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Does this sound rather dodgy?
pixiesox
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Hello all, new poster please be gentle. Well I have been trying to flog sommat on eBay as you do, and stated only for posting in the UK, and someone bloody buys it now and email me this....
Hello,
Compliment of the season to you. I am ...... ......... from
singapore, but Presently i am leading a conventional church program in
Holland. I saw your item below and i will like to buy it for my daughter that
will be having her birthday in Nigeria Next week. Dont worry about the
shippment to Nigeria ok? i will ask UPS or Fedex to pick it up at your
place after the payment. I will be paying you via Western Union Money
Order. Kindly send me your address in other for me to make the payment
right away. So mail me now because it's urgent.
Thanks
Regards.
Now am I just being paranoid, or is that WELL dodgy? He's using a new eBay account with a 0 rating. Not sure what to do.
Hello,
Compliment of the season to you. I am ...... ......... from
singapore, but Presently i am leading a conventional church program in
Holland. I saw your item below and i will like to buy it for my daughter that
will be having her birthday in Nigeria Next week. Dont worry about the
shippment to Nigeria ok? i will ask UPS or Fedex to pick it up at your
place after the payment. I will be paying you via Western Union Money
Order. Kindly send me your address in other for me to make the payment
right away. So mail me now because it's urgent.
Thanks
Regards.
Now am I just being paranoid, or is that WELL dodgy? He's using a new eBay account with a 0 rating. Not sure what to do.
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Relist it.
Then arrange to have it picked up from where you work and fill a shoe box with bricks. As he's paying for delivery to Nigeria and it's usually based on weight he'll have a nice bill to pay.
If it looks like chicken, smells like chicken and tastes like chicken then there's a good chance it is chicken.
If you don't want to get scammed then take advice from This Ebay ad0 -
Read some of the other threads on here as this is a classic scam. Send the email to ebay (who actually won't do anything ) and block the bidder from bidding on your item.
If you sell a lot on ebay you will get a few of these, just delete them, block the bidder and move on.
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It is a con.
Basically by the time your bank finds out the money order is dud you have already shipped the goods.
Ask them to pay via western union money transfer, its instant cash, bet you dont hear back lol0
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