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Ebay scam ???
Jon Ison - 25/5/05 at 05:34 PM

other 1/2 is selling a phone on ebay, this model usually makes around £50-£60, she got this question, velly dodgy or wot ???



Q: Hello seller, am interested in the purchase of this Item for my Managing Director who is in Abroad for a business purpopse, and am are going to offer you £200:00 Via (Westen Union) Auction Payments,OR (Certify Bank Cheque) and i handle the shipment with Fedex Express,i offer you this Price for you to end the auction with me and sell direct to me. Therefor,i only want you provide me your name,address and phone number,so that i can easily identify you and make the payment towards you. Thanks. Regards. GENERAL MANAGER."




she now as another question ??? this time ive copied the ID but he as a score of zero anyhow.



Please respond to the question below from scottnewman99. eBay will send an email to the buyer for you.

Q: I am willing to buy (1) of your item.i will be paying you the sum of £200.00 for each item.i will be paying you through bidpay money order.i want you to shipped out the item to my client in africa immediatly u receive the approval confirmation of the payment.if you agree with my offer kindly send me your name,address,quantity available for sale ok.i will like you to responsible for the shipping with ROYAL MAIL 1ST CLASS, DHL/FEDEX. if u agree to ship the item once u receive approval confirmation of the payment.I would like to ask you a question before I proceed with sending you the payment online: Will you be able to release the item for shippment upon recieving both Pending and Approval notification of payments from Bidpay? The need for this item is quite urgent.If you agree with this capacity and you are willing to help,please sendyour contact name and address so that I can make the payment online with immediate effect. Regards,



[Edited on 25/5/05 by Jon Ison]

ned - 25/5/05 at 05:36 PM

well dodgy, leave well alone

Staple balls - 25/5/05 at 05:37 PM

yep, dodgy.

wheelsinsteadofhooves - 25/5/05 at 05:38 PM

Ditto. quite a common scam if your selling a car on ebay - had it offered to me once. not sure exact ins and outs but belive its either money launering or jst a plain rip off.
do not touch even with asbestos gloves

phelpsa - 25/5/05 at 05:38 PM

I can see a bit of scam scamming coming up!



Adam

mookaloid - 25/5/05 at 05:40 PM

Surely no-one ever falls for this sh1t do they?

Jon Ison - 25/5/05 at 05:41 PM

trouble is ive been away all week, she's not daft and realised it was a scam straight away but you know whats coming next,

"Bank details please so we can pay you"

someone will fall for it.

Triton - 25/5/05 at 05:49 PM

people do fall for it...a bloke in kettering bought a Harley on ebay..paid for it......quess what?........no bike......and now no money either.

mangogrooveworkshop - 25/5/05 at 05:59 PM

Scam see u2u

aweekes1 - 25/5/05 at 06:47 PM

It's usually cars they do this with. "I will pay you your asking price and my agent in your country will gove you an extra £2000; please pay this extra money to (A scam company they own) for shipping to South Africa (normally)". I had this, it's a real pain in the arse as you have to relist etc.

What annoyed me more was that the police didn't care. They didn't want the forged cheque or any of the details.

Ben Smith - 26/5/05 at 12:10 AM

A friend of mine has had this this week on a different site. They are sell a motor bike worth about £900. They have had lots of reply's from people who want to send a cheque for £5000 for bike!!! Out of about 8 replies there has only been one genuine.

Ben.

mad4x4 - 26/5/05 at 03:35 PM

Whats the problem - Wait for the funds to clear before shipping the goods - NO FULL PAYMENT - NO GOODS SHIPPED

ADD 5% handleing charge if you think it's sus.

BUT RULE 1 don;t send the goods till you have the cash in your hand.

andyace - 27/5/05 at 08:06 AM

It deffo is a scam, a friend of mine did just this and received a confirmation email that the funds had been transferred but guess what ! He sent the goods based on this and surprise surprise no money got into the bank account !!

MikeRJ - 27/5/05 at 04:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
Whats the problem - Wait for the funds to clear before shipping the goods - NO FULL PAYMENT - NO GOODS SHIPPED

ADD 5% handleing charge if you think it's sus.

BUT RULE 1 don;t send the goods till you have the cash in your hand.


The problem is that the cheque can apparently clear withouth there being funds available due to some dogsy loophole.

flak monkey - 27/5/05 at 04:41 PM

Heres how it works:

The cheques that are sent are stolen/forged. You pay it in and it clears. The person whos account the money comes out of reports it to the bank. They trace the cheque. Look at it and realise its a fake. Remove the money from your account.

Simple as that.

Obviously it takes a while for all that to happen. You think you have the money and send the goods to the person. A week later the cheque bouces so to speak.

David

[Edited on 27/5/05 by flak monkey]