Ebay scams?

[jc]

So I tried to sell a mobile phone on ebay.

Bidder won & said send to the states, I said no as had clearly marked auction as UK only.

Winner writes back saying its a birthday present for son who funnily enough lives in Nigeria. Can I send it direct? I say no.

I get convincing looking paypal confirmation that money is in my paypal account and will be released when they have proof that the item has been dispatched.

Then I receive the following email to my personal email account.

Title: WHY ALL THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Hi seller,
i have made the payment and Paypa sent me mail that your money has been deducted from my account and it will be creidt into your account as soon as you send them the shipping information(tracking number)And i have called my son that i will sending something for his birthday that is coming soon.As you can see that my money is under pending in paypal cos they are waiting for you to send them the prove of shipment.
Here is paypal E-mail [e-mail]
pls reply me soon
NOTE:Here is my son's address

Mr Sunday O U
Box 3754 sapon
Abeokuta
Ogun State
Nigeria
23402

Pls reply me soon

I don't propose to return his last email or try to do anything with the funds which appear to be in my paypal account, but I'm worried he has my contact details. What do you guys recommend?

JC

[dre]

nice scam forward it to the correct email at ebay

or have some fun winding them up

[bluepoolshark]

dre said:

nice scam forward it to the correct email at ebay

or have some fun winding them up

There was a bloke that used to do that for fun, wrote a book about it, so funny ;D

[slacko]

Ask him to release enough funds to cover P&P, then stick an empty box in an envelope, send it and give him the tracking number.

If he withdraws his cash then he's out the P&P amount with no phone, if the cash turns up ok, then you send the phone and wear the P&P yourself.

[robert]

Or just ignore him as a scammer - the email address isn't the official one

[bluepoolshark]

slacko said:

Ask him to release enough funds to cover P&P, then stick an empty box in an envelope, send it and give him the tracking number.

If he withdraws his cash then he's out the P&P amount with no phone, if the cash turns up ok, then you send the phone and wear the P&P yourself.

There is pretty much a 100% chance you won't get the money from them, although the above is worth a try

[leeboy]

ive had this loads of times, anyone bidding from nigera is a scam as paypal dont deal with nigera.

email paypal and inform them

[jc]

Thanks guys - not going to come back and haunt me is it? -ve feedback etc?

[leeboy]

no mate inform ebay and they will ban the buyer therefor not allowing them to leave feedback or if they already have it is removed