scam??

pull2808 · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:53

Right just sold my ipod on ebay, winner had 0 feedback which i was aware of. The winner had a location of germany so i emailed saying i wished for extra money for postage to Germany as apposed to UK. About 1 min ago i received this email from the buyer:

"hello
thanks for the message u sent me ,,,,,,,, i will add 40pounds for the postage to west africa i want to present my son for his birthday gift the payment will be made within 24hrs

thank"

now first thing that comes to mind is scam. do i report to ebay, refuse to send outside of EU or send the item?

Help appreciated thanks.

JBuk · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:53

yes scam, nothing to see here! move along

RandomTom · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:54

can't believe you had to ask...

pull2808 · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:55

yes but do i have to report this to ebay?

i instantly thought of it as a scam but how do i go about resolving this?

Cosimo · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:55

Move along now....

zain · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:55

He wants the gift for his son, don't disappoint him so when the fake paypal confirmation comes through just login via the link it shows and all will be fine!

For him.

Stellios · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:56

Cant believe you really need to ask that to be honest.

andy@moFo · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:59

How do they get you though?

Once payment is received , withdraw then send?

Maccy · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:02

Should've set it to UK bidders only.

Bales1983 · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:15

I assume it will be paid via a hacked paypal account, so when its realised they will freeze the funds, dont know how they force you to pay it back once its withdrawn though!

Lee

JBuk · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:16

Maccy said:
Should've set it to UK bidders only.

this

I'm not sure what you need to do now as I've always had mine set to UK ebayers only and I always state postage within the UK only too

CaseyChaos · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:21

exactly same thing happened with my mobile, said germany but wanted it shipping to africa for 'his son's bday'

how do ppl fall for this

Tute · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:55

Bales1983 said:
I assume it will be paid via a hacked paypal account, so when its realised they will freeze the funds, dont know how they force you to pay it back once its withdrawn though!

Lee

They either take it back before you've taken it out, or they reverse the transaction and send debt collectors around.

And i'm sure there's a sticky that says "if you need to ask if it's a scam, then it is".

netby · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:56

send him a nice wrapped brick

Tute · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:57

netby said:
send him a nice wrapped brick

Or an i-i-i-iPod?

A.N.Other · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:59

Scam? Surely nobody would do such a dastardly thing :eek:

KNiVES · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:59

hahahahaha

No it's real. Honest. Does 'West Africa' not sound any alarm bells for you?