Ive just sold a PS4, advice please..

steveo3002

sounds scammy to me

please be carefull

Kayalana99

For £525 I would rather take the neg then risk it TBH.

On other hand, I've sold alot of things on ebay this week to business addresses when their so obviously not for the business... people purchase to their work address as they are christmas presents, so it makes sense in that way.

Beck__

Ok this has reached a conclusion.. My gut was right :mad:

I still hadn't heard from the guy early yesterday evening (auction ended at lunch) and so I did what he asked (before I read your advice), I sent a paypal invoice (which gave him all the paypal info I imagine), I also emailed outside of ebay a new pic (so he now had my email address).

Abit later last night, I received 2 messages from ebay saying they suspect this guy was a dodgy buyer (something about not being registered properly) and they have cancelled his bids and therefore my auction. They advised not to deal with him and NOT to send the goods, good job I hadnt already done so.

Anyway, not long after, I got an email from the guy saying he had sent me the money and included an extra £100 so I could send it to his nephew in Nigeria (lol). Not long after I got 2 emails, 1 supposedly from ebay saying this guy is legit and to send the goods (although senders email was obviously not the real ebay). the other email supposedly from paypal showing the money had gone in (again from a dodgy email).

Of course this is scam 101 stuff, so even if ebay hadnt warned me, i would have spotted the signs. But yeah I showed my newbness by doing the things I shouldnt, so thanks for the advice even though I saw it too late.

Ive decided to sell my PS4 to CEX as I suspect scammers are out in force for these desirable items.

Ive pasted the email below for info/lols:

Hello Seller,
It is my pleasure to inform you that I have carried out the payment via PayPal to your PayPal id (xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com). kindly check your PayPal email address (inbox,spam or junk mail) for the confirmation email of my Payment from PayPal.I also have the email receipt of the payment from PayPal with me i can forward it to you as a prove.I want the item sent to my Nephew's address who is living and working in West Africa .I would have asked you to post it to my eBay address in UK but I am presently going to Nigeria to see my Nephew due to family reasons.i sincerely hope you could assist me in shipping the item over there so it would be convenient for me to pick it up when i get there.i also want to use the item as a surprise birthday Gift for his Cousin who is having his birthday next week.Here is the delivering address of my Nephew confirmed with pay pal.

Bright Henry
18/20 Alhaja Road,
Abesan Ipaja,
Lagos,23401.
Nigeria.

I want you to ship the item to Lagos Nigeria via Royal Mail Airmail® 1st Class Recorded Delivery, so that the item will get there ASAP. I've added you £100 which should cover for the postage cost to the Country. Please get back to me with the shipment details (shipping Bar code) after shipping to the address above.Please make sure the shipment Bar code or tracking No starts from RJ or RU.

NOTE: Please wrap the item carefully, write GIFT on the paper. Please don't use any other postage service except Royal Mail First Class Recorded Delivery.

I'm very sorry for any inconvenience I might cause you.
looking forward to a swift response

soolin

Goodness, I haven't seen that old fashioned con for a long time, I thought they had all but given up and got more sophisticated.

Kayalana99

I would email him back and tell him its on its way!! ;D

shaun_from_Africa

Bright Henry

Obviously his parent's choice of name for him didn't work out quite as well as they hoped.

peter_the_piper

He has a brother called Hooray.

onetwothree123

LOLZ @ the last two replies! Good punchlines! :rotfl:

Blackjack_Davy

Been watching this thread with interest.

Personally I'd be tempted to send him a parcel with a brick in it, and declare the customs as £525 merchandise, should get him a hefty customs charge.

Then wait for the emails to arrive, should be a fun read.

GabbaGabbaHey

This_Year wrote: »

Yes, you can send photos through eBay messages.

Actually, you can only send photos through the eBay messaging system if you agree to accept your emails from eBay in HTML - not sure why anybody would agree to this. If you opt to receive your emails in plain text, then you cannot attach photos to messages that you send.