I am trying to sell my camcorder on ebay. I received this message from an ebay user with 0 feedback. Is this a scam?
"I am interested in the immediate purchase of this unit i will be paying you a sum of $650 and will be making payment right away,i shall also be paying through MONEYGRAM and so i will want to complete the transaction in a very timely manner and shipped out immediately after you are been notify of the payment Approval and pay $150 for the shipment via usps global airmail(EMS SPEEDPOST).if you can do this,email me with your name and
contact address so that i can proceed with payment right away.let me quickly say that i will be sending this unit to west Africa for my mife who went for her masters programme ,, i will be happy if you can end this auction and will also drop positive feedback and do business with you. thanks pls include your personal email address.here is my personal email drjameswilly2x1@yahoo.com.thank you.
2006-08-14 21:28:43 · 7 answers · asked by lvtiffy69 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
SCAM. West African nations are full of high tech scammers.
Many times the money is bad, especially if it is not PayPal.
Looks like the "buyer" wants to go off auction with the transaction which means all the protections (few, but helpful) will not apply to you or your "buyer".
Stay away from that scam buyer!
Sell it to an American with good feedback numbers and a PayPal account.
2006-08-15 02:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree...report it...and that E-mail addy sounds like a fake straight off...whenever someone asks you to pay for something like that (and you're selling it)...you can be pretty sure it's a scam...you're out $150 plus a camcorder, and just try to cash in that moneygram...you might want to do some reading up on Nigerian 419 scams (Wikipedia's as good a place as any)...this sounds like a nice little variation...but the basic scam (for the postage) is well known...
2006-08-14 21:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My best advice is to click on all the pertinent links - check out the seller other items, contact the seller directly and see if they reply, etc. The person who said that using PayPal is fairly safe is correct about buyer protection. One thing you might do is like someone else suggested, check out that seller thru Googling them and see if you come up with anything. The fact that they have no rating bothers me a bit, but it is a Classified Ad and those do not participate in ratings. So... if it was me, I'd avoid it and find another listing (that has a seller with a good rating) and go that way. But that's just me... :)
2016-03-27 02:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt. Anyone who spells in such a manner is a proven scammer, in my experience. Don't ever send out anything until you receive payment.
2006-08-15 09:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by NA 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh that is so scammy! Look at the wording - "this unit" - its probably a generated message of some sort. Oh yeah...west Africa kinda gives it away too.
2006-08-14 22:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by Alice Chaos 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
big scam, ignore the email
2006-08-14 21:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by Chad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam , report it to ebay
2006-08-14 21:35:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋