SeanTom
Active member
I recently posted 2 ads on craigslist attempting to sell my Nikon D100 camera. I received a handful of e-mails in the first week of people interested in buying the camera for family of theirs and that they would be paying through paypal. Considering everyone who e-mailed me a a possible buyer i started to ask for shipping addresses as most of these people stated that they were from out of state. I then received a few stories about how so and so's sons, daughters, and wives were over seas in africa and that my camera was a gift. At first i thought this would be fine to ship internationally as long as the buyer payed for the shipping. It wasn't until yesterday that i realized how sketchy it was that several people were e-mailing me and asking for my item to be shipped to the same area of the world and saying that they would pay me through pay-pal. Now these people are bullshiting me into believe that paypal will only release money if you imput a tracking number. You just gotta love the internet.
Sparknotes-New scam-Ask you to ship to africa-ask to Pay through paypal-Lives out of your own state
Example e-mails"Thanks for the instant response,i ve made payment now and i hope you
should ve received the payment confirmation approved by now.i want it
to be shipped out today becoz i ve email the person that im buying
this item for that she should be expecting it soon.i ve included the
shipping cost of $250 so you can ship it thru USPS GLOBAL EMAIL
EXPRESS (EMS)/DHL WORLDWIDE and get back to me asap with the tracking
number so we can complete the transaction.looking forwards to hear
from you asap
im buying this item for someone and here is the address below
Name: Awe Oluwatosin
Address: No 10 irepo street
City: Ibadan
State: Oyo State
Postal code: 23402
Country: Nigeria"
and after i called bs
Thanks for your mail...but i want you to understand this...i have make
the payment in a GOOD FAITH and paypal have already deduct the money
from my account and when i contact paypal they told me the money will
be in your account as soon as you get the item ship and get back to
them ...for verification and i ask them why they doing this...they
tell me it for protection of you and me to be save from any internet
scam on ebay...so please try to understand that and get my item ship
out asap.
Sparknotes-New scam-Ask you to ship to africa-ask to Pay through paypal-Lives out of your own state
Example e-mails"Thanks for the instant response,i ve made payment now and i hope you
should ve received the payment confirmation approved by now.i want it
to be shipped out today becoz i ve email the person that im buying
this item for that she should be expecting it soon.i ve included the
shipping cost of $250 so you can ship it thru USPS GLOBAL EMAIL
EXPRESS (EMS)/DHL WORLDWIDE and get back to me asap with the tracking
number so we can complete the transaction.looking forwards to hear
from you asap
im buying this item for someone and here is the address below
Name: Awe Oluwatosin
Address: No 10 irepo street
City: Ibadan
State: Oyo State
Postal code: 23402
Country: Nigeria"
and after i called bs
Thanks for your mail...but i want you to understand this...i have make
the payment in a GOOD FAITH and paypal have already deduct the money
from my account and when i contact paypal they told me the money will
be in your account as soon as you get the item ship and get back to
them ...for verification and i ask them why they doing this...they
tell me it for protection of you and me to be save from any internet
scam on ebay...so please try to understand that and get my item ship
out asap.
