ok, sold an item on ebay and got notification that the buyer is in Nigeria! i tried to sell it last week but some nigerian screwed up the listing. Now this guy insists he is genuine and is taking ofence at me calling hima scammer the thing is, ive received emails from paypal telling me money is in my paypal account, but wont be released until i provide a tracking number for shipment.

this surely isnt right i though... never had that before, so i queried the paypal procedure with ebay and got a reply to my hotmail account saying it is all kosher.

im still not sending anything out until the money is IN my account, not in some potentially non exisitent holding area. Can anyone confirm that this is the way paypal now operates please? cos im confused lol

 

All I can say is good luck ... you're going to need it

 

oh cheers

 

stick a fake tracking number in, job done

I have a few spare royal mail recorded delivery numbers if you like?

DK 9091 8254 3GB

there - hows that?

 

sold a T2 turbo on ebay couple of weeks ago now, Ł177 showing as pending on my account, but hasn't gone onto my balance yet! i sent the turbo to germany and gave a tracking number for parcelforce but still not cleared yet! so any info would be good if anyone knows anything!

 

yeah i done that one already gracie, but no money appeared in my account, and as i say, i queried it via ebay and they replied to hotmail saying it is kosher... i just dont beleive them

is it normal now for paypal to request shipping numbers before releasing funds? doesnt protect the seller very much at all

 

This is a Scam. Its not an official paypal email. I bet the address is Paypal@paypal.yahoo.com or something similar

Please dont send these idiots anything. You generally find that most of these people are based in Holland for some strange reason.

Give them fake tracking numbers and see when you get your money. I've had this a few times now and ebay are a pain coz they wont refund the charges to you.

 

fuck paypal.


even if you manage to get the money into your account, they can still pull it back out again when it turns out to be stolen x weeks/months down the line

 

I woudlnt send anything until the money has cleared. If the buyer aint happy about that, sod him! anyone in their right mind wouldnt send something to nigera without the money safely in your account!

 

im not sending ANYTHING till i have the cash in my hand, but i queried with ebay and got this sent to me:

We have rigorously examined the payment for item #*********** by eBay
Member:blakeho21.amount sent to you by PayPal is Ł***** GBP.You can now
proceed by shipping the item and provide PayPal the shipment tracking
number which will be given to you after the item has been shipped. This is
the number that's always given at any courier center used for the shipment.

This transaction is in order and legal. You shall receive the said
amount as soon as you send the shipment's tracking number to PayPal. This
transaction is not fraudulent and you are assured of quality service. We
encourage you to ship the item immediately (due to PayPal's policy) as
your payment has been confirmed by us.Security is of critical importance
at eBay.

We use proprietary technology - and constantly innovate - to help ensure
your transactions are safe. In addition, eBay has over 1000 people
worldwide dedicated to keeping ebay accounts safe, and stopping online
criminals. And we work with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) worldwide to
shut off fraudulent websites as soon as possible.

eBay's Fraud Investigation Team is highly experienced in fraud
prevention.Several members of the team are former law enforcement
officials with extensive experience in fighting online fraud. eBay’s fraud
investigation team focuses on: Identifying and preventing fraud before it
occurs, Detecting fraud in process Mitigating loss, if fraud does occur,
Delivering information to law enforcement around the world to help stop
those committing online fraud. Please provide the shipment reference
tracking to PayPal. Reflex to this action would enable them to credit your
account immediately.

The number is to be sent to verification.pay.pal@consultant.com

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and
you
will not receive any response.

Yours
PayPal Team
eBay Customer Protection.



now that seems kosher, but everything else stinks

 

As ballin say's it might show up as kosher now but 99% of the nigerian account's are scamer's so in a week or two you could have the money taken out of your account because the card/account is stolen i would'nt send anything relist it or give a second chance offer to someone else

 

its a scam - that email address is a scam address.

NO paypal email address looks like that.

Incidentally, have you contacted the paypal phone helpline?

 

i tryed that once and it's a pain in the ass you dont get to talk to a person just computer

 

bollocks

 

Given that ebay is American owned and how poor some of the English is in that statement above, I cannot believe you believe that is kosher .

 

scam
phone paypal.

 

Mike, i sent a query through legitimate channels via ebay and then got the response. How did the scammer know to send me that email if i sent a query to ebay?

 

Despite their claims Paypal offers no protection to sellers (they even were forced to admit it is impossible for a seller to comply with their "seller protection policies".

If the payment is pending do not send the item. Also if I were you any money that’s sitting in your paypal account at the moment I would withdraw as they may freeze it without warning.

I won't go on too much about my prior experiences with Paypal but what I will say is we had to take legal action to recover nearly Ł2,000 in funds they decided to withhold unless I provided them with receipts for everything we had sold. It ended up costing them significantly more as legal fees were astronomical.


Paypal is without doubt a truly a dire service.



Edited as I've just seen the pasted email... 100% definite fake! www.consultant.com redirects to http://www.expertbee.com/consultant Can't see that being anything to do with Paypal.

 

well i gave the second chance offer to the next bidder anyway, was never going to end anything to the other dude who took exception to being called a scammer was just trying to get some info on the procedures of paypal. think i'll close my paypal account anyway.. far more hassle than its worth

 

I have an ebay shop and send things via recorded delivery and abroad fairly regularly and I have never been asked for anything like this

Never sent to Nigeria but sent to Canada, US, Germany, France, Belgium without any issues

Maybe its a Nigeria thing (not being racist lol) becuase of all the scamming that does happen

 

Daveyboy what feedback has the guy got??

 

Agreed, when I did get through I sopke to some lepricorn who I had to remind to breathe.... stoopid assholse

 

5 positive, but that doens tmean jack. he hasnt done anything on ebay for a couple of years.

 

verification.pay.pal@consultant.com - consultant.com?

 

As dodgy as they come i'd say!!!

 

I have years of Ebay selling experience and can tell you catagorically that is a very old scam. Ignore it, Paypal do not communicate like that just report it to their security department. Only ever access Paypal via the secure Ebay link never by any external link.

 

Definately a scam mate!

WTF - this mickey mouse English has Nigerian fraudster written all over it.

NEVER deal with ANY Nigerian. Corruption is endemic in Nigeria and absolutely everything out there is currupt. Its a way of life. They can't help it as its all they've ever known. There is no chance this bloke isn't corrupt but even if he were legit I wouldn't deal with him on principle. When his country starts sorting out the corruption then he has the right to get the hump that you accused him of being a scammer.

 

It's not from PayPal and they do NOT ask for shipping number, etc.

 

You havent mentioned but did you follow any links to paypal or ebay through the links you got in that scam email? If you did it would be wise to change your email address & passwords NOW. This is how these scammers get access to other peoples ebay/paypal accounts to rip people off.

 

Nope, everything was done through ebay. i was well aware he was a scammer, i just dont know HOW when i emailed ebay through ebay channels, i got a spoof reply from him regarding the issue i had mailed them about, thats the worrying bit.

I did however get a legitimate reply from ebay this morning.

Ive sold the item to the second chance bidder now anyway

 

consultant.com is based in the US.. ran since 1997...

http://www.register.com/retail/whois.rcmx

 

This similar to what you got here..

http://www.scienceshareware.com/ebay/nigeria-scam.htm

 

yep very similar to that.

 

forward the email to spoof@ebay.co.uk