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Old 13-11-2005, 02:41 PM
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Hello peeps, asking for your advice chaps. Sold a phone on e-bay and i've recieved a e-mail from the woman asking to send it too Nigera, heres a copy of it

hi, how are you hope your fine yes i'm the winner of your item ok you will help me send this item to my best friend that is about to wedd next week ok, becos of that i will add 20.00GBP for the shipment via
Royalmail special delievery to lagos nigeria where the wedding will take place.Confirm if this is your paypal email account so that i can proceed first thing tomorrow morning.


What do you think???

heres a link to the item

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESO%3AIT&rd=1

Personally it looks dodgy after what i've read on here.

cheers people
Old 13-11-2005, 02:45 PM
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Paypal is not secure

You can bet a day or so after you receive the payment paypal will claim it back

I won't ship outside of the UK anymore

Say you've sent it, quote here a special delivery number (you can pick up the slips in the post office) then wait a few days
Old 13-11-2005, 02:53 PM
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See Nigeria in ANYTHING requiring money, assume it's a scam...
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cheers guys, have offered it as a second chance to the next bidder. You backed up what i thought !!

Many thanks
Old 13-11-2005, 04:11 PM
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And you stated this in the acution
I will not ship the phone to anywhere other than the UK
why cant people read
Old 13-11-2005, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Fil
And you stated this in the acution
I will not ship the phone to anywhere other than the UK
why cant people read
THINKS ITS BECOS SHE/HE IS FRENCH AS THAT IS WHERE THE E-MAIL WAS FROM
Old 13-11-2005, 05:00 PM
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Plus u can't send stuff Special Delivery outside the the UK...it becomes "International Signed For" which is different

Deffo a Scan
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Ive had a nightmare selling a few old phones on ebay.

I use the "only allow bidders from countries I ship to feature" but still get Nigerian scammers all the time. They manage to register with UK addresses and bid on loadsa stuff. I had a buy now on a phone and it was bought a relisted 3 times in 24 hours due to these!!!

Ebay seem to shut their accounts within hours of them registering but its too late by then. They refund your final value fee but not your listing fee.

They need to stop these idiots being able to sign up with UK addresess.
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thanks for the info peeps
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hey up guys i had one of these emails asking to update my paypal account looked doggy so sent a copie to paypal and there said there did not send it and do not reply little bastards
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Never log in anything from an e-mail !!!
Always go to the site and log in that way.

Also, watch out for fake paypal e-mails. People are copying the contence of a paypal e-mail and sending them when they have won an auction to the seller. You get the e-mail saying you have been paid for your item but the money isn't in your account !!!

Keep an eye out !!!
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let the winning bidder send the fucker,up to them not you.spesh when you stated it.ebays getting worse,someones gonna pop up soon with a safer auction site,scam free!
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