07 at 2:25am
SCAM! The BF had a buyer registered in Australia who bought his laptop and wanted it shipped to Nigeria. They sent him a fake payment notice from some made-up bank and said the bank will release the funds once he ships the laptop. Dodgy as, stay away!
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post #22 of 39
4/28/07 at 2:45am
Next time you could also respond like such:

(1) Sure I'll ship it to your son along with some cops and FBI agents, along with myself so I can beat the shit out of you and your other f*&king scamming associates. If you agree, please book my flight asap. Thanks, I'll look forward to putting my foot up your a**

OR

(2) How about this.... delivery yourself via first class to the United States at our specified agreed upon designated location, and I'll introduce you to my two best friends, my right fist and my left fist ... and a side of whoop azz to go.
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post #23 of 39
4/28/07 at 2:56am
check this out!

scamming the scammer. this guy really has it down. read through it.

The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!
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post #24 of 39
4/28/07 at 3:05am
Oprah did an episode on Nigerian scams.
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post #25 of 39
4/28/07 at 5:58am
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Originally Posted by msdee31 View Post
check this out!

scamming the scammer. this guy really has it down. read through it.

The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!

That was hilarious! But..what happened to Jeff?
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