Oh dear what do you think?

davilown

Selling an Ipod mini on amazon and have just received an email from a prospective buyer

Dear Seller,
I want to purchase your as a birthday gift for my pastor who is onan OXFAM sponsored missionary work in Africa. Please kindly get back to me with the below:

(1)The Shipping cost to Africa

(2)The products price

(3)The Grand total price

am ready to pay through AMAZON so as to meet the birthday of my pastor.
Waiting for your response.

Richard


what do you all think? I know ebay has problems but don't know about any problems with amazon yet

cheers

:beer: monster

Emmzi

Here's the clue..

'shipping to Africa'.

Trust your instincts.

Sugar_Coated_Owl

I've never used Amazon but my instinct would be to stay well away.

southernscouser

Tell them where to go! Whats their feedback like?

Avoid like the plague!

davilown

southernscouser wrote:

Tell them where to go! Whats their feedback like?

Avoid like the plague!

how can you find out what their feedback is like?

:beer: monster

southernscouser

davilown wrote:

how can you find out what their feedback is like?

:beer: monster

You should be able to click on their username and it will have a number next to it!

davilown

southernscouser wrote:

You should be able to click on their username and it will have a number next to it!

Sorry mate, all I have is this:
Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

A potential buyer has sent you the following message about an item you have for sale on Amazon.co.uk, or about your store at Amazon.co.uk. Please respond to the individual directly by replying to this e-mail. For your reference, the buyer's e-mail address is richardstraw100@yahoo.com.

Item: Apple iPod mini 4GB - Green [M9434B/A] [Electronics] [ASIN:
B0001Q26D2]

Important Notice: The following order payment methods are not covered for reimbursement by the Amazon.co.uk A-to-z Guarantee: wire transfer, money orders, check, cash, or credit card transactions that occur off Amazon.co.uk. Only orders using Amazon Payments are supported. This is the payment system used when you use 1-Click or the Shopping Cart to place orders through the Amazon.co.uk Web site.

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Begin message

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Dear Seller,
I want to purchase your as a birthday gift for my pastor who is onan OXFAM sponsored missionary work in Africa. Please kindly get back to me with the below:

(1)The Shipping cost to Africa

(2)The products price

(3)The Grand total price

am ready to pay through AMAZON so as to meet the birthday of my pastor.
Waiting for your response.

Richard

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End message

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Note: Amazon.co.uk may retain copies of all forwarded e-mails, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of any messages forwarded to you.

Amazon.co.uk will never e-mail you and ask you to disclose or verify your Amazon.co.uk password, credit card or bank account details. If you receive a suspicious e-mail with a link to update your account information, do not click on the link--instead report the e-mail to Amazon.co.uk for investigation. Go to amazon.co.uk/phish to find out more.
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Where from here is his user name and howcan I search for it on amazon? Thick I know but someones got to be (well accept for the MSc in clinical microbiology but thats another story!;)

mishkanorman

Someone else posted here recently with a similar scam... sorry i mean problem,

Personally none of my genuine buyers have emailed me with silly questions, I would ignore them if they persist then send a polite " i dont ship abroad " reply,

mishka

southernscouser

Sorry mate my fault! Thought you said ebay! :doh:

But I imagine the scams are the same! :rolleyes:

alexpeck

I have a Sony N1 on Amazon and over the 2 or so weeks its been on I've had almost 100 variations of this scam! In fact, I've never had a real question about it! =o(

rosysparkle

Scam! The next thing you'll get is a faked amazon payments email.

Make a well known phrase or saying from these words:

touch six-foot with bargepole a don't!