just sold a phone to a person with only 4 feedbacks

photome

I would wait for the cheque to clear totally. My bank (lloyds tsb) told me a cheque takes 10 days to do that.

smartie-rolo

as long as its not for nigeria.....heard of big scams there....avoid....

smartiepants

My son just sold a mobile on ebay, the person who bought it had no feedback, I told him to be very wary, so when the paypal confirmation of payment came through, he checked it very carefully part of it said "Paypal Servise" otherwise is was perfect with paypal logos etc., He asked my opinion and I advised him to contact paypal and Ebay, it turned out to be fraud after all, such a good job, it was me watching the item finish and notice that it was a new buyer with no feedback, I feel sure that my son being inexperienced would have sent the goods after seeing the fake paypal confirmation. Just wanted to share that one with you.
Just be very wary. x :xmassmile x

grex9101

also, if you have the imei, you can report it stolen if is a fraud cheque.

you may not have the money, but at least the phone they "stole" off you won't work either!

Malestrom

It will still work abroad, but yes, its better than nothing.

black-saturn

Why do these type of scams only seem to happen with mobile phones?

OllieLong

Probably because they are expensive and small for fairly cheap postage.

justpaper

blinko>> dont take the cheque,. 3rd person payment = no no,.. tell them too pay the money str8 into ur account,. if they dont want too do that relist item,. the cheque scam is too old!

grex9101 wrote:

also, if you have the imei, you can report it stolen if is a fraud cheque.
you may not have the money, but at least the phone they "stole" off you won't work either!

thats hardly anything to fall on, it can still work overseas and or even can be unbarred in the uk,.. if this happened too me i want the phone too be barred across the plants now thats some thing too fall back on,. so in other words its not better then nothing,.. its > Nothing <

smartiepants wrote:

so when the paypal confirmation of payment came through, he checked it very carefully part of it said "Paypal Servise" otherwise is was perfect with paypal logos etc.,

im confused here u only check the Email confirmation from paypal ?? u dont log in too paypal and check if the moneys been paid in ?? cuzs thats what it sounds like ur saying ...

smartiepants

justpaper wrote:

blinko>> dont take the cheque,. 3rd person payment = no no,.. tell them too pay the money str8 into ur account,. if they dont want too do that relist item,. the cheque scam is too old!





thats hardly anything to fall on, it can still work overseas and or even can be unbarred in the uk,.. if this happened too me i want the phone too be barred across the plants now thats some thing too fall back on,. so in other words its not better then nothing,.. its > Nothing <




im confused here u only check the Email confirmation from paypal ?? u dont log in too paypal and check if the moneys been paid in ?? cuzs thats what it sounds like ur saying ...

Sorry for the confusion, this was of course the first alert to the fact that something was wrong, and yes he did check his paypal account, and there was no payment, but who knows what an inexperienced person would do, I'm just glad that they made the spelling mistake and that my son is not dyslexic, otherwise he may not have spotted it, he is a trusting soul and possibly would have sent the phone on the strength of the email, it certainly looked plausable. :xmassign:

lapat

get the to write there cheque gaurentee card number and expirey date on the rear as it will then have to be honoured by the bank regardless if it bounces or not