Attempted Ebay scam?

[Deleted member 11679]

Hello,

I am selling my Playstation 2 on Ebay (or did) and someone has bought it at the buy it now price of £100. I have just received this email from someone with 0 feedback and apparently in America:

Hello Tom,
Greetings to you,how is business and all other things hope all are in good condition. well I'm james mike from ny, but Presently i'm leading a trade fair program in Austrialia.I saw your item(330038334581and ill like to buy it for my grandson that study in a Computer science school in University of Nigeria Next week as a gift.Do not worry about the shipping of the item,i have an account with FedEx and ill be sending you my FedEx account number for the shipping and and my grandson's address in Nigeria, if you decedided in sending the item to add the shipping cost on the product you can still do it. i want you to ship the item first thing tomorrow morning, i will be sending you the payment vai PAYPAL,and so make sure you get the package ready for tomorrow shipment ok And kindly send me your paypal email address,so i can make the payment right away.and i will be paying you at the buy it now price also okay and would like you to end the bid at ebay now.
james mike

Help please?!

Tom

 

[VaderDSL]

Nigeria = Scam imo.

Just wait till the auction finishes normally, unless someone buys it now on ebay.

 

[[TW]Fox]

You should be embarrased you even had to ask.

 

[dobbsy]

Mate, you need to filter out people with less than 1 feedback in your preferences - there are quite a few options to stop this sort of thing happening. For the record, it's a scam

 

[Pudney]

Give me the Fedex account number

 

[poosemon]

i get those all the time, dont trust them! NEVER!!!!! if you hover over the links they dont point to ebay anyway!

 

[Steve09]

LMAOLMAO I love it when them cockroaches try and make stuff up which you know is completely false

University of Nigeria LMAO

"well I'm james mike from ny, but Presently i'm leading a trade fair program in Austrialia.I saw your item(330038334581and ill like to buy it for my grandson that study in a Computer science school in University of Nigeria"

 

[homerio]

You should be embarrased you even had to ask.

 

[Kerplunk]

Nigerian scammer foiled!

 

[stigggeh]

Give me the Fedex account number

load a ps2 box with bricks

 

[Brizzles]

Seems genuine enough.

 

[toString]

I like how his name is "james mike" going for the FULL english name there!

 

[meghatronic]

One of my friends actually sold something to Nigeria the other day without being ripped off... but he did insist on a cheque and to allow 14 days for it to clear and not be ripped back or anything....

 

[agw_01]

"Hello, my name is Joanna Hand. I wish to buy your item #02458754123 for my fathers best friends sisters uncles newphews dogs brother who is currently studying very hard course at university of burger testing. If you agree to this I send you 600 british pounds for your item costing 1.99 pounds. You can have the 598.01 british pounds for the trouble, if you will send the item to me in Nigeria capital. I will pay by the Western Union who is trustworthy and I will make sure this sale completes"

 

[tang0]

You should be embarrased you even had to ask.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[HAz]

ROFL you realy had to ask?????


I would have said "Is ocuk a pc hardware store?" is a more sensible question.

 

[Deleted member 11679]

Cheers for the reply everyone, the amount of people I have advised on here as to scams and ebay I just thought I'd come for a confirm.

Will Ebay give me my listing fee's back does anyone know?

Tom

 

[VeNT]

Cheers for the reply everyone, the amount of people I have advised on here as to scams and ebay I just thought I'd come for a confirm.

Will Ebay give me my listing fee's back does anyone know?

Tom

you wish

 

[Deleted member 11679]

you wish

I have asked anyway, thanks everyone

 

[Supercow]

WHEN WILL THESE THREADS EVER END!