Help, Is This A Scam?

soolin

Alias_Omega wrote: »

A bit of a crazy one. People expect these to be a scam, but they could be genuine.


If they pay through Paypal, i would ensure that you log in into paypal yourself (ie paypal.com) and check that you have the funds available in your account, and that you are covered under seller protection.

Just remember that you will need to send the shoes via a tracked method all the way there, otherwise they could charge you back.



If they use a stolen credit card etc, and your eligible for seller protection, i cant see how they can charge back, but the usual scam is that you receive a Paypal email into your email account, you click on the link in the email, you see the fake paypal site with funds present and you send the item off.

Alias

C'mon you know this is a scam..and anyway, tracked with a guaranteed signature to Nigeria, really? When did you last see an 'OK to send' address on paypal in West Africa?

George666

soolin wrote: »

C'mon you know this is a scam..and anyway, tracked with a guaranteed signature to Nigeria, really? When did you last see an 'OK to send' address on paypal in West Africa?

I am not a scam, I am totally legitimate, you have won the Ugandan interstate lottery a total of 1328694 Ugandan dollars and 46 cents now if you just give me your credit card details I can send you the monies.:rotfl:

soolin

George666 wrote: »

I am not a scam, I am totally legitimate, you have won the Ugandan interstate lottery a total of 1328694 Ugandan dollars and 46 cents now if you just give me your credit card details I can send you the monies.:rotfl:

Oh wow, how clever of me and I didn't even need to enter :rotfl:

cyberbob

Alias_Omega wrote: »

A bit of a crazy one. People expect these to be a scam, but they could be genuine.


If they pay through Paypal, i would ensure that you log in into paypal yourself (ie paypal.com) and check that you have the funds available in your account, and that you are covered under seller protection.

Just remember that you will need to send the shoes via a tracked method all the way there, otherwise they could charge you back.



If they use a stolen credit card etc, and your eligible for seller protection, i cant see how they can charge back, but the usual scam is that you receive a Paypal email into your email account, you click on the link in the email, you see the fake paypal site with funds present and you send the item off.

Alias

Meanwhile back on planet earth. Come and join us we all live here why dont you.

Horseunderwater

mistressg wrote: »

Hi,

I'm selling a pair of shoes on Gumtree, and have received a good offer from a woman who wants me to send it to West Africa for her. She has offered me £50 postage to do this, and is offering to do it through PayPal. Is this a scam? PayPal always seems fairly safe to me, so I'm struggling to see how she could get past PayPal's security even if it was.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi
This is one of the oldest scams going. Did you click on any links in any email that they sent? If yes change all passwords on paypal and also your bank account and ebay sign in. They can be phishing, scamming or wanting to take over your ebay account and list expensive stuff that sells with one day auctions and as soon as they have say ten items sold on your account, and monies exchanged, they run off and you are left with the pieces. Luckily Ebay seem to catch on to these people quite quickly these days.
99% of the time emails asking you to ship stuff to Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia or Barbados are fake.
Frances.

tiggs1957

Be warned by previous posts. My daughter has just lost £700's worth of camera equipment by being caught with the Paypal offer. They send a bogus e-mail (supposedly from Paypal) saying that the money has been credited to the account, all that is needed is the consignment number (from posting it) and the money will be released. Obviously it isn't.... so package gone and nooooo money!!! Royal Mail can't stop delivery - illegal - and police appeared to be unable to offer the time to help.... we're still waiting to hear. Very very sad .... and angry :mad:

lisawood78

The lesson being, always check in Paypal directly (type the address yourself) and check.
Trust no-one.

kprigg

tiggs1957 wrote: »

Be warned by previous posts. My daughter has just lost £700's worth of camera equipment by being caught with the Paypal offer. They send a bogus e-mail (supposedly from Paypal) saying that the money has been credited to the account, all that is needed is the consignment number (from posting it) and the money will be released. Obviously it isn't.... so package gone and nooooo money!!! Royal Mail can't stop delivery - illegal - and police appeared to be unable to offer the time to help.... we're still waiting to hear. Very very sad .... and angry :mad:

If it is still within the Royal Mail System & for this amount of money I would be tempted to arrive at the address with some helpers to confront the [STRIKE]scammer[/STRIKE] buyer, & await delivery of the parcel.

kassi

tiggs1957 wrote: »

Be warned by previous posts. My daughter has just lost £700's worth of camera equipment by being caught with the Paypal offer. They send a bogus e-mail (supposedly from Paypal) saying that the money has been credited to the account, all that is needed is the consignment number (from posting it) and the money will be released. Obviously it isn't.... so package gone and nooooo money!!! Royal Mail can't stop delivery - illegal - and police appeared to be unable to offer the time to help.... we're still waiting to hear. Very very sad .... and angry :mad:

Hi, is the english address a valid address? My daughter got caught out also with an ipod, but the address was in nigeria. It was never delivered according to the track number, so we put in a claim with the royal mail, as it was insured and she got her money back through them!!

Good luck

martindow

MadelinesMum wrote: »

Hi, I'm glad I read this thread because I've just been sent an ebay message from Barbados asking if I would post there and how she would pay by paypal. The item is also a pair of shoes. I think I'll give it a miss.

This is not necessarily a scam is it? Maybe they are just asking the postage cost for an international delivery.