Is this an Ebay con? I'm sure it is. Is there any way to get our fees back from Ebay?







BIDPAY IN CONJUNCTION
WITH

<Ebay Icon here>

Dear Julie North,
Your £ 51.00 for ebay item#6445216148,Paid in by Kate James has been approved and will be sent to you by the close of the next business day, after we recieve the shipment tracking number from you. Due to the fact that most sellers don't send the item despite the fact that buyers have paid for the item,so we made the policy that sellers must ship out items withing 24 hours of payment and send us the tracking number for verification. As soon as this is done, your payment will be sent to your door step immediately.
You are not expected in any circumstances to send the tracking number to the buyer.

Below is the address where the postal order will be sent to. If the address is correct please mail us back.


<Our address here>


Order Details
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Auction Item Amount £51.00
Includes shipping of auction item.
BidPay® Service Fees: £0.00

Payment Delivery Fees: £00.00
Upon approval, a postal order delivered via
First Class® Mail will be received in
approximately 1-2 business days.

Total Charges: £51.00
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Buyer Shipping Address:
SEUN OGUNJOBI
26 Oni street off,
Randle Avenue,
Surulere Lagos,
Nigeria, 23401.


This is the sample of the postal order that will be deliver to you after we have receive the shipment tracking number from you.

<Crap piture of a postal order here>


We are waiting for you to ship the item and email us the shipment tracking number so that we can send out your payment.

Thank you for using BidPay® . We look forward to serving your online auction payment needs in the future.

Sincerely,
BidPay®

REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE MAIL US BACK.
ukbritishpostalorder@post.com

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Looks like a con to me...its even in Nigeria... as if that didnt give it away

If you contact EBay and explain the situation they should sort it out, along with the buyer.

Find attached what I feel is a relevant image




[Edited on 31/10/05 by flak monkey]

I would have a guess at yes it's a con.
I wouldn't even go anywhere near it with an address like that.

Dave

Con. Big time

I get strange questions from ebay all the time, most asking if i still want to buy stupid things like microwaves and mobile phones. I do the spoof@ebay thing and let them sort it out..

Never send anything till you have the payment !!! There's no chance of getting any money after its sent !

hi graham. Email back and demand payment in full in advance, and point out that that is an ebay requirement (not sure it is, but no harm in blagging the blaggers!) State that the only acceptable form of payment is a cheque drawn on a UK bank (anyone confirm this is safe?). When they fail to pay (they wont pay, cos it is a blag!) file a non paying bidder report with ebay, and you will get your fees refunded!

you have my sympathies regarding being messed about i had it recently for 28k when i sold a house at auction...

The buyer is no longer a registered user of EBay! I knew it was a con, but had to convince the missus!

I'm tempted to ask for a cheque made out to "Ivor Biggun" or the like!

Has anyone got a link to the blink motorsport (I think) website where he blagged the blaggers?

ebay would have used better english than that. Its a sure fire nigerian con!

atb

steve

ps

is julie your weekend name

[Edited on 31/10/05 by steve_gus]

Twas Graeham on Fluke Motorsport...

here:
http://www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk/temp/scammers.html

quote:

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Originally posted by flak monkey
Twas Graeham on Fluke Motorsport...

here:
http://www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk/temp/scammers.html

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Hey... That last check isn't funny! A guy in my class in highschool was named Richard Head! (must have had really mean parents....)

/Carl

I worked with a bloke called Michael Hunt.

As in "Has anyone seen Mike Hunt..."

I went to school with a Chris Mycock (spelling?).

He had a cold one on the same day we had a substitute teacher (female).

What's your name...

Todays update!


This is the BidPay Service,Correction has been made on your payment and it has been forwarded to you again,We have receive the Payment for your item #6445216148 from the buyer,but we need you to send us the shipment Tracking number before we can send your Postal Order,this is due to most sellers receive the payment and will not ship the item to the buyers,We are meant to protect both buyer's and seller's being ripoff. There's nothing to be worry about ,We have your payment with us here once we receive your shipment Tracking number,We would send out your postal order and should get to you in 2-3days and can be cashed at the Post Office Immediately. You are not expected to give out the tracking number to the buyer.We would await your respones for 48hrs,if we did not receive any shipment confirmation we would return the fund back to the buyer. Thanks for you co-operation.

Excellent English as always...

I had a John Thomas as an MD once. And several more by a different name


atb

steve