Am I about to be scammed?

ollym_3

Following on from my thread where my item sold quite high.. am I being scammed.

After the selling the item, my ebay shows the payment as pending through paypal. At the same time I have TODAY received a notice of instant payment on my email address that I changed from LAST NIGHT. When logging into my account the money doesn't show - am I being scammed. The email looks legit apart from I'm sure some details are missing:


Dear XXXXX

You've received new funds!

This email confirms that you have received an Auction Instant Purchase Payment for 82.00 GBP from Tanadit Charoenchan (XXXXX)

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Payment Details

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Purchased From: ollymeakings

Item #: 150033913986
Item Title: Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G / GPRS PCMCIA data card
Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150033913986
Quantity: 1
Price: 72.00 GBP
Subtotal: 72.00 GBP

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Shipping & Handling via Standard Delivery to 110XX 10.00 GBP(includes any seller handling fees)

Shipping Insurance (not offered):--

Total:82.00 GBP

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Tanadit Charoenchan's UNCONFIRMED Address

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Tanadit Charoenchan
118/14 Soi Bumrachnaradul
Tiwanon Rd
Muang, Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand

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Receipt Number:

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XXXX


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frivolous_fay

If it's not showing in paypal, it's fishy, for definite.

And that email doesn't read right, anyway.

going2die_rich

If you think an email is a scam don't use any of the links on the email to access your accounts as normally they will redirect you to a fake login page.

Secondly wait for the actually funds to be transferred into your account before posting the item out to the buyer. Not just trusting any money shown in PayPal.

Last of all, if you still think the email is a scam just ring PayPal up or send them an email asking if it's ok. But do this before posting the item.

frivolous_fay

I wouldn't send an £82 item to an unconfirmed address anyway

soolin

going2die_rich wrote:

If you think an email is a scam don't use any of the links on the email to access your accounts as normally they will redirect you to a fake login page..

Absolutely spot on, always log into paypal or ebay using your own links.

going2die_rich wrote:

Secondly wait for the actually funds to be transferred into your account before posting the item out to the buyer. Not just trusting any money shown in PayPal. .

This doesn't make any difference as a scammer can recall funds for months and if you don't have any funds in your paypal account paypal will just start debt collection against you. Also, sellers are expected to ship promptly and waiting 8 days for funds to go into your bank will mean your item is late in being shipped and the buyer can start a paypal chargeback which just gets messy.

going2die_rich wrote:

Last of all, if you still think the email is a scam just ring PayPal up or send them an email asking if it's ok. But do this before posting the item.

No need to phone paypal. A genuine payment will show in your paypal account, if it isn't there it hasn't been paid.

Soo

stolt

thats a scam email. that not right..... but cant quite stick my finger on what is wrong with it. have you been into yoru paypal account and checked the history?

ollym_3

I have, and there is no payment there. The only thing I think it might be is that they've sent it to my old address which I deleted, the email seems to say sign-up... which I'm asusming it would do if someone sent you money when you didnt havean account.. but have emailed them to ask about cancelling this and resending to the new address. will see what happens.

If they refuse to do this, can they leave negative feedback?

midlandscomics

Hi,

All you need to do is log in to Paypal, and register the address that they sent it to as an additional email address.

This then means that your Paypal account can accept payment sent to either address, and should also automatically add the payment in question to your balance.

Hope this helps.

robnye

forward the email to spoof@paypal.com

midlandscomics

Oh, and don't forget to change over your Paypal address in your My eBay settings, so that it doesn't happen again (even though it won't matter if you set up to email address on your account, as I mentioned above)

redfan

I'm not saying it isnt a scam but the email is similar to the one you get if the buyer sent payment to an email that isnt registered against a PayPal account. Your PP account can have multiple registered email addresses - just go and add your oliver@dm... email address to your account - any money that is paid to that email will then appear in your account.