Phone bought by American to post to Nigeria

syanide

scam scam scam scam.. no more to say really ..

towseriv

I have now recieved an e-mail asking me to post a proof of posting to a 'paypal' address to prove before they will pay me. At this point surley even the most green of people would realise they have been scammed?

frivolous_fay

Sadly not There are people out there who even believe that ebay have a warehouse.

soolin

towseriv wrote:

I have now recieved an e-mail asking me to post a proof of posting to a 'paypal' address to prove before they will pay me. At this point surley even the most green of people would realise they have been scammed?

There are people who wouldn't notice it was a scam if the auction actually had 'This is a scam' in huge red letters written across it.

I'm not joking either, there was a case on the unmoderated boards before Christmas last year where someone had their account hijacked so changed the hosted photos to show a warning that the account was hijacked so please don't bid-ebay aware, and people were still bidding .


Soo

cazmanian_minx

towseriv wrote:

The attempt at a scam continues I have now recieved the following:

We got the tracking number you sent to our customers service.However the buyer requested the item to be shipped via royalmail international signfor, We will like to know what courier service you used in shipping this item so we can verifiy and update your account as soon as possible.


Any question call +44702403496 or Contact our customer service at paypalfunds@emailaccount.com
Thank you for using PayPal®. We look forward in serving your online payment.
Sincerely.
The PayPal Team
PayPal Account Review Department.

If you want to play with them a bit more, you could reply pointing out that the person on the Account Review team appears to have accidentally sent you the number for a mobile phone instead of the direct line to the review team - and since you wouldn't accidentally want to disturb someone by perhaps ringing on their day off, you'll wait for them to send you the correct number before contacting them

Caroline

mikey-mike_2

interesting to note that is a uk mobile number

would be a shame if anyone still up in the middle of the night was to phone it (obviously witholding their own number)

Omertron

mikey-mike wrote:

interesting to note that is a uk mobile number

would be a shame if anyone still up in the middle of the night was to phone it (obviously witholding their own number)

Probably got it from another scam :rolleyes:

mrbadexample

achtunglady wrote:

Yes theres a university dedicated to teaching them scams, a straight up non corrupt Nigerian told me this ( hang on, was he scamming me by telling me this hahahahah)

It's true - there is a university. See here.

slowen

mrbadexample wrote:

It's true - there is a university. See here.

Cheeky bu**ers
It's amazing how they can get away with showing people how to rip people off, I presume these courses are popular to all the Nigerian scammer

Have you read the "what are graduates are saying" section on the left hand side

Here is a sample, don't know if these are real statements or someone having a laugh

The University of Nigeria is like no other around the world. They are the first to welcome anyone and everyone who is interested in learning their sound and proven business technologies. I am particularly pleased with the Ebay courses I took at the University. Within days upon completion, I won 25 auctions, received 20 items, and over $17,000US in cash! My friends and family in Canada usually pay for things they buy. But I am different. I get people to pay me to sell items to me. Why don't other universities teach savvy business skills like The University of Nigeria?"
and

"I never realized how easy it is to make money while sitting behind a computer and fax machine. You people were right on the money! Every day I sent between 10 to 50 million emails asking for people to help me transfer funds into their accounts so that one day I can live a happy and cheerful life like them. When they respond, I use my special training that I learned from University of Nigeria to make around $10,000 to $30,000 off each person willing to help. Good thing those British and Americans don't know about this business opportunity yet. I am ranking in the cash thanks to the University of Nigeria. Thanks again for such a wonderful program."

mrbadexample

slowen wrote:

Here is a sample, don't know if these are real statements or someone having a laugh

It's a spoof. :rolleyes: :rotfl: