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EBay buyer want to buy my item and wondering if it scam?

Im seling iphone 16GB and some guy quesiton me and wondering if that a scammer because he has 100% 34 feedback....here what he wrote to me Hello Seller,I just went through the listing of your item and am interested in purchasing your item for my son who is among the US ARMY TRAINING ABROAD as a graduation gift and am okay with the condition.Due to the quick need of the item,i will offer you US$760 and $150 for Shipping.I will appreciate it,if you can mail your,PAYPAL EMAIL ACCOUNT and ITEM NUMBER to my private mail (*********@hotmail.com)for payment,i will be very happy,if you can sell it for me.Hope to read from you soonest. so i send him my email paypal account without password and item # and told him why cant you bid it than he email me that he would have love to bid on this item but due to the nature of my job he would not be able to monitor the auction till it would end....... he replied again,,, And how are you doing today,hope you had a lovely day...i just want to tell you that i have made payment for the item through my paypal account and i would appreciate it if you could confirm this to me and i want to say here that i want the item to be ship out today by using the USPS/EMS Global Express Mailto the address i stated below. Steven Williams No 4 Molusi Street Molete, Ibadan,Oyo State, Nigeria 23402 Note:Pls i don't want the item to be shipped via USPS Guaranteed.And here is the phone number of my son should in case you need it +2348038609199.Thanks and hope to read from you as you ship today.

2 months ago - 5 answers

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"Nigeria" is the key - it's a scam. He can't buy it through ebay because they're on to him and they've restrictedhis account, so he's gone through as a guest. The Paypal payment was made with a stolen credit card number - it'll be reversed in a couple of days - that's why he wants you to ship it now. Just sit on it for a week, then you'll see where the payment has been taken out. Do NOT ship under any circumstances, no matter what he threatens.

by Eric H

2 months ago

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Seems weird definitely! I would have also expected his son to have an address at an army base or something. I'd let the guy know you will ship the item when the payment has cleared through your paypal and watch your paypal carefully for when this happened. As long as you get the money first you can't be being scammed. God knows what's going on with the buyer though - sounds weird. And I assume you still have the auction going? Be careful as selling something you've listed on ebay outside ebay could be contravene ebay terms as you are effectively skipping your ebay payment.

by Lucky- 2 months ago

sounds like a scam.. nobody gives such waffle when just wanting to buy something... give him some waffle back .. tell him that you will have a friend who works for Interpol to deliver the phone free of charge .. but he will not be in Nigeria UNTIL after the money is in your account for the phone... don't risk it EDIT : also .. check for his phone number in international listings .. BET that address isn't real.....

by ll_jenny_ll- 2 months ago

Steven Williams No 4 Molusi Street Molete, Ibadan,Oyo State, Nigeria 23402 Do you seriously have a doubt about this being a scam? I haven't really red what you wrote, but you don't need to read all this to tell this is a con. I bet the paypal account is stolen, if you do send the item, you have no protection from Paypal, they will just take the money out as soon as the owner notices the transaction and reports it.

by SALL- 2 months ago

It sounds like they're trying to avoid the verification system on eBay for some reason, but if the money is in your account, contact PayPal and ask them if the transaction is from a known user. Otherwise, why would the guy send you $1000 when you haven't even agreed to send him the phone yet?

by Gravy- 2 months ago