Paypal - Is this a scam?

barnishroader

I have a mobile advertised on Gumtree.
Someone has offered to buy it off me using paypal.
Although they claim to be from NI, they say they want it posted to a friend in Nigeria and will pay the postage.
I was a bit wary and today i received the following email.
Does this ring true or is this a scam?
When i click on the ? beside confirmed its a dead link.
https://www.paypal....com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=p/pop/confirmed_address_checkout-outside

Item no.26615410-Notification of an Instant Payment Received from (michealj_007@yahoo.co.uk)
From: steve_siler@hotmail.com on behalf of service@paypal.co.uk (shipping.postman@representative.com) You may not know this sender. Mark as safe | Mark as unsafe

Sent:
29 July 2008 21:14:04

To:




Dear Barry Heffron,

You have an Instant Payment of £200.00 from Micheal Johnson (michealj_007@yahoo.co.uk)


Payment Details


Purchased From:Barry Heffron Transaction ID:5NS50308X5606661C



Item Number Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
26615410
Sony Ericsson Black W910i - BOXED with 1 GB memory card 1 £150.00 £150.00


Postage & Packing via Standard Delivery (ROYAL MAIL SIGNED FOR):
(includes any seller packing fees) £50.00 Postage Compensation (not offered): -- Total: £200.00

Payment Information:

The payment for Gumtree Ad#:26615410 has been verified and confirmed. But due to security reasons on both sides of the buyer and the seller the status of the payment is pending. Most sellers do not ship out the exact items as they have listed on Gumtree and we are keen on securing the Gumtree community.
You will be required to post out the item and email us its shipment reference number. We will then verify the status and contents of the shipment within 5 minutes with the courier service its been shipped through. Once we have completed verification, your account will be credited instantly.

Quickly call the PayPal representative who is handling the transaction on: +44 702-401-1075 to provide the shipment reference number or for any questions contact us via: (shipping.postman@representative.com) immediately with the shipment reference number so we can credit your account immediately without any delay.
Note: Do not send the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have confirmed the status of the shipment and credited your Paypal Account.





Delivery Information
Address: Idowu Babatunde
116 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.

Address Status: Confirmed

markelock

check the balance in paypal, i imagine there is nothing there.

it's a scam.

barnishroader

markelock wrote: »

check the balance in paypal, i imagine there is nothing there.

it's a scam.

yeah no balance.
never saw anything before that asked for you to give a delivery number before the payment clears so the alarm bells started ringing!!!

will give this guy a miss.

markelock

I'd tell him it was shipped, thank him for the sale and make up a reference number. but then I do enjoy things like that, and today I am a little bored.

maninthestreet

Definitely a scam - that email allegedly from Paypal is a spoof.

leicsmarkyr

I had this happen to me when I sold phone on Ebay - I just ignored them

misgrace

Whenever you read the words, Mobile phone, friend, cousin, brother, Nigeria, its a scam.:mad:

Brooker_Dave

barryheffron wrote: »

I have a mobile advertised on Gumtree.
Someone has offered to buy it off me using paypal.
Although they claim to be from NI, they say they want it posted to a friend in Nigeria and will pay the postage.

SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

soolin

This is just about the most common scam around at the moment, I had a variation on Amazon the other day.

Google Nigeria, 419 scam .

eyelinerprincess

forward it to spoof@paypal.com

Sol00

Yep it's definitely a scam! My brother sold his old phone on E-bay and, unfortunately, fell into the trap and was conned out of £40. Funnily enough, it was also sent to Nigeria.