codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I'm selling my xbox on ebay and I get an email from a user from singapore that just opened their account today. Here is the contents of the email: "Hello i am willing to purchase your item and i will be paying you extra $100+the buy it now price for each item ok so i need as much as possible quantity of the items available for sale ok and i can pay u via(BidPay MONEY ORDER) ok and once you receive an approved confirmation email saying the payment has been approved i want it shipped out today if you agree with my offer kindly send me your NAME,ADDRESS,QUANTITY AVAILABLE FOR SALE asap ok because of the urgent need of the item asap ok i await your reply. Regards" For some reason, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about this scam going around. FIRST, there's no way I'm shipping anything to anyone until the money is in my hand, so that's not an issue, I'm just curious to know if anyone else has had this happen or has heard of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Not that particular scam but their was one with Redskins tickets going around. I was outbid on some lower level seats and then I get an e-mail from someone in the U.K saying they had tickets to sell me. lower level, for $500 (for 2 tickets) and to send payment. BUT they didn't want me to send a repsonse through E-bay. They gave me a hotmail e-mail address to send correspondence to. I didn't send anything, too good to be true, and it probably was. Then a week later I see the same eBay user ID put some Redskins tickets lower level for sale. The auction started at $1?? I watched it get bid up to about $200 and then the item was removed by eBay. My gut feeling was right. It was a scam. Lots of scams on eBay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by RonJeremy Not that particular scam but their was one with Redskins tickets going around. I was outbid on some lower level seats and then I get an e-mail from someone in the U.K saying they had tickets to sell me. lower level, for $500 (for 2 tickets) and to send payment. BUT they didn't want me to send a repsonse through E-bay. They gave me a hotmail e-mail address to send correspondence to. I didn't send anything, too good to be true, and it probably was. Then a week later I see the same eBay user ID put some Redskins tickets lower level for sale. The auction started at $1?? I watched it get bid up to about $200 and then the item was removed by eBay. My gut feeling was right. It was a scam. Lots of scams on eBay! Yeah, I don't do ebay a ton, but I'm selling a few things now. This just seemed way too fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Hey Code, You ever notice that every once in a while a 1957 Strat or something will come up on auction for super cheap, and the seller will have little to no history? I always think it's a scam, but I wonder sometimes if it's just somebody who doesn't really know what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 That is a scam.. The classic scam these day's is to overpay the person and have the item shipped before the money actually is in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by RyansRangers That is a scam.. The classic scam these day's is to overpay the person and have the item shipped before the money actually is in hand. That's exactly what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by GSF Hey Code, You ever notice that every once in a while a 1957 Strat or something will come up on auction for super cheap, and the seller will have little to no history? I always think it's a scam, but I wonder sometimes if it's just somebody who doesn't really know what they have. Yeah, I've noticed. I would never buy something expensive from a seller that had little history. It seems like there are alot of scams on ebay, but IMO, they are easy to spot. Ebay is really cool as long as you use common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I would not sell to anyone outside of the U.S. There is just too much risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by JMac I would not sell to anyone outside of the U.S. There is just too much risks. I agree, there's no way I would either, I posted this just for info, I"m not considering the offer at all, I've just never had something like this happen and was kind of facinated that someone would actually think that I would send them something without getting the money first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySkin Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Whoever it is, is a Nigerian scammer. I can tell by the way they type. The lowercase i's and the ok's after everthing is definitely a sign. Just mess with them a little, and try to get some info on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by MonkeySkin Whoever it is, is a Nigerian scammer. I can tell by the way they type. :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by MonkeySkin Whoever it is, is a Nigerian scammer. I can tell by the way they type. I had a scam like this happen to me and in the emails the guy wrote he kept saying ok and writing like he was speaking.. real weird... It turned out to be a Nigerian man who was trying to buy my boat with a fake bank check....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySkin Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by codeorama :laugh: :laugh: I'm being serious man, it is. I edited my post about the lowercase i's and ok after everything... Go as far as finding out where you'll be sending money too. I betcha it's Nigeria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by MonkeySkin I'm being serious man, it is. I edited my post about the lowercase i's and ok after everything... Go as far as finding out where you'll be sending money too. I betcha it's Nigeria I believe you... I just thought it was funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySkin Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by codeorama I believe you... I just thought it was funny... Just don't piss them off, or he'll put a curse on your a$$! Boo-ga Boo-ga!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinned Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I had some guy call me at work from Nigeria asking me if I received his fax. I manage an IT dept and I asked him what it was regarding and he said he wanted to join me in a corporate partnership. I was like what the hell are you talking about. He didn't know anything at all about my business or what we did. I did receive a fax a few days later referencing this "partnership" and it said that the govt of Nigeria requires businesses to have corporate partners, or something to that effect. Regardless, it smelled like a scam and made absolutely no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by MonkeySkin Just don't piss them off, or he'll put a curse on your a$$! Boo-ga Boo-ga!!! LOL... I'll be sure to just ignore him, just to be safe....:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Simlpe...anyone who asks you to pay outside the eBay system & who wants money first -- or who wants you to ship the item first without paying -- is trying to scam you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Originally posted by RonJeremy Not that particular scam but their was one with Redskins tickets going around. I was outbid on some lower level seats and then I get an e-mail from someone in the U.K saying they had tickets to sell me. lower level, for $500 (for 2 tickets) and to send payment. BUT they didn't want me to send a repsonse through E-bay. They gave me a hotmail e-mail address to send correspondence to. I didn't send anything, too good to be true, and it probably was. Then a week later I see the same eBay user ID put some Redskins tickets lower level for sale. The auction started at $1?? I watched it get bid up to about $200 and then the item was removed by eBay. My gut feeling was right. It was a scam. Lots of scams on eBay! i've gotten a similar email when i lost an auction for tickets. on the same hand, i've tried selling an item but didn't b/c it came $1 short of my reserve. some fool them paypal'd me that current high bid plus $25 without contacting me first. some people just idiots. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 haha, isnt Nigeria also the source of that other scam, the one that mails you phony bank checks, asks you to send a remainder back, thus screwing you? I have only shipped out of the country once, but the buyer lived in Germany and had an over 600 feedback rating, and he obviously payed into paypal first. i prefer not to do it though, just too iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Defense Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 the best treatment that I saw of a scammer http://www.scamorama.com/mista-t.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I've used Ebay a few times, and have had good things happen.. but I've never dealt with a foreign seller. I just bought this amp last week for 118 bucks. I got it Tuesday, and I love it. I've bought Redskins tickets thru ebay several times and haven't been burned yet,, but I have a trick to get them fairly inexpensively... because I am a free lancer for a living and can set my own hours, i can find an auction that is scheduled to end at like 3 Am on a Wednesday,, and almost every time the bid stays nice and low, and no one is up at the end to outbid me. Selling is another story, I've tried to sell some art that i own and had no luck. Olivia DeBarardinis anyone? this is a poster of the piece i have, I have one of the original serographs. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSneed36 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 yea i dont trust ebay at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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