That’s awful and extremely frustrating. Did you get your listing fee credited on eBay?

Ahh man that sucks. I got to say that I do not do much with Ebay but that looks so much slicker than this Nigerian stuff that gets into my inboxes. Other than the spelling though, if they could spell correctly their conversions my go thru the roof …

Still a load of crap but thanks for the heads up Andrew.

One of the reasons there are so many scams from Nigeria is because there is no treaty for dealing with this with the US.
Does Singapore have any agreements with Nigeria?

That’s terrible man, these people are just trying to scam people all around the place, not only on ebay, i think they are everywhere, in the mail, over the phone, sms, mail and etc. beware.

what some brunches of scam artists!

Andrew, would you mind If i quote your story on my blog or websites?

just to warn people be aware of those Nigerian scams!

thanks in advance

well! what are bunches of scam artist! andrew can you tell me some easy methods to check on those spoof emails rather than go through all the mail header or things? I was a computer engineer and want to write some computer security articles to my readers.

thank you

Hi,

You should go to quatloos.com and tell them about this scam. Quatloos is the home of Tony the Wonder LLama and a very large collection of notices of scams, ripoffs, etc. There is a large and ongoing section on the Nigerian 409 scams, which is similar to this, and a bit on the Spanish Prisoner scam, which this also resembles.

Some of the people over there have strung these scammers along for months and the posted exchanges are truly hilarious.

Barry

They attempted the same thing with us twice in 2 days on 2 different items we are selling, both we had as action items and buy now. We no longer offer buy it now and have blocked all international buyers (we live in Australia). We also forwarded on the spoof information to both ebay and pay pal who are investigating. Signs to look for include the ‘buyer’ signed up as a member of ebay that day!

G’day

I believe I am recently subjected to the exact same scam. He claimed that he is in the US requesting a tracking number for a mobile that he Imaginally paid for. Of course I did not release the item but even though I still got fed up at him for his persistance, seriously I was about to sent a letter of insults to his community to Lagos. I might still do that.
I am in Australia and a new user to ebay and I seriously need some advice on how to block buyers from Nigeria. Any recommendations??

Cheers mate

Min

Holy Cow! I was just looking up how much it costs to send something to Nigeria and I stumbled upon this article. This is exactly what they did to us!!! Sending it to Nigeria and putting the PayPal on hold until they get the item! (Except they wanted to buy it for their daughter, not their son.) I’m so happy I’ve read this, you saved me from losing $260! I knew their story sounded a little fishy and now I’m sure! Thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! We were JUST about to send it. You saved me and my family a whole lot a grief.

….once again, thank you!

These bloody scammers there all over the place now and are destroying all the positive aspects of e-bay. I was almost had last week, I got three buy it now offers from the same person (I suspect), at 2-3 times what I was asking. One wanted it for their son, the other for their niece and the other for their fiance. All shipped to Nigeria ofcourse. Two warning signs, one is spelling and grammar. Their syntax sucks. And two, i hate to be chauvinistic, is Nigeria. This should be one of the rules in the e bay terms of service agreement, “Thou shalt not buy, sell or correspond with anyone, anything or anybody that has anything to do with Nigeria”. Trade safe.

hi,
I just had the same kind of scam on ebay. I was selling a cell phone, and this guy sent me an email telling me to end the auction and he would pay extra if I send the phone to his son working for Unicef in Nigeria. I was doubtful, but when he said he was going to use Paypal, so I thought he is for real. But I was not 100% fell for his scam. I waited and played along. I replied his email, and he responded pretty well. A few emails from Paypal about the payment. I googled for ‘nigeria scam ebay’ just to make sure. Then I found your blog. That’s cool. Thanks for sharing your experience.

p/s They did a pretty good job on the paypal email, but they cant fool clever people like us. LOL

ideoteque

je viens d’etre victime du meme type d’arnaque mais ton site me confirme mon idee, maintenant je viens d’enlever mon annonce de ebay a cause de lui mais heureusement je n’ai pas envoyé l’objet (il s’agissait d’un pc portable dans mon cas, puis-je demander a ebay de me rembourser la somme d’insertion?

Thank you for your informations, i’ll do that. And congratulations for your blog the translation is so good that i thaught it was a french blog, but now i can answer in english

Thanks

Nigeria isn’t listed on the paypal registration form so u have a few honest ppl trying to send gifts to their loved ones at home and scammers who have no choice but to choose another country different 4rm what they signed up to ebay with.

Let me tell you people should not say bad about Nigeria,i have been dealing with Nigeria for many years.

I have been buying and selling at ebay and i have been receiving my money.

Some Nigeria buying purchase one iphone and Laptop and he send me my money .

Dont say anything Bad about Nigeria.

Not all Nigeria are Bad and some are Good and it is all over the world some good people are good instead some are bad.

My ebay id:Blucas2000

I also got this scam. At first they not mentioned about their location, although i already asked for it 3 times. So i thought she was in my country. Then i asked for meet up to make all the transaction and she said she cant leave the office because she is a doctor. So we decide to make payment via PayPal. Finally tomorrow nite, she said that she already make the payment and asked me to check my inbox or “JUNKMAIL”. It’s weird right? then I asked my friend bout this matter. Thanks God i asked my friend, she said it’s absolutely a SCAM! Coz i never used PayPal before so i didnt know how it works. I almost ship the item, but luckily i didnt. Here’s the email:

Shipping Information
Shipping Info:
Name: Ifeoluwa John
Address: Block 56 Asiri Abo Street Odo Oba Molete>
City: Ibadan>
State: Oyo>
Country: Nigeria>
Post Code: 23402> > >
Shipping Method:
Address Status: confirmed

You have to provide us the tracking number to this item for verification of shipment and when this is done the money will credited into your account If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the customer care link memberscareteam@mail2consultant.com.

PayPal Email ID PP843

I’ve been trying to sell two iPhones on eBay and the auctions keep getting killed. How it works is this:

Item is bid on by three people:

A) Legit B) Legit C) Nigerian

The nigerian hikes the price and scares the others off. They “win” the bid. Then they claim their account was used without their authorization. eBay kills the auction. The Nigerian then writes you pretending to be eBay saying the auction is reestablished and that the Nigerian is authentic and it was a mistake. They then tell you to send your item and once the shipment is made, they will send your money.

So even if you don’t fall for it, you’ve still been victimized. They kill your auction. You can’t sell the item to the legit bidders.

In the original Star Wars, Obi Wan said:
“Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

I think he was talking about eBay.

WOW!!! THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME!

please beware, I did not ship my d40 out yet but thank god I found this site

Hello ,
Greetings to you.I am Alex Azubike from LA,US.I’m contacting you concerning your item on Ebay which i eventually became the winning bidder for your item.i’m presently serving our beloved nation in Germany with the United Nation and i intend sending this item to my son who works with the American Embassy in Nigeria as a visa Officer.i will like you to ship it through USPS (UNITED STATE POSTAL SERVICE) Express Mail International 8days (EMS) or USPS REGISTERED MAIL to Nigeria and I will like you to go know the Shipping cost and calculate the shipping cost and the item for Payment get back with the amount i will be paying immediately..I will be sending you my payment via PayPal,So kindly send me your (PayPal EMAIL ADDRESS) So as to immediately make out my payment.Make sure you get the package ready for immediate or next day shipment okay?.Expecting your reply so as to immediately make out my payment.
Regards
Alex Azubike
N:B
This is the shipping information…
NAME……MIKE AZUBIKE
ADDRESS….NO 14 RAILWAY LINE OFF SIMBIAT ABIOLA WAY
CITY……IKEJA
STATE….LAGOS STATE
COUNTRY….NIGERIA
ZIP CODE…23401

I just received a similar email from the UK.

eliveley@aol.com to me
show details 1:12 PM (7 hours ago) Reply

fromeliveley@aol.com

dateMon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:12 PM
subjectPayment has been made successfully and i have include the shipping address from ebay..
mailed-byaol.com

hide details 1:12 PM (7 hours ago) Reply

Hello payment as been made and as soon as you get the payment confirmation message from paypal that mean the payment as been confirm and as soon as you get, all you have to do is get the item ship out asap through USPS EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL so that it will get to the destination in the next 4-5 DAYS and you have to reply back the confirmation message you got from paypal with the TRACKING NUMBER so that they will verify the tracking number and remit the payment int your account as soon as they got your message..

This is the Shipping address below:

Name: Oloyode Mathew
Address: No 20 Eleyele Street
City: Ile-Ife
State:Osun-State
Country:Nigeria
Zip-Code:23435

Please don”t make mistake with the address listed above and as soon as paypal remit the payment into your account get back to me as well with the tracking number as well..Nice doing business with you..

Best Regards..

Mrs Mary Williams

hi i’m ryan from the uk
i have recently advertised an n96 mobile in my local friday free ads( http://www.friday-ad.co.uk ) and have had the same problem with them there?! my first email was from a lady claiming she would pay the full price and an extra 80 pound(sterling) for posting a packageing. which to my delight was not a problem at all(thinking i might save myself 20 pound with a international courier!) so i ask for the address details and waited for a response whilst i got some qoutes for nigeria. shortly after the address come threw and i got the ball rolling,then it hit me! i’ve seen as i use ebay alot that people point blank refuse people from bidding for nigeria and they will not send ther. so i decided to tell them to send me a cheque and when payment was clear i’d ship the item even if it was at a cost to me(a gentlemens agrement as such!) funny i never hurd from them again. i had a lucky escape and i strongly suggest,even if u advertise in your local papper,no matter where u r in the world WATCH OUT!ebayers have clocked them. now ther spredding ther wings and sounds like ther haveing some very close calls with people. we’ve been lucky, but ther must be a hell of alot of people out ther that have not.

be safe be lucky
ryan uk

hi i’m ryan from the uk
i have recently advertised an n96 mobile in my local friday free ads( http://www.friday-ad.co.uk ) and have had the same problem with them there?! my first email was from a lady claiming she would pay the full price and an extra 80 pound(sterling) for posting a packageing. which to my delight was not a problem at all(thinking i might save myself 20 pound with a international courier!) so i ask for the address details and waited for a response whilst i got some qoutes for nigeria. shortly after the address come threw and i got the ball rolling,then it hit me! i’ve seen as i use ebay alot that people point blank refuse people from bidding for nigeria and they will not send ther. so i decided to tell them to send me a cheque and when payment was clear i’d ship the item even if it was at a cost to me(a gentlemens agrement as such!) funny i never hurd from them again. i had a lucky escape and i strongly suggest,even if u advertise in your local papper,no matter where u r in the world WATCH OUT!ebayers have clocked them. now ther spredding ther wings and sounds like ther haveing some very close calls with people. we’ve been lucky, but ther must be a hell of alot of people out ther that have not.

be safe be lucky
ryan uk

I had somebody buy a PS3 at my Buy It Now price. They then put the money into my Paypal (and Paypal told me the transaction was ‘completed’) and collected it from my house before running away up the street.

They then cancelled the payment and had all their money refunded by Paypal, and I now have no proof that I gave them the PS3 and can’t get it back.

So now I don’t have a PS3 or £300. Seriously lame.

I was selling 3pairs of jeans to Craiglist and I’ve got email from Mrs Vera Morgan who is now on her business in Malaga, Spain. She wants to buy all of them and wants me to ship it to Nigeria for her in-law ’s Birthday. This is my frist time selling items on Craiglist. She wants my Palpal but I don’t have one. So she will transfer the money from outside Canada to my account. She needs all my banking details, name, address. We’ve sent more than 30 emails to deal with this, she was so nice to me. she lives in Vancouver but she doesn’t have bank account here!!!I ship it for her to
Ms. Akinwale Smart
7 Eleyele Street, llf lfe.
Osun state 23405 Nigeria .
She wants tracking no. to complete the money tranfer. I was stupid that I ship it before I got money tranfer also sent her all details. She email me fake money tranfer document online from Colony Bank!! I call Colony Bank in USA and forward to sucurity@colonybank.com they said it fake they don’t have that kind of service. I have to run to my Bank change a new account. That was a bad day for me to run around all day.
I call Canada Post trying to stop shipping and ship it back to sender.
I don’t know yet that it will work or not. I lost 300$ for my jeans and 50$ for shipping cost.
I also got email from her that she transfer 580$ to me and I told her that it was too much I think she might ask me to send money back to her but it doesn’t go that far I stop everything after I talk to Colony Bank in USA.

Regards,
Bee
BC, Canada

Thank you VERY much for having this blog to open my eye’s to this scam, which i knew was too good to be true, two days ago i listed my item: and today i got an e-mail, here is the entire conversation so far: from newest e-mail to oldest ( copied from yahoo)

From: Sam Phillips
Subject: Re: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: jstontan1145@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 8:24 PM

when should i expect to recieve payment?

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Stanton wrote:

From: Joe Stanton
Subject: Re: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: starmodder@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 3:17 PM

ok…….

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Sam Phillips wrote:

From: Sam Phillips
Subject: Re: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: jstontan1145@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 8:13 PM

also after your payment has cleared i will remove the item from ebay

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Stanton wrote:

From: Joe Stanton
Subject: Re: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: starmodder@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 2:27 PM

OK…. HERE MY STORE ADDRESS,,,,,,
A.D. Limited %
Adepoju Tunde
Ologo House Craig Str,
Road Abeokuta
Ogun State
NIgeria
23439
hope to read from you soon

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Sam Phillips wrote:

From: Sam Phillips
Subject: Re: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: jstontan1145@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 7:19 PM

Thank you for your quick reply however i would like to establish a few things BEFORE you send me any payments on paypal, one, your billing address, i may want more $ depending on the shipping cost to your location and how much insurance you want, so please provide me with your billing address and how much $ amount of insurance coverage you would like to purchase, AFTER that we can determine how much your payment will be, and arrange for you to send it to me through paypal

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Stanton wrote:

From: Joe Stanton
Subject: get back to me…. Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: starmodder@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 1:48 PM

Hello,
thank for your reply….. i really appreciate your reply…. ok i will make the payment to your paypal email address StarModder@yahoo.com….. as soon as i leave my working place ….so as soon as you receive notification from paypal get back to me so that you can arrange for the shipment tomorrow… i will like you to end the auction now and get back to me….
thankx
hope to read from you soon

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Sam Phillips wrote:

From: Sam Phillips
Subject: Re: Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: jstontan1145@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:38 PM

Hello, thank you for your intrest in my item, and yes i can mail it whatever way you like, i will have to check into the rates for shipping before i accept your offer so i can establish how much of this $ will be going to shipping, as i have never shipped international, perhaps you could provide me with your general location so i can find out, and yes also as soon as your payment has been recieved and it is on its way to my bank accound i can send the item tommarow, and also how much insurence would you like to put on this item? i apologize about the questions however i am very new to international and insurence included shipping, i will end the auction as soon as i have recieved your payment, and my e-mail address is StarModder@yahoo.com, please respond ASAP

— On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Stanton wrote:

From: Joe Stanton
Subject: Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF, 2.93ghz, 512mb Ram, 40gb HD Item number: 150326764328
To: StarModder@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 8:26 AM

Hello seller,
Pleasured to view this great item as I’m interested in the immediate purchase of this item,which is needed in my store urgently in next few days for my customers, I intend to pay you $700 (i would gladly increase my offer if it need arises) for the item to including shipping & insurance via INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL USPS (EMS)5-7 Day Delivery,i will be paying you through a trusted name PAYPAL.reply asap with your PayPal email address so that i can get to pay for this item and your email address in your reply so that can contact you anytime.i will be glad if you can end auction for the item now.Reply Asap NB:i would like buy the item to one of my store , pls let me know if you can ship tomorrow as soon as payment has been received .
Regards
_______________________________

Your blog opened my eyes and i will end this trasaction NOW thanks ALOT!!

p.s. i use a fake name in yahoo!! thats why it is sam philips

^ Read the e-mail part from bottom to top to understand it, sorry for any confusion

My brother is an idiot an sent a like-new Alienware laptop.

When he got the “paypal” email, he sent the item.
Then 2 weeks later he realized he got owned in the face.

Lucky I ran into this blog, I’ve been having bad feeling all day because some guy purchase my item on eBay and ask me to send it to Nigeria so I google around for peace of mind. Suprise…surprise The same MO, fake eBay and paypal noticifation. Thank you for your post it save me a lot and gives my peace back.

UGH!! This same thing just happened to me with a PDA I listed for sale on EBay! It was the first item I had ever listed on EBay for sale and admittedly, when I got an email from EBay the very next morning stating someone bought it for my ‘Buy It Now!’ pricing…well, I was excited about that! So, I boxed it all up and addressed it to go out to the California address that was listed on the account. The next morning, of course, I get a fake Paypal email stating they are paying me extra to ship it to their grandson in Lagos, Nigeria, for his birthday. I log into my Paypal account on a separate web page and no big surprise–the money isn’t there! THEN–this morning I actually get an email from them again asking why they haven’t heard from me and if I have shipped the package and I simply replied and said that I won’t ship it until the payment is received per EBay policy and that I have reported their fake Paypal email to spoof@paypal.com. I just contacted EBay about the incident and am asking to be returned the cost of the listing and the selling fees. I think this is just absolutely ridiculous–for people to spend all of their time ripping others off for what they have! Now I question how many things I want to list on EBay! I do think I will list the item again however without a ‘Buy It Now’ price and see how that works out!

thx alot for your article you actually just saved me sever hundred dollars for a game system i was planning to ship tomorrow.

THX!!!

Hello,

I think I can claim to be the first person targeted by two seperate scammers. I sold a mobile recently (06/06/09) and instead of going for around £100 the item finally went for £400. The alarm bells started ringing straight away, looks like the both drove the price up against each other. However it has only been a day and both are no longer registered with ebay. So do I offer it to the next bidder or relist it?

Hi. And now they are in Latin America. In Deremate.com.co. Y received an Bid for my Netbook. The same history. Beware people. Cuidado gente, ya llegaron a America Latina

hi i was almost scamed by these guys and it was on craigslist too
and this is what he wrote to me ..
Thanks for your reply and am glad to know that you are still selling the package,
However i have few questions on the package you are selling.
1,I would like to know the reason you are selling it..?
2,What is the current status of the package..?
3,What is your firm price, though am okay with the listing price..?
4,Do you have the original box and the receipt for it ..?
5,What type of paymentdo you accept as a seller even though i will
add an extra dollars to cover the shipping because am currently not
local at the moment,Am out of town to visit my cousin that has stroke in AZ(He’s getting better now) and i would like to purchase it from you on behalf of my mission in oversea west africa .
I have a paypal account can pay you via that right away .If you do not have a PayPal account, you can do so by going to http://www.PayPal.com and set up your account it is free,easy and guarantee transaction safety.Once you send me money request, I will send you the payment for your item as well as $200 USD to covers shipping via USPS PRIORITY MAIL.And please will need pics for visual assesment I would be glad if my request is favorably considered.Thanks

Go ahead and let me know the shipping cost via USPS priority mail ..
you can do this via http://www.usps.com
here is the destination address…

Darek M
#28 Isale-agbowa
Makun Sagamu
Ogun state.
Nigeria,121101

yeah i almost believed it thank think God i didn’t fell for it…
so everyone out there be careful..

i got the same scam artist ‘Havidson Good” or email as:
havidson.good@yahoo.com
i was lucky and investigated it..he didnt scam me
NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO NIGERIA or OUT OF THE U.S. Without reasearching first.
Wild.

I have almost the same issue with the above. The lady from Uk would like to buy the phone that i am selling in ebay and she would like it to be send in Nigeria, of course with some hesitation, i asked her so many questions, since why would she buy an item from Philippines and be send in Nigeria which would double the cost, why not buy a new phone in UK which she could have it in a much lesser price. But i never send the item.

Below was what she emailed me:

Beware:
——————————————————–

From: Melissa Dorothe
To: my email add
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:03:32 AM
Subject: Sony Ericsson R306

Hi,
I saw your item pasted for sale on Ebay web site and I’m interested
in buying it.I will need from you the present condition of the item
and do you still have it available for sale.Hope to read from you
soonest.Contact Cell Phone number +(44) 7045748359.

Best regards

Mrs Melissa.

——————————————————

From: Melissa Dorothe
To: (my email)
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:18:55 AM
Subject: Re: Sony Ericsson R306

Hello (my name),
Thanks for your reply,i live in United Kingdom i will like to
inform you that I’m interested in buying your item for a friend who
went on religious mission program in Abroad as a Gift.I will
be paying for this item through Online Bank transfer to bank transfer
and also i will be adding 150.00 GBP (British Pounds) for shipment to
send this item to its Destination(Nigeria) through Ems Speed Post or
Dhl.I will be looking forward to read from you soonest with the cost
you are willing to sell this item including the shipping cost to its
Destination,is nice having business doing together with you.

NB:I will be so much happy if you can end up this auction for me to
buy this item from you.

Warm Regards

Mrs Melissa.

——————————————–
From: Melissa Dorothe
To: Jacky Ching
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:43:00 PM

Subject: Re: Sony Ericsson R306

Hi Jacky,
I will like you to know that i cant bid for the item on Ebay just because am using one of my relative in ebay account.Please since i know the overall cost of the item including the shipment cost now,kindly provide me your bank account information so that i can proceed with the payment deposit into your bank account.I will be sending you the shipping address in other for you to know the city if its remote area.Please do help calculate the money to British Pounds.
I will be looking forward to read from you soon.Is my pleasure once again having business doing together with you.Please kindly go end up the auction for me on ebay website in other for me to proceed with me with the payment.

Regards
————————————————–
Hello Jacky Ching,
Here is the shipping address below in order for you to determine the cost of the shipment through Dhl as you said.

NAME :Nelson Joseph
ADDRESS: No 4 kudeti road Onireke
CITY:IBADAN
STATE:OYO
COUNTRY:NIGERIA
ZIP CODE.234002
Tele:2348079121315

I will be looking forward to read from you soon.Is my pleasure once again having business doing together with you.

Best regards
———————————————-

Good day

The same guy tried ripping me of by saying he wanted to buy my xbox through pay-pal and he sent me a fake email of pay-pal transaction number which didn’t even register on the real website and i searched the address and found this website now tell me its not a scam.

A similar scam happened to me when selling my cell phone on ebay…I did not have a buy it now option but the scammer wasthe high bidder, just seconds before the cell phone sold. I am fairly new to selling on ebay…just 3 items. I thought about it for a few minutes and then said now way, emailed him back and said I only ship to USA. Shortly after that his ebay account was gone and I was able to do the second offer thing which I was too turned off to do. Ebay did inform me that it was indeed a scam when I sent them the email. Here is the email I recieved:

hello
i will like to have ur paypal email address so i can make ur payment asap. and i will to let u know that am buying this item for my wife who is presently in west african country nigeria for missionary program and i will be adding $100 to the shiping and handing fees. so i will glad if u can do this for me.

- 09lisa1113

I guess these scammers are all over the place since I now have it listed on Craigslist and with in one hour of the listing I recieved the following email from keanjenny@gmail:

Hi Mate,
I’m interested in buying your item which you display
onCraigslist, ….I will like to buy your item and pay you through
PayPal,do send me your PayPal account email address for the instant
payment also the total cost of the item in USD and also i will be
adding 100$ for the shipping fee through USPS Global Express Mail
Service to my house in LONDON..I’m buying the item for my personal
assistant which is handling on of my company branch in WEST AFRICA for his Birthday Gift coming up in few weeks and here is the Delivery
Information:
Address: Mellanby hall
University of Ibadan
city: Ibadan
state: Oyo State
zip code: 23402
country: Nigeria.

Do get back to me as soon as you can so i can proceed with the instant
payment….hope to hear back from you.

Thanks

Thank you and God Bless you

Thanks to this site. I also had the same experianced. I posted a blackberry unit in my ebay account for local buyers in the Phippines. Then, after the bidding I got a buyer from the USA.

The buyer is asking me for shipping cost to Lagos, Nigeria because he intends to send the blackberry unit to his friend who is working there. So, I inquired on the shipping cost from our country and offered Fedex since the cost is cheaper than DHL. Wow, the buyer chooses DHL and had sent USD $ 512.00 from Barclay bank in London, UK.

I got suspicious when the bank told me that the transfer is on HOLD pending my shipment of the item.The bank wants me to ship the item first, give them the tracking number and the related receipt. So, I used google and found this site. I reported the case to ebay and got a reply in 15 minutes.

Ebay said that the account the buyer used was compromised and confirmed that the transaction is fraudalent. I emailed the buyer and told him that I found out that the transaction was fraudalent and even included the email from ebay. Then, he stops sending emails.

Thanks to this site and the site like this.

I myself have only just fell for this scam today
I was promised £250 for my Nintendo DS
After receiving the “paypal” notification they almost shoved it upon me that I was to send it to them
Having only sent it in the morning and finding out now I feel really quite ridiculous and what’s worse is that you can not complain to anyone as the transaction is technically out of ebay and paypal
It’s awful
I urge anyone reading
DO NOT LEAVE EBAY WHEN SELLING SOMETHING
ebay will secure you, if they ask you to end the auction early for a large sum of money DO NOT DO IT!

I have read so many of these scams and it saddens me no small deal. I was the subject of a successful scam like this about 4 years ago, when I was still at Uni (in the UK). I had a contract phone that had come to the end of its contract period. I, being a student, thought I’d sell it off on eBay and get me some much needed funds. I consequently proceeded to list the item (a nokia 3650) and within hours, someone had bought it for “their uncle” who lived in Nigeria. They claimed to have sent payment through western union and emailed me what apeared then to be a genuine confirmation of the transfer from Western Union. The email claimed that the payment would clear in 3 to 6 days. Have in mind that I had never been scammed nor heard about the numerous scam cases, plus I was an ebay newbie. I got suspicious when I noticed the numerous grammar errors in the buyer’s correspondences to me, but put it down to it probably being a non-english speaking person trying their best to communicate. I further got reassured when the buyer told me that they had an account with UPS (or FedEx, can’t recall now) and actually sent a UPS (or FedEx) courier to pick up the item, with proper tracking info and so on.
All the while, the buyer kept nagging for the tracking number, which I eventually emailed to them. That was the last time I heard anything from them. Of course, I never got the confirmation email from Western Union and later found out that Western Union did not operate that way. To make matters worse, the courier company sent me a £98 charge for the delivery of the phone, saying that the person I sent it to closed their account and could not be traced. I was referred to the small prints, where it apparently said that in such an event, the sender shall be liable for all charges. So, I lost my phone and paid to get it sent to a scammer in Nigeria.

You would think that was bad enough. No. Hear this: I am a Nigerian. I was in the UK then for my masters degree and was not entitled to any state benefits, education wise. So, any and every funds mattered to me. I, a full Nigerian, got scammed by a fellow Nigerian 6000 miles away.

I just want all to know that NOT every Nigerian is a scammer or of dubious character. I quite understand the premise on which people make this assumption and think it is a fair one, considering the never ending scam stories I have heard. But, there still are decent people who struggle daily to earn an honest living like everyone else. I am now fully settled and working in the UK, and believe it or not, I am a hobby seller on eBay with a 100% feedback on about 723 sold items. (I sell because I get a kick from doing so) I NEVER, EVER SEND TO NIGERIA OR ANY AFRICAN COUNTRY (AND SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES). You can check my feedback yourself here:

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=fosugo&ftab=AllFeedback

Email me from my profile if you don’t believe me. Sad, but it is usually the uneducated, lazy, low life criminals tha perpetrate these acts and thus blemish all honest working ones like myself.

OMG,
I was just trying to find a zip code 4 nigeria to mail to this guy and i happened to see this site. I am so so so so so so so so so glad i didnt fall for it. About 4 days ago i posted my ad on craigslist for my PSP for $150 and this guy (roger.mosher@gmail.com) wants to giv me $240 and sas that his ‘niece’ is out of STATE so im thining california, colorado or something. Even from the begining i thought soemthing was funny.
. This i think the second email that he sent me

GET BACK SOON!!!! PSP (Multiple Accesories Included)! – $150 (Accokeek, MD)?
From: Roger Mosher (roger.mosher05@gmail.com)
Sent: Tue 9/01/09 5:37 AM
To: Sindy Duran (sid_dw@live.com)

Hi,
Thanks for the mail…i was introduced to this site by a friend at work and i will like immediate purchase of this item for my Niece ‘Bella’ who is away of the state and been requesting for this item…i will offer you $240 including the shipping charges to her.. there because she is in need of it as a matter of urgency and due to my work i don’t have time to handle the shipping..i will want you to help me handle the shipping very well to her..Get back to me with your confirmed PayPal email address so that i can send the payment..
Get back to me asap…

WOW, i was just looking at the UPS thing to calculate the shipping but im not dumb, i wasnt about to ship anything anywhereb4 having the money in my accoint. I did think this offer was alittle funny but i am so so so so glad i didnt do it and i wont, i made my paypal account and everything. Just to see what he does i will play along with his game, i guess just to see what he says. But if he isnt and my $240 are in my bank account i am shipping my PSP, nut if not, its goin nowhere. He said that the money would be deposited into my account tomorrow and if it is is sending i to my bank and shipping my PSP but like i said i’m not dumb:NO MOMEY, NO PSP!

i almost got into a scammed case.. sold a gadget on ebay, the buyer will to pay a price which he can easily get a new one in the market.

here’s the email which i received:

Subject: **BANK OF AMERICA **(IT NOW SAVE TO SHIP OUT)**TRACKING
NUMBER NEEDED FOR VERIFICATION**
To: nuxue.b@gmail.com

[image: http://www.bizzia.com/files/2009/05/bank-of-america-wall.jpg

Dear Esteemed Customer,
We hereby informing you that the Payment Confirmation which
you received Today is now approved and is ready to be released to your bank
once you comply with this process.We will like you to know that we are
expecting the shipment tracking number from you today.We advise you to go
and make the shipment now.

Go ahead with the Shipment of the item being ordered from you by
our client (BUYER'S NAME) and send us the Shipment Tracking Number for
the Shipment Verification.

Once the shipment has been confirmed the total amount of
($X) will
be remitted to your bank, from Bank of America straight into your XXXXXXX
BANK (ACCT
No# XXXXXX)
The process which you will have to follow so that you can get your
money are being stated below:

[1]. Go ahead and Ship out the item ordered from you by our client.
[2]. Send the Shipment Tracking Number to our us for the Shipment
verification.
[3]. You will have to be patient till when the Shipment Verification Process
will be over which will take up to 3-4Hours.

So as soon as you follow up these process you have no problem with the
Management and you will get your fund in your bank account easily and
quickly. Faithfully get back to us soonest with the Shipment Tracking
Number.

****ATTENTION***
The transfer order has been APPROVED, you can now go ahead and ship the
merchandise to the buyer’s shipping address. You are expected to make the
shipment with 48 hours of receiving this Transfer Payment
ApprovalNotificationand get to our Transfer department/Technical Dept.
with the tracking number
for Shipment Verification.*

Thanks for using Bank of America

————————

i smell fish here and wonder if this is even true..

well, i guess i will not send out anything until i received the payment…

Take a look at the grammar and spelling. Don’t you think B of A has someone who can write a simple sentence without getting the capitalization and spelling all messed up? This is an obvious scam.

Take a further look at the email addresses involved. Those sure don’t look like secure B of A addresses. This is an obvious scam.

Avoid this like the plague.

Hey guys…..Wel…..
I never sent my PSP to nigeria or anything but the guy woudnt stop trying to jip me so I decided to put an end to it. Now and then kinda want to mess with him but I dont. He was even sending me fake paypal and FBI emails, I cracked up. Lol But heres the last email I sent him because after that, he never sent me anything in return

Well, “Mr.Roger”

Let ME just tell you, for the past lets say month I’ve been waiting for some sort of oney to be depisited into my paypal account. I didn’t even have a paypal account and I hastedly made one, only because I thought, I was doing business. Just about everyday, I check it and guess what THERES NO MONEY. So, you think you are playing me but Im not stupid. You really thought you were going to jip me for my PSP didnt you? Well, im glad Im not stupid or else I would have sent you my PSP a long long time ago with no money in my paypal account. I am very very computer savvy, and those fake ‘FBI’ nad ‘Paypal’ emails ive been getting, you did a very very good job on faking them, I aplaud you. The fake paypal receipt to my email for $500.81, thats was too much, I had to laugh. And let me just let you know Mr.Mosher I already contacted the FBI & IC3 for real. So let me just tell you I didnt really like what you did, but Im not tripping. It was nice dealing with you though. And FYI, copying the FBI website is not a smart thing to do. Well, Roger thats all I think I have to say, but if you have any questions, comments, or reguards…..’Kindly’ …..get back to me.

Best Wishes,
Sindy

Heres an email he faked from the FBI, Lol

***Collaboration Complaint From PayPal To FBI **LEGAL ACTION***?
From: jeansdanny@googlemail.com on behalf of service@paypal.com (customer.response@officeemail.net)
Sent: Sun 9/13/09 3:43 PM
To: jacob.holecek@umontana.edu

| Home | Jurisdiction | Wanted by the FBI – New York | Press Releases | Infragard | Internet Crime Complaint Center | Fraud Prevention | Employment

Dear Member,
It is important we know the status of the item bought otherwise, legal action may be taken against you since you have not replied to the confirmation of payment made to your account by our client via PayPal.We request for the Scanned Receipt and the Tracking Number to prove postage of the item in less than 24hours and we will fund the money into your account or face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.

We believed you entered into bidding agreement by requesting money through PayPal, and by non response to the payment confirmation made to your account you have violate PayPal agreement. However the buyer has already contacted us in other to make report about your non response. We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence on our users.

Therefore, if your Money is credit into your Account before the shipment of the item, that means the item will not be shipped to the Buyer. From IC3 we give you 48hours(2days) to ship the package to the Delivery Address given to you by your buyer, and also send the Shipment Tracking Number immediately to us to verify the shipment.Immediately we confirm the shipping.You will receive a confirmation e-mail that your account has been credited.

NOTE:
Failure to Abide to this means your Name and Address will be forward to the law enforcement Agency in your Country to get you Arrested, because you are practicing Scam, And your Account with PayPal will be BLOCKED, In order to free yourself from this” Ship the package within 48hours and send the Shipment Tracking to PayPal for them to Verify. If you have any comment on this issue do not hesitate to contact us.If the information you wish to provide pertains to an emergency situation, please contact us at (232) 304-3300. Although we check our e-mail frequently, we do not consider it to be an alternative to telephonic contact in emergency situations.Feel free to E.mail us directly to this mail ( customer.response@ officeemail.net)

New York Field Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation

——————————————————————————–

Thanks for your co-operation.
Yours sincerely,

http://www.fbi.gov

Wow im so glad to have read this info. I was actually going 2 mail my cell phone out later this afternoon. Currently im at work and mentioned to my co-worker im shipping out to nigeria and she says ” are u sure its not a scam?” I Then did some research and came acroos this. A Janet Miller sent me an e-mail confirming a payment to my pay pal account. I also recieved a e-mail from “pay pal” stating i need to send a tracking number in order to recieve my money. Wow its crazy how they all do the same act. My phone was being sold on craigslist and she offered $170 where as i was asking $100. it didnt make sense to me. Thank you for informing ppl of this

WOW!! I cannot believe that all these people are being scammed i thought I was the only one!
I put up a BlackBerry storm and the nigerian scammer sent me a message offering $450.. I accepted the offer and he proceeded to send me $400 and said I had to ship it to Nigeria… I looked into his account and it said Maryland. THEN I GOT AN EMAIL FROM “PAYPAL” SAYING THEY WANTED A NUMBER NUMBER THAN THEY WOULD SEND ME A CONFIRMATION EMAIL… DO NOT FALL FOR THIS CALL PAYPAL!
I am not sure if this account was taken over but here is some information and where they wanted my to ship it..
Username: 6684fs
Musk Adenuga
8 Jimson Street Oke-Fia
City: Osogbo
State: Osun State
Country: Nigeria
Zip Code: 230001

It’s still happening and eBay are still ripping us off by keeping the listing fee.

This just happened to me TWICE in two hours on the same digital camera. The bad thing is, I can’t keep my listing up without these people screwing me, so I can’t sell the camera. I guess I’ll just stop the buy it now price.

First thing, I would like to thank you Mr. Wee. Like any seller doing business in ebay I posted my laptop, dell latitude e6400 at http://www.ebay.ph. I received a letter from Melissa Dorothe from the UK with email address dmelissa56@hotmail.com buying my laptop for her son in Nigeria. I said that I do not ship via international but she insisted saying that she will send it as a gift for her son who is at a church mission in Nigeria and will add another 100 GBP for the shipping cost. The modus operandi was so good that I gave her my bank details to complete the transaction. After two days I did not receive any more emails from her and the amount was not credited to my account then I became suspicious so I check the web and I found out that she did the same thing with other sellers in the ebay. Good before I made another step I found your article and I’m really thankfull to the Good Lord that I got the warning just in time otherwise I will be coned. Again thank you, pal.

Thank you for your blog entry. I also received an email from a Melissa Dorothe asking about my laptop which I posted on eBay. I thought that her mobile number looked weird so I googled her email address and your blog entry came up, thanks to the comment posted before mine. These people should be reported on Ebay!

oh my god! thank you so much for this! tomorrow is the day when i will ship my sony p1i in NIGERIA, i almost fall for that Melissa Dorothe!!! Big big thank you for the post! I will email back that scammer! whew!

Here is the last email she sent me. She almost got me! Luckily i found this post! Big thank you!

Hello Julius,
I will like you to know that the payment has been made, i received a message from my bank that they have sent you payment confirmation to your email and the money is already transfer,The money is there but will not get updated until you have made the shipment and contact my bank with the proof of the shipment for confirmation.I trusted you 100% that is why i deposited the money into your bank account,The money is in your account but will not be updated until you have made the shipment and contacted my bank with the shipment proof for verification.So kindly follow the bank procedure and get the item ship out without any delay Ok.

N.B:Please kindly check your in box or Spam for the payment confirmation.Also i did a small mistake when entering the country name,but have solved the problem with my bank.

Warm Regards,

Mrs Melissa.

and here are some of the emails she also sent me.

Hello Julius,
Due to software upgrade in my bank i.e Citi bank,all international wire bank transfer as been suspended tentatively.so i will wire the money into your bank account through my other business account i.e From Royal Bank Of Canada(UK) then it will take me sometime to wire the money from my Royal Bank Of Canada(UK) to your bank account,on/before 07/11/2009.Sorry for Any convenience this might cause you is highly regret.Please kindly give me little time to wire the money from my other business account to your account provided for the payment and please don’t sell the item to anyone.

Best Regards

Mrs Melissa

and heres another

Hi Julius,
Thanks for your reply,i live in United Kingdom i will like to inform you that I’m interested in buying your item for a friend who went on religious mission abroad as a Gift.I will be paying for this item through On-line Bank to bank transfer I will like to know the cost of the item and will be adding an extra 90.00 GBP(British Pounds) for shipment to send this item to its destination(Nigeria) through UPS or Ems Speed Post. I will be looking forward to read from you as soon as possible with the cost you are willing to sell this item in British Pounds including the shipping cost.Is nice doing business with you.

NB:I will be so much happy if you can end up this auction for me to buy this item from you.

Best Regards,

Mrs Melissa

WATCH OUT EVERYONE!

I just got another scam email.. this time from a Donovan Van who also ask to have my item – a red Samsung camera with swarovski crystals to be sent to his son as an xmas gift (why would any father buy such a girly item as a gift for a son?).. his email is rolland832009@hotmail.com

Please be wary!

Well i too was contacted by a buyer but my item was on craigslist and it was for a handled pocket pc. this person wanted me to send it to his wife in nigeria to the same address. its crap and i forwarded the emails to paypal. fortunately i knew not to ship anything until the payment was complete.

I almost got scammed from a lady saying send the package to my son in nigeria and her name was

Lori Findley

32 bank anthony way
city ikeja
st lagos state
nigeria

THIS LADY IS A SCAM ARTIST

Yep they are still at it. TWICE now I have had my buy it now price exceeded by 100 dollars or more and twice the shipping address is in Nigeria.
These ignorant idiots. I get the “PayPal” confirmation which is a spoofed ip address and an obvious fake email. The Paypal service puts money INTO your account it doesn’t EVER HOLD IT for shipment confirmation.
I just hand the scammers off to my “handlers” at 419eater.com where they lead these lads on wild goose chases or “safaris” as they call them.
One time they led one from Nigeria to London where he showed up on a webcam that we were all watching and was promptly arrested by British authorities. It was loads of fun and great payback.
I have NO trouble ruining THEIR lives. I like doing it if it means one more person is relieved from being scammed. And yes I know the dangers. Been there done that, have no worries. I have taken a stand.

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Almost gave into this shit today…

frankbenny33, no buys or sales, wins my laptop

he says:
Hi Joeey,i had been on eBay for long but i just got this new account i just want to inform you that i had just sent you an email regarding the shipping information, i will make the payment immediately,

Then he sends this:
Hello joey
Once again, Am happy to be the winner of your item,i just want to inform you that i want the item shipped to my cousin whom is a missionary worker working with the United State Embassy in Nigeria and i had contacted the United State Poster Service (U.S.P.S)First Class Delivery for shipping cost to Africa/Nigeria which i was told it cost $100 so i will add the $100 dollars with the item price and effect the payment immediately via PayPal..Below is his residential lodging address:
Balogun Azeez,
No 50 Ambassador Street,
Ilorin,Kwara-State,
Nigeria,
234001.

Thanks for the understanding, i will make the payment immediately..
Regards….

————
I knew something was going on so i googled ebay nigeria and found this… I am very glad I found this or I probably would have sent my computer out as soon as payment was recieved

hey
all these addresses are good, but they dont belong to these fake scammer’s …..i think the nigeria postal service is also working with these people ………….. because the place where i shipped my package its a General Hospital — i talked to the doctor , she said there’s nobody with the name the person who scammed me and she told me that she will return the my package but there is no reply from Nigerian postal service.

The same thing is happening to me. I am trying to sell my laptop on craigslist and I have had 3 people interested; however, they all want it shipped to Nigeria. A coincident, I think not. Funny thing to, they all mentioned that they cannot be reached because they are with their grandmother at a hospital in Arizona. How ironic is it that 3 people want the same item shipped to Nigeria and are all at a hospital in Arizona with their grandmother. If you get an e-mail like the one I have attached below, DO NOT RESPOND.

“Thanks for your response and am glad to know that it is still for sale.However i have few questions on the item you are selling.

1,I would like to know the reason you are selling it….?

2,What is the current condition of the item..?

3,What is your price, though am alright with the listed price..?

4,Do you have the original box and the receipt for it ..?

5,Would you please allow me to pay through PayPal even though i will be responsible for the fees of the shipping(i will add $200.00),Am out of town to visit my sick grandma and i would like to purchase it from you as a Xmas gift to one of my friend in Oversea.If you do not have a PayPal account, you can set one up free of charge by going to http://www.PayPal.com and set up your account it is free,easy and guarantee transaction safety.Once you send me your PayPal email account, I will send you the payment for your item as well as some money to cover the shipping via USPS Global Express (3-5days). I would be glad if my request is favorably considered.
Thank you.”

Watch out for the names Tessa Graham and Lara Movado.

The same thing is happening to me. I am trying to sell my laptop on craigslist and I have had 3 people interested; however, they all want it shipped to Nigeria. A coincident, I think not. Funny thing to, they all mentioned that they cannot be reached because they are with their grandmother at a hospital in Arizona. How ironic is it that 3 people want the same item shipped to Nigeria and are all at a hospital in Arizona with their grandmother. If you get an e-mail like the one I have attached below, DO NOT RESPOND.

“Thanks for your response and am glad to know that it is still for sale.However i have few questions on the item you are selling.

1,I would like to know the reason you are selling it….?

2,What is the current condition of the item..?

3,What is your price, though am alright with the listed price..?

4,Do you have the original box and the receipt for it ..?

5,Would you please allow me to pay through PayPal even though i will be responsible for the fees of the shipping(i will add $200.00),Am out of town to visit my sick grandma and i would like to purchase it from you as a Xmas gift to one of my friend in Oversea.If you do not have a PayPal account, you can set one up free of charge by going to http://www.PayPal.com and set up your account it is free,easy and guarantee transaction safety.Once you send me your PayPal email account, I will send you the payment for your item as well as some money to cover the shipping via USPS Global Express (3-5days). I would be glad if my request is favorably considered.
Thank you.”

Watch out for the names Tessa Graham and Lara Movado.

Good afternoon,

My name is Rachel and unfortunately I found this blog too late … I received an email from a gentleman named John Lipton and as in all the cases described here, the deal was made without discussions of price…I asked … he accepted … then I received an email from the bank (Colony Bank) asking to send the item and send them proof of shipping and tracking number so that way they could credit the money in my account … As this was my first sale on the internet I let myself go with the simplicity and “security” of the business since there was a bank involved and I’ve sent my LG Laptop … to Nigeria for the son of this gentleman who was there studying … I started to feel suspicious because every time he said he would send the money something happened to delay the situation…first he wanted to buy the sound system in my car too… which I told him I could not afford the shipping Sending bills … then he told me he would send me € 500 more than the deal so I could after send the sound system.But for the money to be credited to my account I would have to send € 150 by western union for the child in Nigeria .. from this point I was quite suspicious as the western union does not recommend us to send money to strangers.

Here are some emails he sent me … I lost my laptop and 65 € of shipping costs … at least I hope this helps other people not be victims like me.

“From: mr john (johnlipton01@yahoo.com)

hello

how are you doing?
is the item still available foe sale?
how many do you have for sale?
and how much are you willing to sell it?

please get back to me immediately ….

Regards….”

“Hello,
Thanks for your quick response to me email….. i want this item to be
shipped to my son who went to study agricultural resources in west Africa as a surprise.Christmas gift and i will be responsible for the payment,i will like to know the item including the shipping cost via EMS Post or Register Post to him in Nigeria,
and i would prefer to pay for the item via Bank to Bank transfer, i
want you to make inquire with the shipment cost through EMS Post or Register Post to my son address below..

Name : john obrien
Address : No. 23 anfaani layout ring road.
City : Ibadan .
State : Oyo State.
Country : Nigeria.
Zipcode : 23402.
Tel # : 2347035226167

BANK INFORMATION.
Bank Name…..
Account Name………
Account Number……………
Iban…………………………………
Swift Code………………….
Total Cost…………………………….

I hope to hear from you soonest …

Regards
Mr john Lipton”

“hello

i got an email from my bank now that they are ready to transfer your money and i was told that you have to make payment of 150euro as a tax transferring bill because united kingdom to Portugal is a little bit far so they have deduct the money from my bank account for the tax and also i have told them that they should make an additional payment of 150eur back for you because i don’t want any delay about your money so that your money will be 1000eur that my bank will transfer to your bank account and they said you have pay this money immediately this week so that they transfer you your money ok.. because my bank must see the western union details that you have transfer the money ok. so i want you to get the money send to my son address via western union ok…..

thanks”

All this always reinforced with an e-mail from the bank like:

”
The Wire Transfer Order from Colony Bank® Online Banking United Kingdom Dept’s has been Approved .

TRANSFER NUMBER :- RR3001100592012BG

Dear Ana Raquel Serra dos Santos Mascarenhas Cabrita,

This notification you are receiving is to inform you about the Transfer placed by the buyer of your item: Mr john lipton who is a gold user of Colony Bank. We have received the full payment of 450.00EUR for your item:(Portátil LG 60 Gb) and is about to be Transferred to your Bank Account. The financial details are stated below:

Transfer Summary:

***************************************
Item Price : 450.00EUR
Shipping Cost Included : ********
************************************
Total Amount : 450.00EUR
***************************************

**ATTENTION**

The full payment of 450.00EUR will be transfer to the Name and Account details below. Please verify that the Name and Account Number entered by the payee are correct.

TRANSFERRED TO:

Account Name : Ana Raquel Serra dos Santos Mascarenhas Cabrita
Account Number : 1177340165509036
Bank Name : CGD – Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Iban : PT50 0035 0159 00082256200 51
Swift Code : CGDIPTPL
Country : Portugal
Total Cost. : 450EUR
Email Address : rakel.mascarenhas@gmail.com

If there is an error in the Name and Account details feel free to contact us on this e-mail : colonybankmoneytransfer@ultimateemail.com for correction
.

** ATTENTION **

The transfer has been fully processed and approved on your behalf . We have finished the procedure of withdrawing the full payment from the payee account who is a customer of ours, but you will need to wait for 24 – 48 hours, to activate your account so that the full payment of 450.00EURD from the Colony Bank can be transfer directly to your bank account.

It’s now safe for you to Ship the Item to this address below:

Name : john obrien
Address : No. 23 anfaani layout ring road.
City : Ibadan .
State : Oyo State.
Country : Nigeria.
Zipcode : 23402.
Tel # : 2347035226167

** PLEASE NOTE **

Your Money will NOT reflect in your BANK ACCOUNT until shipment has been verified by our customer care department. This measure is taken due to our new bank policy, in order to protect both payee and receiver interest and to reduce occurrence fraudulent activities happening nowadays on internet.

Therefore you are advice to send the shipment prove to us on this E-mail: (colonybankmoneytransfer@ultimateemail.com)
for shipment verification. Once the shipment has been verified by us, you will receive a notification from us stating that your money have been transferred into your Bank Account. Due to the fact that we processes thousands of order daily, We recommend you to contact our customer care department. This ensure speedy verification of shipment as well as prompt dispatch of transfer.

This email you received is sent and authorized by the Colony Bank Plc. If you have any question regarding this transfer, feel free to contact us on this E-mail: colonybankdept@officeemail.net.
Thanks for using Colony Bank Plc, We look forward to serve you better in the nearest future.

Sincerely,
Colony Bank Plc.

WARNING:

This warning is from Federal Bureau of Investigation in co-operation with Colony Banking Online Transfer,so we give you the grace of 24 Hrs for you to ship out the item or else you will face the consequences.

Contact Details.
Email : colonybankmoneytransfer@ultimateemail.com

From Colony Bank Plc We wish you a great time.
Colony Bank Manager

Phone : +447031856566
Fax : +447031856566

Thank you for using Colony BANK UNITED KINGDOM. ”

This is very sad for me…I was selling this item to pay debts I have and now not even a laptop I have and I still have debts…=(

The postcode “23401″ is the dead give away. These fraudsters have conned honest ebay and similar auction site users out of $billions! The authorities in Nigeria must take this seriously, however the Nigerian Government is well known to be corrupt. Thats why the scammers are not prosecuted most of the time. If you are unlucky enough to fall victim to these scam artists, report it. Provide full details to your local police and if your in the USA, contact your local FBI office.

Some years ago, I almost fell victim to one of these fraudsters. At the time, I was relitively new to ebay so was not aware of these scams that were going on.

I was at the time selling a mobile phone – Ironic! – it was a Motorola E365. I put up the listing for 10 days. On day 2 of the listing, I recieved an email supposedly from ebay (you know the ask seller a question thing). The “buyer” was reportedly from Nigeria, I was immediately suspicious. I played along to see what info I could get out of him, to no avail. The email address was a free “@yahoo.com” email address. Anyway, as always, the “fraudster” was asking me to send it to some address in Lagos with postcode “23401″, He said he would send payment once he recieved the item, then asked for my bank details so that he could “deposit” the money directly to my account. Immediately, I refused. I re-itterated that, no payment = no phone. He repeated his previous email again by sending me an identical copy of the previous email. I then decided to do some digging, and found another listing very similar to mine for the same phone. with a warning about the scammer. I immediately blocked the email address of my email account so I did not recieve anymore from him, but after I sent him an email telling him I knew who he was and what he was trying to do.

This site may be of intrest to viewers of this site.

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk

I hope this info is of help.

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Delivery Information
Name:Emmanule Olaide
Address: No 109 Akinola Street Ojoo Ui,
City: Ibadan,
State: Oyo State,
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code: 23402
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Thank you so much for posting this article! I was selling a computer on craigslist and was offered twice the asking price if I sent it to Nigeria to ‘his son’. I knew it sounded fishy so I was researching, and my gut was right!
THANK YOU!!!!!

lol same thing happened to me! I was trying to sell my xbox 360 for 250 euros and the girl > Janet White offered me 400$ for it…. What a stupid scammmer… too bad I didnt fall for it! Google ftw!

Dear Izolete Rogovski,

We are so glad to inform you as a result of transfer update.

We are currently reviewing the transfer of the full payment of 400:00 Euros from our client, the buyer of your auction items *Janet White* , we got a call from your buyer and ours’ work is to get this across to you immediately.

Please, we need to inform you that *Janet White* called to our customer care in couple of minutes away concerning the transfer of 400:00 Euros which has been carried out since this days, but we are only waiting to see the Shipment Proof and as soon as we confirm that, we will give you the date in which your account will be activated.
The bank has the priority over this transaction, we are doing our best to ensure this transaction a good one which we believed, and we make you banking with our bank in time to come.

Hope everything are well correct ?

This procedure is usually taken to protect both the Seller and the Buyer from online fraud and we have given you Maximum Protection by deducting the money from our client bank account .
Now its your turn to make the shipment and provide us the shipment document so we can Accredited the money quickly to your account given to us for the Payment…So we urge you to go and ship the items and send us the scanned receipt so that we can verify the shipment before dispatching the money into your account.

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We have been making these such payments for a very long time but we later discovered that sellers at times will receive money without shipping the items to the buyer.So we have really taken a great measure to reduce these risk and as a result we with-hold the money as soon as the buyer makes the transfer the shipment scanned receipt must be send to us from the seller so that we can curb the process of fraud and scams through this internet transaction and also protect our Good name…

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I am very sad I was selling my blackberry so I could pay for a operation for my dog yanni and I now believe that I was a potential victim of the same scam. I recieved the following messages:

Dear Ebay, I recently put my Blackberry phone on sale, the item number is 170431060168, I am now very worried that the buyer is not genuine. The buyer’s name is lisasmith058611 she states that she wants to buy the item for her boyfriend who is currently working for unisef in Nigera. I have received emails to my hotmail account which state the following: Lisa Smith has just sent you an Auction Payment of £280.00 GBP with PayPal For An eBay Item (Routing Code: C826-L003-Q999-T5365)? From: genebriant.customerservice@gmail.com on behalf of service@paypal.co.uk (shipmentconfirmation@europe.com) You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk Sent: 12 January 2010 22:35:13 To: vickymoss@hotmail.co.uk 12 Jan 2010 22:34:15 GMT Payment for your eBay Item with PayPal Dear Victoria Moss, This email confirms that Lisa Smith has sent you £280.00 GBP with PayPal for an eBay item Buyer Lisa Smith lisasmith0586@live.com Note from buyer Hi, sorry for the delay, I have been very busy with work. I hope you get this quick though so you post tomorrow morning..I have added the 30GBP for p&p as promised for the item, get this item in the post tomorrow morning so that it can get to my husband quick..many thanks…Lisa… Description Unit price Qty Amount RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Cell Phone Item Number: 170431060168 £250.00 1 £250.00 Subtotal: £250.00GBP Postage and packing: £30.00GBP Total: £280.00GBP Accept payment with PayPal Payment Details Seller ID: vicky200684 vickymoss@hotmail.co.uk ***The Payment Has Been Approved on item #170431060168***Payment ID Number C826-L003-Q999-T5365***? From: genebriant.customerservice@gmail.com on behalf of service@paypal.co.uk (shipmentconfirmation@europe.com) You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk Sent: 12 January 2010 22:53:09 To: vickymoss@hotmail.co.uk Dear Victoria Moss, ———————————– Details of Transaction ———————————– Seller’s Ebay ID: vicky200684 Seller’s Email: vickymoss@hotmail.co.uk Date of Transaction: January 12, 2010 Transaction ID: C826-L003-Q999-T5365 Transaction Amount: £280.00 GBP Case #: PP-091-962-521 ———————————– What to Do Next ———————————– The funds have been deducted from Mrs Lisa Smith’s CREDIT CARD and will be credited into your account immediately the shipment details is confirmed. Get back to us with the shipment BARCODE and the money will be credited immediately. ———————————– Due Date: January 13, 2010 ———————————– Please respond within the next 24hrs. DO NOT provide the Buyer with the shipment details until we have posted the funds into your PayPal Account. Only PayPal is eligible to information on BARCODE. Thank you for using PayPal® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future. Sincerely, MR K.S. GREEN Paypal Customer Care , BUYER SHIPPING OPTIONS : I am really concerned because I have not recieved any of the above emails on paypal, and in her first email to me we did not discuss me shipping the item to Nigera. This is the first email she sent me, actually she did talk about international shipping here is what the email says:ts okay then, I just want to confirm this and be sure I am buying what is presentable for my Husband. He has been away for some time now and I believe this will make a good b’day gift for him..even though I have been busy..his birthday comes up next week. I will get the payment sent to you through PayPal this evening when I get back home as I am at work – Surgeon…but will definitely make the payments today so that you can post tomorrow morning. Postage will be made through Royal Mail International Signed For as I will also be adding a 30 GBP for p&p..I will get back to you very soon after I have made the payments. Please let me know if you can post tomorrow before or on your way out. Many thanks.. Regards, Lisa However I never said on the item that I would post outside of the united kingdom. I will be really upset if this is a scam and I would like to report it to you and the police as I need the money as my dog Yanni needs a operation. Please can you let me knoe ASAP Kind Regards Important Note: This PayPal payment has been debited from the Buyer’s CREDIT CARD and has been “APPROVED” but will remain PENDING until the shipment BARCODE is sent to our customer service for shipment verification so as to secure both the Buyer and the Seller from Fraudulent activities on eBay. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited with the total money paid in by the Buyer: 1 : Make sure you ship the item to the CONFIRMED Buyer’s delivery address below immediately you receive the “Payment Has Been Approved” message from us. 2: Make sure the shipment BARCODE is been sent to our customer service through this e-mail. 3: DO NOT provide the Buyer with the shipment details until the funds have bee credited into your Account. Only PayPal is eligible to information on BARCODE. 4: Please endeavor to leave a feedback after you have received your funds so as to make eBay a better shopping site. This terms is to secure and to assure you of a better and safe transaction with the Buyer Postal Address: MR BABATUNDE SMITH. 15 AWE ROAD, SHOMOLU. LAGOS STATE. 23401. NIGERIA. +2348030887654. Address Status: Confirmed Important Note: We have confirmed and verified the postage address provided by Lisa Smith in West Africa, please send the item to the above address. Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions Registered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118 349 PayPal Email ID PP1525
please be careful xxxx

Good evening, everybody.
?as happened to me the same incident, with this address :

Name:Nelson Joseph
Address:No 4 Kudeti, Onireke Road
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo
Zip Code:23402
Country:Nigeria
Tell:2348079121315

I’m in the stage shortly before the mission. however i will continue to see that end. What is certain is that i will not send anything to Nigeria. The article is very important. thanks.

Thank you guys for all your help!
Almost fall for it, as fishy as it could be, but doubing the asking price is working for them. I’m glad I did my research and found this article.
I quoted a paragraph from above, hopping it would stop right there, but no..
Check out what reply I got back:
what the meaning of all this? dint you receive your money? please your payment as been made and your money as been deducted from my account so get my item ship out now and send me the tracking number as soon as possible pleas go through your paypal account your money as been transferred ok

thanks again!

You are guys dont have work to do thats why you are all posting this shits here right ? You are fools,idiots and crazy………. you guys really sucks

Well not to put more fear into people the scam are not just on ebay either they are doing it on craigs list also. I posted a laptop on it and i had a reply with in a week offering me $50 more then what i had it posted for. She or whoever it was was offering me the $50 more to take it off the list and let her use paypal to pay for it. She was even offering to use her own fedex account number to pay for shipping.. She was saying she was going to send it to her son away at collage out of State and she live in a city in NY. I ask to contact her by phone got a number thats away to long.. Then I broke the number down it has a Ohio and NY area in it.. I sent a email to her saying number does not work is that right number. Reply back yes that is my number. Then got a email saying fedex account is not working right have to sort a few things out with them before it does. So i will add another $100 to pay for it to be shipped by express mail. Then when we got the email saying to verify payment by using paypal it had a shipping address to Nigeria. I just about sh*t myself when i read where it was going to. She said out of state not out of states to another country.. Also it said no money would be release to us till its shipped and tracking number is given. The deal was that the money cleared to our account nothing said that paypal would not release till shipped. I was warned by a friend of scam all out of Nigeria. I wasnt going to ship it out of till I researched everything anyways that threw red flags out even more. I sent a email real fast stating that you didnt say to another country you said out of state. I gave my phone number and told her to contact me and that I onto the scam coming from where Im sending it to that I want to be contacted by phone to talk from there and a mail address from her house.. All the reply back was that this is not a scam and told u about i found out my number is not working now. NOTHING bout contacting me on my number that is fully working had it since 03. She can use a friends phone or whoever phone around her but nothing said bout my number. Thats where I told her the sale is off and i have the right to reject sale at anytime because no money has been moved to any accounts and just that a payment has been submitted and we will be rejecting payment. This is warning to anyone that its not just ebay they are doing it to. It just happen to me in January 2010 they try to scam. I am one of those sellers that if you want to buy from me and i ask to talk to you by phone or in person.. The buyer should be a person should not avoid me by lying to me if you want make the the buy a easy one.. What is there to hide from someone if your not trying to steal and scam??? Also What is to hide from the seller if they ask to contact by phone or email if someone wants to contact me by phone or person that im buying off of it would make me a happy person because they are covering all areas of not being scam or stolen from.. Its our goods that we have to watch out for when we sell thats a danger anywhere on net or off the net when selling. Trust the only ones that you think are right but remember can you really trust anyone these days thats your choice. Im the one of those gives a chance first and willing to work with you till you dont meet one what I asking or lying to me then the red flags goes up..

Thank you so much for your information, it is sosososo helpful. I almost shipped my cellphone to Nigeria this morning!!!!! Thanks google and thank you!

Needless to say I spammed the shit out of the scammer, got her email address and sent about 10k automated emails =]

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Hahaha…I knew it. I got scammed…well, almost. I was wondering why eBay kept saying the lady still hadn’t paid yet the lady said she did and I got emails from paypal saying that I needed to send in the barcode. It made me suspicious and this was one of my FIRST auctions. Poor me. Good thing I have a head on my shoulders and researched this before shipping the item. I’m reporting the bitch.

VICKY..YOU ARE VERY STUPID FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE..YOU ARE THE BIGGEST FOOL ON EARTH..YOU STINK..U SUCK..IF I EVER CATCH YOU..COS I CAN..I HAVE LINKS IN YOUR AREA..I HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO..YOU SHOULDNT HAVE DOPNE THIS..FCUK THE HELL OF YOURSELF..OMO..TI MO BA MU’EN??!!..

For the record, ive stop emailing

Hi Kenet,
Thanks for your mail.Below is the shipping information you need to determine the cost of the shipment to its destination and i would be sending you the payment through bank to bank transfer that is the secure online payment have been using so far to send money abroad.Here is the shipping address

Name;Nelson Joseph
Address;No 4,Kudeti Onireke Road
City:Ibadan
State;Oyo
Zip Code;23402
Tell:2348079121315
Country:Nigeria

I would be looking forward to read from you soon with the overall cost of the item including the shipping cost to its destination.Have a nice day

Regards,

Mrs Teter

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:12 PM, kenet wrote:

gud am
Please send me full name and address with zip code. I will inquire how much the shipping cost.
Probably u can send the payment via western union or bank preferably or correspondent bank of Philippine National Bank
Regarding the picture, i will send it via email once i picture maybe later this afternoon but not to worry, item is in very good condition.

— On Mon, 1/25/10, Joy Teter wrote:

From: Joy Teter
Subject: Re: PENTAX ZX-7 SLR Camera with 28-90mm Lens(Almost New)
To: “kenet”
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 11:14 PM

Hi Kenet,

Thanks for your reply.I live in West Virgina(United State) i will like to inform you that I’m interested in buying your item for a friend who went on religious mission abroad as a Gift.I will be paying for this item through Online Bank to bank transfer .I would like to know the amount you are willing to sell this item in USD Dollars and will be adding an extra $150.00usd for shipment to send this item to its destination (Nigeria) through UPS or Ems Speed Post.I will be looking forward to read from you as soon as possible with the cost you are willing to sell this item including the shipping cost to its destination.

N.B:I would like you to send me more pictures of its present condition of the item.

Best Regards,

Mrs Teter

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:31 PM, kenet wrote:

gud am
condition is almost new, rarely use, no dust no scratches
item is still available
u can contact me at 0917414XXXX or 0928772XXXX

— On Sat, 1/23/10, Joy Teter wrote:

From: Joy Teter
Subject: PENTAX ZX-7 SLR Camera with 28-90mm Lens(Almost New)
To: @yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9:23 AM

Hi,
Good day!

I saw your item pasted for sale on Ebay web site and I’m interested in buying it..I will need from you the present condition of the item and do you still have the item available for sale.Hope to read from you soon.

Warm regards,

Mrs Teter

SO happy i googled ‘nigeria ebay scam’ just as I was about to post a camera to Nigeria…….
Put an old old camera (that i thought was worth nothing) on ebay an within hours it was sold buy it now for 200 pounds.
got an email from ‘paypal’ saying someone had deposited 240 pounds in my account….but couldnt deposit the money until I had confirmed shipping. The ‘lady’ then emailed me saying she had paid me 40 pounds extra to make sure i shipped the camera immediately for her sisters birthday.i thought this was too good to be true but..
I believed this!
Emailed the lady saying I would ship it straight away…..!
But my dad told me to be extra careful as Nigerians are the biggest scacmmers in the world. so i googled and found this……
!!! BEWAREE!!!!!!!!

oh my thank God i googled this scammer,i posted my item in ebay. . .

Hi Leeza
Thanks for your mail.I do agree to pay you sum of $800.00 for the item, i would like you to use below shipping address to determine the cost of the shipment to its destination through DHL,UPS or Local Post Office and get back to me with the overall cost.Regarding the payment method,i can only make the payment through bank to bank transfer that is the only online secure payment i can be rest assure on, its also protect intrest of both buyer nd seller and have been using so far to send money abroad without any payment delay.Comply with this get back to me with your full bank account details with the overall cost.Here is the shipping address below:
Name:Nelson Joseph
Address:No 4 Kudeti Onireke Road
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo
Zip Code:23402
Tell:2348079121315
Country:Nigeria

I will be looking forward to read from you soon.Have a nice Evening!

N.B:I received teh pictures of the Laptop and its okay with me

Regards,

Mrs Maureen

GUYS BEWARE!!!!!

Hello ,
How are you doing now, thank you for your sincerity and your good business, this is to inform you that i have made your payment for your your item, so i want you to wrap the package very well and put in a lovely greeting card with (Congrats tittle, “wishes you a good luck on your new Promotion from your Loving Dad, Mr Gene Allen”)..ok please make sure you help me write this so that she can understand that i embrace her for her hardworking and her new status area…So you will receive a confirmation of my Payment anytime from now, the payment has been confirmed, because the money has been deducted from my account and it will deliver to your home address anytime from now too…but make sure you check your inbox or incase your junk message…..i am sure you will see the notification of my payment there, so immediately you see this, please pay attention to read it very well, so that you can understand my payment and also do not forget to pack the item like a Gift….ok
So here is the shipping address once again for my daughter new status and for the delivery.

Name: OLALEKAN OLUMIDE
Address: No 23 Agbala Itura Street Iwo Road
City: Ibadan
State: Oyo State
Zipcode: 23402
Country: Nigeria

Please ensure that the item is ship via EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL….AT THE POST OFFICE…..BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME IT IS VERY SAFE AND SECURE AND FAST…AND TO ENSURE IF IT IS EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL…THE TRACKING NUMBER MUST START WITH LETTER: E******** END WITH ……….US….Thanks
So i am waiting for your shipment tracking number now, so that i can produce a feedback for you, because i really appreciate your sincerity and your good business.God bless you
Best regards.

Hi Seller,
im willing to purchase this item for a close friend of mine as an
birthday Gift.i”ll offer you $500 for the item including the shipping
and handling via Usps to Abroad.So i want you to get back to me with
your verified PayPal full name Account and Email Address or Send me
PayPal Money Request ASAP.Kindly consider the item sold and put an End
on the Auction, because i will be paying for this item immediately.

I almost sent my PS3 to
Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
Nigeria
110001.

I got a Email from some kinda fake paypal saying:

You’ve got new funds!

Dear bthornton10@Comcast.net,

David Walter just sent you money with PayPal.

David Walter is a Verified buyer.
Payment Details

Amount:

$500.00 USD

Transaction ID:

5TB46738R0457834N

Subject:

The item must be on it’s way to it’s destination Within 24hours.

Note:

You have been paid for
60gb Song PS3(120537905072)

Shipping Information
Address:
Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
110001
Nigeria.

Address Status: Confirmed

This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer’s account and has been ” APPROVED ” but it will not be credited to your account until the shipment reference/tracking number is sent to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. Send the tracking number to our customer care email address below
paypallinknotification@ultimateemail.com and our customer service care will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment’s tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified and the tracking number or scanning receipt sent to us,
You will receive a “CONFIRMATION Email” from PayPal® informing you that the Money has been credited to your account.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

PayPal Email ID PP370

If I were a selling I would not send ANYTHING OUT to a different country unless you know who it is or they payment was sent right to your paypal account.

I had my canon DSLR camera posted on marketplace at facebook for sale. A lady sends me an e-mail saying she will buy it. She told me if I could end the auction and she would pay me through paypal. So, I closed the auction and gave her my paypal e-mail. She said that she was living in U.S. and the camera is for her grandson’s bithday present in Nigeria. Here is the e-mail :

hi
i am really interested in buying this item for my Grandson in west Africa as a Birthday gift and i will be offering you $3,250 including the shipping cost to west Africa kindly get back to me with your pay pal email address, so that i can send out the payment as soon as possible.
Thanks and Stay Bless

my reply :

my pay pal email address is the same as my gmail address :
xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

After that, I receive email from paypal :
PayPal Mar 08, 2010 : PDT
Transaction ID:Jan/16/2010 3D228926MW045920S

Hello xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx,

You have an instant payment of $3,250.00 USD from JENNIFER COLE (jennifercole_0@yahoo.com,)
Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.
It may take a few hours for this transaction to appear in your account.
—————————————————–—————————————————
Seller
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

Note to seller xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You have to provide to us the shipment tracking number so that your funds can reflect in your account as soon as possible.
.
Shipping address – confirmed
Name;………Abraham Ekpo
Address:…..N0,33 Olayinka Street Ijeshatedo
City:…………Surulere
State:………..Lagos
Country:……..Nigeria
Zipcode:……..23401

Shipping details
USPS Global Express Mail United States Postal Service
Description Unit price Qty Amount

*Canon EOS 500D/Kiss X3 for MYR*
Item# Not Applicable $3,250.00 USD
$3,250.00 USD

Shipping and handling $00.00 USD
Insurance – required $00.00 USD
Total

$3,250.00 USD
Payment
$3,250.00 USD

But something fishy about this is the seller is a white lady buying for her grandson, Abraham Ekpo ? Try to add her as friend in facebook, but no reply and when checking the trx ID, it was on 16 Jan 2010.
On top of that, I only sell the camera for MYR2900, but she paid USD3250. It was nearly RM10,888. I was shocked and excited, but to be safe I checked first at google and find out that it was a Nigerian scammer.Thank God I did’nt proceed shipping after read all the stories.

Beware of this email :
sandra.elli11@yahoo.com

Dear all,

I just got an offer just like the rest of you, in singapore and malaysia.

Sending emails back to these nigerians are just telling them to learn new tricks and come back again, it doesn’t help. They just change email and do it again, or with new ideas. There will always be new seller in the market and these people will be conned.

some suggestion of what we should or can do :

- everytime we post item for sale, include a (Con artiste from Nigeria or africa is not welcome) This way, newbies who read will be warned off.

- Send tons of scrap rubbish to the address they sent. Obviously the address is real, so they can get the items they conned. But since we do not know the authorities there to help, this is one way to try stopping them.

- Get their UPS account and reverse charge the item, it will not be easy and I’m sure they won’t give, but if they are stupid enough to give, then let everyone here knows and we will send our tampons and leftover in 40foot container to them.

- If you know someone personally from nigeria, get them to find the right group of people (authorities) to close them down, confiscating their billions of dollar in the bank, I’m sure someone will be very happy with these money.

There’s nothing gmail, yahoo mail, paypal, ebay or all the auction and email website in the whole world can prevent them from striking again and again. We welcome any suggestion to counter these before another billion is being conned into their country.

the scammer using
roscoll001@gmail.com
as originating email adress of false bank transaction confirmations is still active. He/She tried to get me to send a laptop I have up for sale to the UK. The Buyer’s email address is
beckmartins@live.com
(Beckham Martins)

I suspect it is a group of people, they falsify Colony Bank transaction emails, a bank that does exist, but of course their payment department would never send a confirmation from a gmail address.

the site they try in NL to find victims on is http://www.marktplaats.nl

Be careful currently if you receive messages alike to the here mentioned or any messages from the two addresses I gave or also the following:

wire_transfer.h@representative.com
wire_transfer.h@emergencymail.com

also be careful if you’re asked to ship to the following address in London: Mr. DAMMY SHORE
No25 PALM court garnies close, London, Se156Pb

Mr. Shore’s phone number, guess what… was a Nigerian one:
+2348064622747

their own bank account number in the false tranaction emails is
8070416302 and if you look for that on the internet it happens to be reported for multiple scams, at times it’s a Bank of America account then a Bank of Scotland account, you name it!

As the address actually exists in London I reported to the Dutch police and also consulted metropolitan police in London, per process the Dutch police would report to Interpool and from there the metropolitan police can get the details to decide if they want to get a warrant to search the flat at the mentioned address for stolen goods.

In each country the process is similar, if a destination address inside the european union is reported several times the likeliness for London Police to take action gets higher. So who ever reads this was also asked to send to that adress don’t hesitate to report it.

It almost happened to me today. Thank god for google and this site!

I emailed them back telling them I knew they were a scam…. no reply.

hello!i so feel the frustration looming in!i almost fell for the trap!i posted an ad in craiglist (selling my laptop) and three people immediately responded.one sent a paypal thingy as well.i was almost convinced but when i asked as to where to ship the item,everything was all in nigeria for their son!

im glad i emailed paypal first then did internet research and here is what i found!

Ive just “nearly” been scammed myself

Guy was named Grey Frank Costarro (grey_beresfordforgod@yahoo.com). He wanted me to ship a Mac Mini to Nigeria and wanted to use PayPal.

As i do not ship anything outside the UK, i informed him i would only deliver the items to a UK address. I also had the payment held email from a supposed PayPal.

When after 6 emails between us, he would not give a UK delivery address, i rang PayPal to refund him, and was informed that the transaction had not gone ahead, and was a scam.

I then deleted my PayPal account there and then. I have not heard anything more from the scammer.

People like this should be shot.

I’ve got the same guy as Brian mentioned above.

He is trying to buy a Blackbery Bold 9000 from my wife.

Here is the shipping address:
Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
Nigeria
110001.

So kindly send me your paypal full name and email for an instant payment.

Is it wrong toamuse myself for a few hours by winding him up?

I think they not even interested in expensive stuff but small small things.

This is what I received for selling scarf in ebay :

From: This sender is DomainKeys verified”honestylife30 life”

Hello i am Mr Honest Life John from United State Of America how are you today and how are your families ? hope all is good ? well i am interested in buying the item for my daughter becuse it my daugter that need it and i hope she would like it , so kindly get to me with the total cost of the item including the shipping cost to her address below with ,FED X,UPS,TNT.DHL i pay through either Paypal or Bank transfer ok reply soon.

Name – Williams John
Address – #162 obafemi awolowo way oke-ado
City – Ibadan
State – Oyo state
Zip code – 23402
Country-Nigeria

Thanks and have a blessed day.

Yes, I curious how a father send scarf to Nigeria. I have not reply him at all and thanks god, no email from him too.

The second case, a women ask me whether the lady shirt still available, after i confirm the thing still on stock, she send me the mail:

Hello i am Mrs Cassey Williams from United State Of America how are you today and how are your families ? hope all is good ? well i am interested in buying the item for my daughter because it my daughter that need it and i hope she would like it , so kindly get to me with the total cost of the item including the shipping cost to her address below with DHL ,FEDEX,UPS i pay through either Paypal or Bank transfer ok reply soon.

Name – Abiola Agbolade
Address – #162 opposite st Teresa college oke-ado
City – Ibadan
State – Oyo state
Zip code – 23402
Country – Nigeria

Thanks and have a blessed day

oh, remember this address or just word of Nigeria. How come same address?

This time I google nigeria scam and get this useful information.

This literally just happened to me today. A few days ago I posted an ad on Facebook’s Marketplace, selling an IPod I’d won. I received an inquiry from someone claiming to be in the military and that he wanted to buy it for his sister as a birthday present and that her birthday was next week so he wanted it as soon as possible. I was to ship it to his coworker in Nigeria and he would get it through her.
I thought by going through PayPal would make it secure, so I requested the payment (which by the way he offered more than I was asking “to cover shipping costs”) through that. I received an email today supposedly from paypal stating that the payment had been approved from him, but I would have to email the shipping confirmation before the funds would be deposited. I packaged it up and took it to the postal office, where they were incredibly cautious about it. They basically told me there 95% sure it was a scam and although they’d love to accept my money to ship it, they wanted me to check it out more. I came back and went to my actual Paypal account. There was nothing on there about accepting a payment from this guy so I knew then. I cancelled the request and emailed him, telling him I suspected he was scamming me and that I had cancelled the transaction. He got incredibly nasty before I just blocked him from contacting me. I thought it sounded a little fishy at first, but now I’ll be a lot more careful. If it feels off, then it probably is. And if they get snippy with you, that’s even more evidence. A buyer should understand that a seller should feel secure, and vice versa. Needless to say I won’t be listing anything on there anymore. P.S. His facebook account has been deleted

Guys,

I wish I had read this before shipping the item to those bloody scammers. I took 3 days to actually figure out , cuz i had my doubts but I started getting emails from Ebay which were obviously fake. that my account will be blocked and all. I just shipped then item yesterday afternoon and at night I found it that it was a scam. It was a mobile phone. I went to postal depot of Royal Mail first thing in the morning, and they said they cannot do anything.Its illegal.WOW these nigerians are doing illegal stuff thats ok and now I am asking for my parcel to be stopped is illegal. Hence, the item is not in my hands and will soon reach to those scammers. But I am just curious that the address they gave me doesnot have a street name on.So I am assuming that it might comeback.Don’t know just my wish
The address was
Mary Joseph
Block 45 Flat 12
Abesan Ipaja
Lagos

Don’t know if that would do the job or not. I have told ebay and paypal but they wont do anything offcourse. I am really feeling like a fool. I wish I would have read these articles.Ebay seriously need to do something about it. But to be honest, I am not gona shop on Ebay in near future I believe.

Mary Joseph
Block 45 Flat 12
Abesan Ipaja
Lagos
23401

Just wondering has anyone ever got their stuff back in case if the address was wrong and the parcel came back.

Someone just tried to pull the exact same scam on me with a psp go. Does anyone know if there is some way to track and report these people?

i just had somebody pull this on me today… it was a nigerian from the netherlands, luckily i caught on.

fucking nigerians… the brits must have made them quite bitter from all that colonial oppression because no other country pulls this crap as much as they do… well this motherfucker aint gonna ‘chop my dolla’…

Why don’t we just send them letterbombs?

While I wasn’t foolish enough to fall for the offer, “Mr. Johnson” in Nigeria and his fucking crooked cohorts have succeeded it WASTING MY TIME.

All three times I attempted to list my blackberry it was purchased for the max ‘buy it now’ price by buyers in a foreign land with either suspended accounts or those with no user rating. All three accounts had been created within the last week. Every time I get the Spanish Prisoner overpay offer ’send confirmation of shipment and we’ll send you millions!’. Right. I even specified I would only ship to the US Or Canada but this had zero effect. I’m asking for all listing fees to be refunded and not bothering to list the item again.

Ebay needs to fix this or their business will go in the shitter. How hard it is to have a setting where you only allow bidding from users with a certain number of successful transactions?

Frustrated.

i was selling my iphone last night on ebay and someone brought it hours later on buy it now and offered £30 more for postage n packaging and to send it to nigeria and asked for a barcode thing i typed it in all the ebay n pay pal help searches and nothing.

this is the address but his wife brought it for him someone calledoluwanishola david from bedfordshire.

DAVID WILLIAMS C
109 OLUDE ROAD
IPAJA
LAGOS
NIGERIA
23401

Here is another fake email.

Hello my name is Lundell Kristina a Swedish but residence in UK and
this item is urgently needed for my father who is on a mission at SS
Peter and Paul Seminary in Pretoria, south Africa and i want you to
give me the total cost, item and shipping cost and this my fathers
address below

JAMES GINO
HEIMAR FLATS,UNIT 1
163 RISSIK STREET,MEARS AND RISSIK
SUNNY SIDE,
PRETORIA,0002
SOUTH AFRICA
0710750936

Am going to proceed with the bank transfer immediately i receive your
email and i be using dhl for the shipment and am going to transfer the
money into your bank account and kindly give me the total cost and
your bank data so that payment can be made asap

i iiwas about to send my laptop cell phone and 2dvd players to nigeria i am so stupid i even had a yahoo instant message conversaation with a lady nameed lara movadoo she was really nice and helpful but then i looked up her email adress because after asking a few questions about shipping she so suddenly had to hryry and leave so i figured somthing was up looked up here name on facebook and even found an account for her she was such a beautiful woman so of course i was even more pushed to do business with her but it just didnt sound right to sendt something off before recieveing any money thanks u gyz!

Thank guys for highlighting this! I also experienced the same encounterment. They want me to send my items to nigeria too. They even sent me a Bank of America email saying the transfer was done etc and they hold the shipping cost of USD$70. They will only release the payment when i courier my stuffs. I told them they can forget on targetting me and i will only release my items when i see money crediting to my account.

Thanks a million guys!

saw a ad 2 days ago on the internet suggesting to me that a iphone was r1500 plus shippment 2 my door step i was so happy because the normal price for the iphone here in south africa is about r8000 so i emailed the guy and said i want one asap his first reply was: ‘hello friend’ i mean common i only just emailed him he said it cums with every thing in box and i must leave the following details:
FULL NAME::
PRODUCTS AND QUANTITY:
ADDRESS::
CITY /STATE::
ZIP CODE::
COUNTRY::
PHONE NUMBER:
so i did that as he said his name is Eugenio Gebriel so as i never suspected anything i was emailing him for a whole day i said i hope this isnt a scam he said dont worry i know how u feel about this but u can trust us..note he said he is from nigeria so he said he will send me a certificate of their company so i looked at it and it said usa i emailed him again saying why does it say that his reply was we have 2 branches.now the doubts kicked in he said you must do payment through money grams or western union now this is my first time so i didnt know where in our country there is thoes 2 places.now the 1st call from him a nigerian that couldnt even talk english properly he said u must wait 48 hours for it to arrive and then i told him why cant i pay the delevery man he said payment before we ship.i saw some scams on google about this last before that he phoned me and he said “please make da payment today” i told him the banks are closed he cut the call and replyd 2 me via email saying please do payment tommorow i replied and said how fuking stupid do u nigerian fucks think i am.no reply from that fuker

ok some tips how to see if he is a scammer
1.the sentences sometimes ends with OK or okay
2.they agree to pay amounts without seeing the product
3.they have all the things typed so they just reply and when u speak 2 them on the phone they cant speak properly
4.their names are made up like funny names
5.they tell u were u can do the deposit
6.the ask payment from money gram and western union when the money goes 2 them its untraceble thats why they use the banks
hope this helps i wont fall for a scam i hope u guys wont also

HEY NICE PAGE

Omg, my heart is racing I just saw this right before i sent it out there. I will no longer be shipping to nigeria.. thanks google. BTW scam address is

Engr J Anthony
150 Oluyemi Avenue Ajaka Makun
Sagamu
Ogun State
121101
Nigeria
Tel 234)-8076-614631

Thank you for this post. I would like you to know I have just been a victim of this scam, but since I read your post, it prevented me from mailing my $1,250 camera set up to the man in Nigeria. After reading your post I matched all the tell-tale signs to the scam artist and re-posted my camera back on eBay. Here is the e-mail he wrote me:

“Hello,
I just want to let you know that I have made the payment via Paypal and I’ve included sufficient funds for quick shipment to the paypal confirmed shipping address.I want it ship out today as I’m buying it as a birthday gift for my friend that was transferred to work abroad (Nigeria) last month, shipping via post office international sighn for shipment. Check your email very well for the payment confirmation slip from Paypal

Below is the shipping address once again:

Name: Afeez Lawal
Address: 10, Olanrewaju St,
Ilaje-Shomolu
Bariga
State: Lagos
Code: 100007
Country: Nigeria.
phone 07051134933

will be waiting to read from you soon with the shipment tracking number. Make sure you post it out via post office international sighn for shipment

ASAP
Regard…….”

What an idiot. I’m so glad I did not ship my item because I am new to eBay and I actually believed it for a second.

Here is what I wrote back to him before I re-listed my item on eBay:

“Your request and direct quote from PayPal: “The payment will remain pending until shipment tracking number is sent to our customer service department for verification before money is remitted into your account.” I must receive payments BEFORE I ship items to the buyer.

I know how your scam works and I will not sell or ship this item to you. So try to find someone else to scam. It looks like your “friend” will be having a shitty birthday, idiot. Goodbye.”

I got scammed this week for my phone on eBay. and yes, it was a nigerian person. im so f**king pissed. this person did the exact same thing, ‘buy it now’ for a much larger price that would be put in my account after the shipment of my item. i did it. great. As if that wasnt enough, they messaged me saying that the NIgerian customs confiscated my item, and a sum of 200USD was need, they gave me a print screen of the receipt of my ‘funds’. that point i found out it was a scam. and now there is nothing, no way to get back my item. >< careful guys, this world is full of horrid people. Id hate to revert to racism, but i am so angry, Nigerians are the scum of the earth.

A nigerian almost got me. Luckily i contacted USPS intime for them to stop the shipment before it left for overseas.

He said he wanted my Ps3 for his son in Nigeria for his birthday. He sent me bootleg emails that looked like they were from paypal to decieve me. Long story short. NEVER. I REPEAT NEVER NO MATTER WHAT DO BUSINESS SHIPPING TO NIGERIA

Here’s the 2 emails i recieved less than 15 min’s after posting…
I didn’t reply to either of them!

You and Harry Smith
Harry Smith July 15 at 9:50am Report
How are you doing, I was just browsing through the Classified site (facebook) to see if i can get a very good and nice item for my best friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a training course on Environmental pollution.i want to know if this lovely item is still available for sales,get back to me if the item is still available for sale.I am willing to offer you $340.00 for the item,including shipping cost via USP Express Mail to west Africa,will be paying you through PayPal because it’s the safest way to pay online.Hope to hear from you reply me at(harrysmith@in.com)
thanks…………..

Hello Seller.

My name is morris Simeon,I am model.I am interested in buying you item for a friend who went on a seven month(7month)program in western Africa so as to ease is work and enhance communication.I am willing to offer $250.00USD if you are willing to sell this item to me.
Please note that the money i am given to you will cover shipping and handling to him in western Africa and i am willing to pay via PayPal.so please get back to me with your PayPal email address so that i can transfer the money into your account.You can contact me at morrissimeon125@yahoo.com

same thing.. a business partner birthday gift. the PayPal Transaction ID as 5TB46738R0457834N and soo many other similar things.

also address:
Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
110001
Nigeria.

apparently he doesn’t have a PayPal account. so look like a spoof..

oh boy I finally get to play with a nigerian scammer – this is gonna be fun!

Thanks for the reply.. i will like to know the present condition of the item, also i will pay through paypal and I will add $80 for the shipping fee to my store in Nigeria… so kindly get back to me with your paypal acct email so i may make the payment right away….

Thanks
Dan Bros

Thank for the info. I also tried to sell my used iphone on facebook market place. Lucky my to see this info before I send out the item:

NAME:SAMULE AYO
ADDRESS:21,ITELORUN STREET IJESHATEDO
CITY:SURULERE
STATE:LAGOS
COUNTRY:NIGERIA
ZIPCODE:23401

Thankyou everyone, you’ve saved me from a min. 300USD loss.

TY !

I tried to sell my old iphone 3GS on Ebay. 3 times in a row I had the Nigeria scammed pulled on me. These animals are pretty stupid in their scam but it blocks me from selling to real buyers. Ebay seems to do nothing to prevent this. I am confused how they are not legally liable for anything??
I am done with Ebay. I am not going to pay those clowns high commissions for doing such a horrible job managing their auction business. When is Ebay going out of business or j getting a class action law suit against them? That’s the real question. They really, really, really suck.

I tried to sell four times a Nokia E90 on Ebay and each time the buyer was a Nigerian scammer… I was not fooled by them but I couldn’t sell my phone and later I’ve received an invoice from Ebay of 40 USD for their… “services”. The only way to escape from this situation was to delete my Paypal account so Ebay could not take the money from my account, even if I didn’t sell any item… I think Ebay is a better partner with the Nigerian scammers than with their honest clients!

I have long known about these scams, never knew it was on eBay also but mostly knew of them on Craigslist. When selling something on Craigslist I HIGHLY recommend only dealing locally, the furthest to deal with is within an hour drive of your home but that person interested must come get the item and do not ship anything. As we speak I’m dealing with a COMPLETE idiot that is trying to scam me, so I made another PayPal account that is not connected to any of my bank accounts. As I proceeded to have PayPal open in one window, my regular email in another window and my fake email open on the iPod touch I get 3 emails from “PayPal” stating funds have been deposited but being held in escrow and blah blah blah. I am a avid online shopper and always use PayPal so I know what they do and don’t do. So far I have wasted my entire day dealing with this idiot but I am finding it funny because my very last email to this person is quite long and full of insults, which may be immature to do but at least I’m letting the stress out, of him or her wasting my time. What I found funny is they were willing to pay 3 times the amount I was asking for my old 5mp camera, right then I knew it was a scam. Also with the emails sent I had about 4 different names they used. First it was a Derry Dayem for email but John was the closing name, mail to address was his daughter which clearly was not an American name, the fake emails from PayPal said Jerri Weaver has sent you money. It goes to show how dumb they really are when it comes to being a criminal. So I just sent a message saying I never got the money, I get a reply “What the hell, blah blah blah sent you money blah blah blah I’m going to report you to PayPal Security…” What a joke, so I sent him a tracking number from an item I bought a while back on eBay, lets see what he says now…..

Well I sent an email with the fake tracking number, he/she replied by calling me an idiot and they didn’t see the tracking number in the email. What a waist of a day, oh well I had a good laugh about it all.

As my mama says “If its too good to be true, then it’s most likely not true.”

I was selling a Clarinet but not on ebay. Through a local classifieds website. again a gmail address. Something has to be done about these people.

i also almost got caught but thanks to your article I notifyed paypal of the scammer. heres what my email stated:
Name: Oluwasogo A.F

Address:28 adegbayi street agbowo UI
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo State
Country:Nigeria
Zip code:23402

sadly I’ve recently been subjected to this scam and feel mighty stupid for not clocking on sooner. my story is very similar to that of everyone else, i was selling an item on ebay for around 300GBP and was e-mailed by someone from Nigeria wanting to buy the item for 420GBP so of course i obliged thinking about the money and rushing into it.

tried to sell my laptop I happen to call paypal about something else and they told me not to send anything to nigeria

Thanks for your quick respond i will like to buy this item for my friend’s son in overseas
country as birthday gift. i will offer you $2,050 for the item $150 for shipping ok.So
kindly get back to me with your paypal email address to proceed with the transaction because paypal is the most secured and fastest means for online transaction.Regards

(1)I want to know condition of the item
(2)why do you want to sell it.

Address : # 50 UI AGBOWO,
City : IBADAN
State : OYO STATE
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 23402.

I have a similar story.

Someone put a bid in on my dads car (nice old thunderbird) he was going to bye it without viewing it.

Again poor English, again asking for paypal details…

Here is the twist though, we’re in Sweden and he is supposedly American, so he was proposing sending his friend (that by some luck was in Sweden this week) to pick up a car that you can get for 10% cheaper in the states an import it back in to the US.

I’m just glad my dad asked me to have a look at it before he went ahead with the deal

Same here. He’s currently threatening to report me to eBay for not shipping his iPad, which hasn’t been paid for, of course. I said, “Go ahead. I already reported you.”

NAME : Proversor Oladele
ADDRESS :U I Gate, U I
CITY : IBADAN,
STATE : OYO STATE,
ZIPCODE : 23402,
COUNTRY : NIGERIA

As soon as I saw the winning bidder was from Nigeria, I Googled “Nigerian ebay scam,” and sure enough there was one. Thanks for the article.

Oh my god!
Been dealing with this guy named
Name – John williams
Address – #162 Oke-Ado
City – Ibadan
State – Oyo state
Zip code – 23402
Country-Nigeria
Here’s what he emailed me.

Hello i am Mr T Williams from United State Of America how are you today and how are your families ? hope all is good ? well i am interested in buying the item for my daughter because it my daughter that need it and i hope she would like it , so kindly get to me with the total cost of the item including the shipping cost to her address below with ,FED X,UPS,TNT.DHL i pay through either Paypal or Bank transfer ok reply soon.
Name – John williams
Address – #162 Oke-Ado
City – Ibadan
State – Oyo state
Zip code – 23402
Country-Nigeria
Thanks and have a blessed day.

To bad i give him my bank account details.
Please reply to me asap what should I do.

Luckily since it’s Friday I haven’t shipped his item. Because EMS are closed on weekends.
Whoa! That was too close.

Thanks to your blog entry

Hi Amanda,
As early as 4am I rushed at the ATM to withdraw all the money on my account before he can hacked it and transferred to his account. I’ll be reporting it later at 8a.m. to my bank office. Funny he already sent me an email confirmation regarding his payment through bank transfer using his CITIBANK account. I’m really thankful that it’s Friday and almost no EMS office. Now I should say Thank God It’s Friday.
It’s me Lovely Miki

Wow. I received almost those exact emails that you posted today. Almost word-for-word. I was immediately skeptical, so I did a search and this blog came up. Thanks for saving me from losing my phone!

Hi Jon,
I’ve replied to his email because he kept on sending me that I have to shipped the item going to nigeria because her daughter is waiting for it. I told him that his a scammer and I already reported him to yahoo mail and citibank particularly. i also said that i will the item if i get a clear cash payment from him.. from then on, no emails received from him.

Thank God were saved!

love miki

I have received two emails regarding items that I am selling on ebay, both offered more money than i was asking for my psp and xbox, as I have an internet shop i told them to visit the shop, but they came back and wanted to buy through ebay, so i asked some questions and found out that they were from nigeria, same scam, my family live there and please send to them, etc etc, heres a copy of the reply
Dear seller, Am from US i have agreed with the price you gave to me i am willing to buy this item for my Daughter in Africa so immediately i saw this item on site i have contact my friend working in Post Office for the shipping cost to Africa he told that the shipping cost will be €50 euro so i will want you to get back to me with your PayPal Email with the total cost and your full name for the payment.here is my daughter shipping address below

Name Adekola Owolabi
Address No 1,2b Agbeke Hotel Under G
City Ogbomosho
State Oyo State
Country Nigeria
Zip Code 23402

i will wait to hear from you back.

Thanks.

there ebay user ids are mary williams beaker1979dank and robert marton, i checked ebay it says good people but i think there fake, so dont be fooled, lucky enough i was not

THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE! I just had the same scam try to get me, it was my first time selling on Ebay, but when i got a paypal.uk.co email when he was from “Florida” the red flag went up! thanks so much!

if u do gt scammed is there anything you can do about it???

i always buy the latest cellphone accessories that i can find on ebay, i am addict on cellphone accessories’;`

Be on the lookout for a CONFIRMED eBay scammer. He will base himself as being “in” the United States or United Kingdom. Typical give away is odd capitalization in sentences, run-on sentences, and multiple other grammatical errors that a serious buyer interested in spending $600 wouldn’t make. Take note and WATCH OUT for this user on eBay!

Kelechi Okafor
52 unity road
Ikeja, Lagos 23401 Nigeria

Once again he is a CONFIRMED scammer and has been trying to get my paypal information for several days even though they are supposed to pay through the site. He is also trying very hard to get me to ship the item to Nigeria even though I specifically told him countless times that I will ship to a United States address ONLY. Scammers are dumb sometimes.

To day I also got contacted by one Linda benson
some how she found that I am selling my nikon 55-200 lens on quickr india
so she sent me mail to ship it to nigiria to his client
I told her why not you buy from US which is u r current location (she told me she is from canada)
so I went to DHL asked the rate and told her and she agreed on all the rate after that same i am transferring the amount to bank of canada yuo ship the item send the tracking number to bank and bank will remit the amount in 2 to 72 hrs

the moment i got the mail in spam folder i understood every think that this is spam , Than without wasting a single second I google and came to this blog
and than i gave her what she wanted (fuck) now she/he will think twice before contacting any indian

this was the address she was asking to ship

Name :-A.0 JOHN
Address :- no 15 Ekotedo idi oro
City :- Ibadan
State :- Oyo State
Zip code :- 23402
Country :- Nigeria
Phone :- +2348022970845

they have to do something about this scammers..

Thank you for posting this… I almost fell for this because I didn’t think ebay could have scams. It’s bad enough craigslist has tons of scams but now they found a way to scam ebay?? That is just crazy… I got someone who bought my laptop with the instant buy button… they just created they’re account today and they sent me an email saying they live in MD and want me to send the item to their friend in Nigeria who is getting married. I was a little worried about the idea of sending it to Nigeria because I know craigslist has weird scams like that too, so thats when I decided to look it up and see what I could find about this. The address they gave me to send it to was:

Kunle Badmus
112 Yaya Abaton collage road
Ijaiye Ogba, Lagos State 23401
Nigeria
+234860168567

And they asked that I send them an invoice for a quote for to send to Nigeria. Is this along the same lines for the same scam you found?

thank god. i receive same kind of email yesterday. i sell clothes in mudah.my. suddenly i receive an email from Mrs Janet from UK saying that she want to buy those pairs for her boss’s child in Nigeria.
I ask for the full address and she gave me this :
Name- Dele charles.
Address- No 45 Akar paint Eleyele ologunerun road,
City- Ibadan
State- OYO
Country- Nigeria
Zip Code- 20001
Phone no-+2348052620065.
You get back to me with the total cost of the shipment via ems post and your full bank details which include your contact number for the payment to your account.
Thanks

she insist me to give my account number n total cost…
luckily i google about this and found this web..thanx..

Yeah, this same thing happened to me. Luckily this isn’t my first rodeo so I was awaiting payment and looking up scams and this came up.

I wish I knew where this person was because I would beat their ass for wasting my time and patients.

This same thing happened to me she even used the same exact address as yours wow thank god I looked up the address, I was a bit suspicious since I had a best offer option but instead she did buy it now and she had zero feed back.

This is what she said
“Am the person who won your item on eBay.Am out of the country for a Church program and i want the item shipped to my grandson school Address in NIGERIA..all i need from you is your PayPal Email Address so as to make out the payment,you could contact me at (ty_mryanx77x@yahoo.co.uk) Please i need your PayPal Email Address:
I would like to have the item shipped to the address below:
Ola Oluwafemi
33 Bank Anthony Way
Ikeja, Lagos 23401 Nigeria”

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The simmilar thing is happening to me right now.
I have never sold anything on ebay before and it is my first time, and I am being scammed.
I am unsure of what to do :
Please help, how do i report this person, i dont know how to?
Thanks.

ALMOST got scammed, too. In my case, in Multiply. To other Filipino online sellers out there, beware!

Good thing I felt something was fishy and “googled” the address. Below were the emails I got:

On 12/18/10, T Williams wrote:
> –
> Hello how are you doing today,i want to know if this item is still
> available for sale reply asap…

On 12/19/10, T Williams wrote:
> Hello i am Mr T Williams from
United State Of
>America how are you today and how are your families ? hope all is good ? well i am interested in buying the item for my daughter because it my daughter that need it and i hope she would like it , so kindly get to me with the total cost of the item including the shipping cost to her address below with ,FED X,UPS,TNT.DHL i pay through either Paypal or Bank transfer ok reply
>soon.

>Name – John williams
>Address – #162 Oke-Ado
>City – Ibadan
>State – Oyo state
>Zip code – 23402
>Country-Nigeria

>Thanks and have a blessed day.

>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.

Wow, I can’t believe this stuff has been going on for years now. I was selling some CDJ turntables on EBay and had a “woman” from the US use the buy it now feature. She is now requesting that I send it to her son that is studying in Lagos Nigeria…..then later in the message says she will cover the shipping costs to her daughter? Wait a minute lady, I thought this was for your son?! I’d like to think this isn’t a scam, but I am sure it is. Will wait for either a real payment to go through, or the fake e-mails regarding the payment.

I got the same one too and i sent one items to London ( which is the same address from Ebay. and one to nigieria…until not i will lost the one from nigieria but am still hopping that the one from London will come back to me some day….why the Polish not do anything about this ? even they know where the address is ? dumm Nigieria !!!

Hey!… i am so happy my friend told me to check the scam on google as it nearly happened to him. i put my nokia N97 on ebay for £89.99 starting bid and £250 buy it now price ( i didn’t even think it was worth £150) with in 10minutes someone from ‘ Nigeria,Lagos’ wanted to buy it now for £250. I was happy and shocked at the same time. The fact i bragged about it on facebook stopped me from selling it as my friend warned me it nearly happened to him. Your comments helped me thank you very much as soon i was about to send it off. Exactly what you said is exactly what they sent me in emails. Thank you.

now i can see why no only stores want to ship to Nigeria this is very sad because all of us are not like this. but who will believe me? i wish i am not a Nigerian seriously

from the bottom – top i then got a conformation email from “service@intl.paypal.com” saying they paid £330 and an extra £40 for shipping.

I just received a notice from paypal that the payment has been sent
to you and i hope you would have gotten your payment confirmation
receipt from them by now . Please make sure you wrap this item very well for safety purpose.

—

ok, i would offer you 270 pounds, so let me have your paypal email
address, so that i can be able to make the payment.

—

Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, so i would like to
have your paypal email address, so that i can be able to make the
payment for the item right away.

—

I just want to make an inquiry is this item is still for sale?.

from the bottom – top i then got a conformation email from “service@intl.paypal.com” saying they paid £330 and an extra £40 for shipping.
and wanted me to send it to this address “NAME: Alimi Adefemi
ADDRESS: No. 30 Maryland cresent
CITY: Abeokuta,
STATE: Ogun,
ZIP CODE: +23439
COUNTRY: Nigeria..”

i google mapped this adress and said it could not find it.

I just received a notice from paypal that the payment has been sent
to you and i hope you would have gotten your payment confirmation
receipt from them by now . Please make sure you wrap this item very well for safety purpose.

—

ok, i would offer you 270 pounds, so let me have your paypal email
address, so that i can be able to make the payment.

—

Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, so i would like to
have your paypal email address, so that i can be able to make the
payment for the item right away.

—

I just want to make an inquiry is this item is still for sale?.

i don’t know why it has to be like this i have tried to buy things too on Ebay and i was not allowed just because i was a Nigeria people need to know that is not every body that is like this this is very sad and painful

Thank you for your frank and honest with me, I want you to know that IOrder this package for my son studying in West Africa , Nigeria.I We provide the Sum of € 500:00, including shipping cost toMy son is studying in private universities in Nigeria and Iwant to send the item from the Post International MailExpress or Registered or Currier serviceMail Service.For Payment (bank) that you want to get back to me with your dataso I can pay now.The delivery address is: Name: Happy Afolabi O.Address: No2 Agbala IturaIwo Road.City: IbadanZip Code: 23 402Nigeria

another scam from nigeria!!

Thank you for your frank and honest with me, I want you to know that IOrder this package for my son studying in West Africa , Nigeria.I We provide the Sum of € 500:00, including shipping cost toMy son is studying in private universities in Nigeria and Iwant to send the item from the Post International MailExpress or Registered or Currier serviceMail Service.For Payment (bank) that you want to get back to me with your dataso I can pay now.The delivery address is: Name: Happy Afolabi O.Address: No2 Agbala IturaIwo Road.City: IbadanZip Code: 23 402Nigeria

Funny that they offer me 500bp for something that cost much less,that was what makes me suspecius!!thanks to this page i didnt jump right into the scam..

Thank you for your frank and honest with me, I want you to know that IOrder this package for my son studying in West Africa , Nigeria.I We provide the Sum of € 500:00, including shipping cost toMy son is studying in private universities in Nigeria and Iwant to send the item from the Post International MailExpress or Registered or Currier serviceMail Service.For Payment (bank) that you want to get back to me with your dataso I can pay now.The delivery address is: Name: Happy Afolabi O.Address: No2 Agbala IturaIwo Road.City: IbadanZip Code: 23 402Nigeria

are u sure this ar Nigerians b/cos ebay do not allow shipments nor whatsoever from Nigeria

THIS HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY!!! I was sent the same email but it looked more real and all the emails I got were grammatically correct. It was a pretty good racket though. A person named “Jenny Mike” sent me an email saying that she is ready to pay the amount plus the extra shipping charges as well. She was to pay $220 but in that fake email from paypal it looked like she paid $270! Too good to be true! Then I was asked to ship the item as soon as possible for my account to be credited with this pending payment.
I checked my paypal and there was no pending payment on it. Then I googled and found this page! Thank goodness I did!
But this is so disappointing!! I thought I actually sold something for the first time!

i got conned by these thiving bstards i think revenge is needed they cant get away with this

i put my ipad on ebay last night and woke up this morning to discover someone clicked the buy it now button, i went to look and they didnt pay yet, i went to my messages and found this message from the scammer:

Dear Seller, Am Mrs Olivia Rhoda from NH US but now in Spain for a business trip…I am interested in buying your item for my son …I finally get the total cost of the item and shipping cost to Lagos Nigeria via USPS Priority Mail International Large Flat Rate Box So i can send you PAY PAL ASAP OK It was $100.00 dollars to ship internationally…I would like for you to send me your PayPal email address to my PayPal email address which is (olivia_rhoda005@yahoo.com) Thanks.

I would like to have the item shipped to the address below:
Precious Moore
No1 Oduduwa st
Ikeja, Lagos 23401 Nigeria

im so glad i researched the address before i gave him/her the invoice, i hate these scammers and they need to be stopped

I was almost fooled by a “buyer” wanting me to ship my iPhone to his nephew, but no money was put inti my accnt. And it needed a “tracking” number before payment gets sent. Needless to say I didn’t ship it. Then they asked for money back I didn’t have. Lol idiots!

Same routine from another “buyer” for an itouch:

Good Day Seller, How are you feeling today i am MRS MARY JEAN, i just won your item on eBay i will like to have your PayPal Money request so i can make my payment now,here’s my Email ID (maryjean1×4@yahoo.com) ,So calculate the shipping cost to my Son address in Nigeria via (Registered Mail International OR USPS GLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL EMS ) on the shipping, and make sure that the item get to my Son at the end of this week early next week,Hope to hear from you soon thanks

I would like to have the item shipped to the address below:
francis blessman
mopo; 20brk
ikeja, lagos 23041 Nigeria

Thanks to those who posted previously. Very helpful.

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I just did this! Well….I just had someone buy my phone on EBay. I called customer support and they said even if they did put money in your PayPal account, its from a fraudulent account.

Thank goodness I didn’t ship!

Hm I’m having a hard case here.
The emails I got seem more sophisticated, as they included a phone number.
On the other hand, same story of UK buyer wanting me to ship it to Nigeria.
Before they gave me the address I had to send it too, I already gave my e-mail address I use for my paypal account. Is there any way they can use this in a malicious way without my password?

Seems like they’ve got a bit smarter recently. I’m selling my phone and got an email that looks just like the ones from PayPal, but it was from ‘paypallinknotification@ultimateemail.com’, telling me I have funds, followed by
‘David Walter just sent you money with PayPal.

David Walter is a Verified buyer.’

The address to ship to was:

Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
110001
Nigeria.

Not even 10 minutes after I found out it was a scam, I got another offer above the odds, asking for the item to be sent to:

Richard Obi
1, Razaq Balogun Street
Surulere
Lagos
Nigeria.

Currently dealing with another person who is offering above the odds, what’s the betting they’ll be nigerian too? ahhhhh stress.

dont trust anyone ask you to ship to nageria one of them took my staff and he’s nam Andy .
he act like he is the paypal company .
it just happen 26/04/2011

it was on Gumtree

Thank you for this post.
I listed a camera lans on craigslist and got an email from
lazarus yuri asking to send it to Nigeria:
Olajide Olawale
No15 Abiola Way Abeokuta
Abeokuta
Ogun
Nigeria
23439
He said he’ll pay through paypal asap. Once I got all the messages from service@paypal I realized something is wrong. I googled it and found your post…

I just got scammed as well It was similar to those that people above have posted yet mine said to ship to Malaysia.

Ive also just received the same scam as above through Gumtree from Alimi Adefemi, only the email he sent was from ‘irisshm19@gmail.com’ when the email came through to my hotmail it gave the address in Nigeria as:

NAME: Alimi Adefemi
ADDRESS: No. 5 Aidigbe Memorial House
CITY: Abeokuta,
STATE: Ogun,
ZIP CODE: +23439
COUNTRY: Nigeria.

Thank goodness for this forum!

thanks you guys i nearly got scammed as well, address is

Olu David
19, Alaja Street
Ipaja, Lagos
23401
Nigeria

Name:malvin fred,
Adress: 21 itelorun street ijeshtedo,
city:surulere,
State:lagos,
country: Nigeria,
zip code: 23401,
cell number: +2348026505737.

The name of my bank is Bank of America,
And here is the adress to ship it to,
Name: malvin Alessio,
Adress:21itelorun street ijeshatedo,
city: surulere,
State: Lagos,
Country: Nigeria,
Zip code:23401.

Thanks.
Dr Bianca Alessio.

The person above tried to scam me with the purchase of a scanner which I put up for sale on Craig’s list in Fukuoka.

Additionally, someone from Johannesburg (umts.vodacom.co.za) hacked the email account 19, June 2011.

Adding to that, another person (wd67.aflc3.vectant.ne.jp) hacked the email account 20, June 2011. The person from Johannesburg must have a connection in Kyoto. Never… believe that the team of GMail is requesting information in order for you to continue services.

And here is yet another one!

Saheed A Hassan
5 Shapon Street
Abeokuta
Ogun
Nigeria
Zip 23403

DO NOT TRUST AFRICANS!

I’m from Brazil and I was selling my PSP on MercadoLivre
(Brazil’s Ebay) and some guy said: “I am interested in buying this product as a gift for my son that is studying in Africa and I want you to send it directly to him through DHL. I will pay you through bank transfer. I will pay the shipping to Africa, so reply directly to me, so that we can close the deal immediately.” I thought it was weird a person ask me in English if here in Brazil we speak Portuguese and because the Account was created only a day ago and this was the first deal he was trying to make… So I googled the same thing that this guy asked me and this and other websites we’re saying that it was a Scam… Thank you so much Google!!!

Hello seller,
Am Happy to Inform You that, The payment has been effected via PayPal to your account (m****@**.**) ,so the total amount of 4300 pounds has been deducted from my PayPal account.and i make 100 pounds for postage and packaging..so i want you to get the item posted to my son as a gift in NIGERIA via ROYALMAIL (INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR) today and get back to me with the tracking number for the posting of the item to verify the posting and i shall leave a positive feed back for you now.I could have told you to post to my U K address but soon i will be on a business trip to israel,so that’s just what took me so long to make payment,
Sorry for the inconvenience i may caused you

Here is the delivery address below:

pamilerin philips
6 Olowu street,
IKEJA
LAGOS STATE
NIGERIA
23401

I almost got scammed. They say if something seems to good to be true, it probably is. ALWAYS go with your gut feeling! The manager at my post office saved me $400.00!! Also thanks to you guys and paypal customer service rep. My story is similar to everyone elses. I listed an item on ebay, PS3 to be exact. Not even an HOUR after I listed it, i received an email from a Tyler Perrie. 1st it through me off because he was offering way more than what i was asking for, saying he would cover the shipping and insurance. Of course i agreed and he sent an “instant payment” to me. The fake paypal sent me a email within 10 minutes. It said paypal Europe at the bottom and that kind of made me wonder b/c i’ve never heard of it. They were rushing me and said if i didnt sent the shipping info within 12 hours that i would face legal actions. Anyway, to make a long story short, i didn’t send my playstation and thank GOD for google and websites like these. Look out for Tyler Perry (tylerperrie001@yahoo.com)

Name: Jolaade Aderibige
Address: Temilade Quarters Sapon
City: Abeokuta
State: Ogun
Country: Nigeria
Postal Code: 234039
Phone: +234-806-848-6760

I like this comment!! ——— This should be one of the rules in their terms of service agreement, “Thou shalt not buy, sell or correspond with anyone, anything or anybody that has anything to do with Nigeria”.

Tried us too and I also thank my Lord & Savior for leading me to this site! Here is what my letters sounded like….

Dear (me),

We are waiting to hear back from you,kindly email us the shipment tracking number as a proof for prompt verification so that your fund can be dispatched immediately.we hereby notify you that the money has been deducted from the buyer’s account and there is no way the transaction can be canceled by the buyer once the transaction has been approved. So we implore you to proceed with the transaction and try and ship the merchandise to the buyer’s given address and get back to us with the shipment tracking information , so that we can verify it and credit your account afterward.www.Paypal.com

Thank you for using Paypal!

Had a similar issue with a “mike moris”. i was selling a Nokia and he made an offer, i accepted. He offered to pay thru paypal so i sent my email address and he “made a payment” but it was suspicious. I’ll provide the info so that others may find it easily and not fall into the scam.

This is the address info they provided:

Name:Oluwatosin Raji
Address:No 34 Alogi Obadina Street,Obatoko,
Town:Abeokuta.
Ogun-State
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23439.

They said they were purchasing the phone for an overseas girlfriend and they’d add $100 to the requested amount for international post. Do not fall for this scam!

I have just had a similar email. Iv emailed back saying yes i will ship the item on reciveing payment. If they try the “send tracking number to release payment” trick ill send a letter saying “item pending payment” muhahahah they can track that all the way to nigeria

Even 3 people tried to scam with similar story.
Here is the first one(my item was listed for 100 pound on gumtree):
Hi,
i will offer you £150.00 for the item including the shipping cost Via
Royal Mail to ABROAD, so i want you to get back to me with your paypal
full name and email address or paypal money request to
(cockbushblue@gmail.com).

His name and address:
Salami Taofeek
No 5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
Abeokuta
Ogun state
Nigeria
110001.

Anybody who lost money on Ebay should report it as loses then fill tax declaration.

Ghehe “Before I ship an item to Nigeria, I will first check in Google if it’s a scam”
Let’s make it really simple NEVER EVER do ANY business with Nigeria

i have just had this problem getting emails from paypal stating they will release funds when posted!!! this is not real paypal it was a scam!! if they had my paypal email address it could of been alot worse. making out he was a church goer as thats why he hadnt paid yet !!

I have no seller rating on ebay, because I have just bought 3-4 items before.
BUT, I have listed a camera lens (expensive one) and someone has bought it without any question 3-4 hours later. The buyer is registered on the same day and has no other record, haven’t buy anything else. No questions in order mail as well, and he has called the lens just “item”. It is an expensive lens, I would not buy without any question (more than 600 GBP). Another thing: I would post it from Hungary, what might not be so trustworthy if I were living in GB.
The buyer name is “olajide”, but the delivery address is in Dorset, England not Nigeria.
I have not sent the paypal money request yet. What do you think, should I procceed with sending money request? If he is not spoofing paypal e-mail, and would pay in real, he would still be able to get the lens, and asking for refund telling e-bay it is broken or something like that.

Could anyone please help me? Am I going to be charged by paypal or ebay if I proceed with money request?

NEVER, EVER SEND ANYTHING NO NIGERIA.. I just got the same fake pay pal statement. It looks genuine, but when you log into your pay pal account you will discover that no money were deposited. the next fake address is:
Sikiru Oyedepo
22 Funso oginin rd Ejigbo
State Lagos
Country Nigeria
Zip/Postal Code: 23401

Thanks such much for your great forum.

I hate this, its so dissapointing!!! how can people do this when the seller is new… despicable thing to do !!!! Im new on ebay and didnt think much of it then someone wanted to buy my laptop and saying that he would pay me 260 i thought he was in englad then the next day he went that he just got to nigeria and asked if i could send it to him! so i did and got scammed seriously im so angry right now and very ashamed that i fell in this disgusting trap! and i hope that person should come up and say that they did wrong!!! I CANT FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE HIS/HER BEHAVIOUR!!!!!

I recently had a scam via ebay.

claims it is his daughter he wants it shipped to. Asked for invoice which I sent.He sent me a fake paypal email and even filled it out(prices were not even correct). Also messaged me asking for my paypal address “to send payment” and emailed me several more times. Like everyone else said NEVER send it unless you see the money in your account!
address:
KELECHI OKAFRO
16 UNITY ROAD
IKEJA, LAGOS 23401 Nigeria

why arent paypal doing anything??

I had the same story yesterday!

I think this person is trying to scam me.

Jack Scott
>

Name: Williams Dre.
Address: No52,Mayowa str,Onikolobo,Oluwo,
City: Abeokuta.
State: Ogun State.
Zip Code: 234037.
Country: Nigeria

the Jack Scott was sending me email from marcellinasmith01@gmail

Here is an email I recieve and it sacred me… they said they would sue me if I didn’t send the item?? What should I do??

am so fortunate to hav read this, was about to send my iphone 3gs to nigeria!

This has also happened to me, but I would never send anything I don’t receive payment for. My old Blackberry Curve 8520 was put on ebay the beginning of September this year, by my fiancee. Within hours, it had been bought for the buy it now price (Seventy pounds, sterling)… The buyer had set up their account that very day, just a few short hours before purchasing the phone.My fiancee was then contacted by the buyer, asking for the item to be shipped to Nigeria, and that the payment had been made. However, no payment via paypal had been received by us, so it has not been sent. The emails from paypal were dodgy, and the best way to check whether or not it is a genuine email, is to click ‘reply’. If it is a different email address, generally, it’s not from who it says it is. My fiancee phoned paypal, who told us the emails must be fraudulent, and they had no record of the so called transaction (the buyer gave us the reference number or something), and he then contacted ebay, alerting them to the buyer. Luckily, we didn’t send the phone off, because ebay has told us we probably will not receive payment from the buyer.

These guys came to Poland too. Here is conversation about my auction in biggest polish site (allegro.pl):

“”"
Hello Seller,
Am highly interested in your item. Is it Available for sale at the moment?….. Let me know the final asking price for the item.get back to me soon.

Regards”"”

After my reply about my action:

“”"
OK Thanks.. Am very much okay with the price and condition of the item and i can pay to your bank account via money transfer.. i will also like you to stop all auctions on the item and end it now and also prevent other bidders from getting the item..So all i want you to do now is get me the shipment cost of the package by REGISTERED LETTER to the receiver in Nigeria and also send me your full bank details so that i can be able to commence with the payments to your account.
Below is the receivers address so you can calculate the shipment cost plus item cost and also send me your full bank details for payment. here is the receiver’s name and address.

Name: Micheal keith
Address: #15,Saheed Onila street,
City: Shomolu
State: Lagos
Zip code: 23401
Country: Nigeria

Also provide me the following details for payment:

Account Name :
Address :
Account Number :
Swift Code :
Bank Name :
Phone number :
Total Estimate to be sent to your account including shipping cost :

I await your soonest reply
Regards.
“”"

Some tags to easy google searches from Poland:
Polska, Allegro, Nigeria, spam, scums, oszustwo

Just got stung by these people. A canon eos 5d mk 2 and 17-40mm L lens. i caught on right away and went back to lift my item from the post office. they would not give it back as it is against the law. I also got the police in and they had the same problem, wanted to help but its against the law to lift the items as the fraud happened in Nigeria. Sick to my stomach.