Selling outside of eBay

retsbed

Hi all,

I listed my old mobile phone on ebay last night and a short while ago I received the email below. I'm not going to take him up on his offer but it certainly sounds like a scam what do you guys thinks???

Question from tommyj95
tommyj95( 2)
Positive feedback: 100%
Member since: 17-Aug-99
Location: WI, United States
Registered on: https://www.ebay.com

Hello seller,i will like to buy your phone for my uncle he has just been posted to nigeria,due to the urgent need of the phone i am willing to offer you £120 for the phone and £20 for shipment to nigeria via royalmail international sign for.get back to me with your paypal info and i will make the payment straight away.

please your urgent response is needed.


Any repsonse appreciated :beer:

P.S. - Should I even bother responding?

vishpatel

hell no.

mobile phones sell like hotcakes on ebay. You'll have plenty of takers.

frivolous_fay

Scam scam scam scam.

The word 'Nigeria' is the most obvious giveaway.

retsbed

It reeks doesn't it!

Must admit that the offer is attractive and I can see how gullible ebayers fall foul of this evil trick.

beetplek

It wasnt even personal, looks like he copied and pasted it to everyone selling expencive mobile phones.

mrsb_5

report it in you "my messages"

vickitoria100

plus if someone reported you or ebay found out, your account would be closed - not allowed to sell/buy outside of ebay using info found on the site.

retsbed

mrsb wrote:

report it in you "my messages"

Thanks mrsb :beer: didn't realise I could do that, have done so now and feel like I've exacted some sort of revenge!!!

smartie1976

Looks like a hacked account as only 2 feedback since 1999.

outbidder

Well it makes a change from the usual money order scams but PayPal have been known to reverse payments months after they have been made leaving the seller with no money and no item.

If it 'seems' to good to be true...

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Also seller now has a negative feedback which says it all

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