Advice needed to claim back Ebay fees

freddysmith

I have just had this guy do a Buy it Now, He only registered yesterday. Sent him an invoice and his address was in the Isle of Wight. Received an email back from him as follows:-

hello seller,
good day to you,hope all is wll with you and your business.i am happy
to be the highest bidder on your item,i will like you help concerning
the shipping of the item for a relative in africa on a conference via
ups fastest service.i wil ve resposible for the shipping and i will be
very happt if you can render this help to me.i want you calculate the
shipping cost of the ite and get back to me with totoal cost including
shipping to nigeria.the recipent address is below.
Name:Magbe David
Address:24 Alero street
Boji Boji
Agbor
Deltal State
234055
Nigeria.
(P O BOX 695 AGBOR)
get back ot me to countinue with the transaction cus i want the
transaction runs out before the weeks runsout.i will effect the payment
immediately i read from you with the grand total.i would have love to
pay you through my paypal account but my account is currently out of
use,paypal told me it will take two or weeks to rectify,i will make the
payment through an online secure and guarantee auction payment call
bidpay in which the funds will be delived to the address provided by
the seller.get back to me with your full name and address.thanks,

I only post to the UK and would like advice on how to claim back any or all of my Ebay fees. Any advice would be grateful

robnye

classic case of the nigerian scam.............................

forward email to ebay.

bleugh

Just file a non paying bidder after 7 days
then after a further 7 days you can request your fees back

you can't reclaim your listing fees

fatboyonadiet

Can't reclaim your listing fees but when if you relist you won't be charged again (happened to me several times with phones in the past - well annoying!)