Email scam

maurobellanova
New Community Member

This is a new scam strategy... The buyer ask you 4 questions:

 

1) Are you the Owner?
2) Pick up Location?
3) Your PayPal Email ID to effect the payment
4)what is The final Price

 

And after I received this email:

 

I have just made the payments now and i expect paypal to have emailed you by now if you dont get it please check your spam or junk box maybe the mail went there,i sent £530.00 GBP in all, To ..... paypal said they would be holding the funds and it will not be credited into your account because of the excess payments of £190.00 GPB i added meant for pick up and delivery,they said they have emailed you to this effect, you will need to send the £170.00 GPB to my pick up agent Headquarters via western union money transfer,so that paypal can credit the £530.00 GBP into your account as soon as you have emailed the western union details to them, i added extra £20.00 GPB to cover the western union charges which shouldn't be more than £12.00 GPB but just to be sure i added £20.00GPB
Here is the pick up agent info needed to get the money sent through western union money transfer:


NAME..OSEBOR CHUKWUKA

ADDRESS...10 allinson  ROAD
CITY...IBADAN
STATE...OYO STATE
ZIPCODE...23402
COUNTRY...NIGERIA



I will need the details of the transfer once you have sent fund . . .
1.The MTCN number that is the 10  digits number on the Western Union  receipt
2.Sender's name and address used in sending the money
3.Actual amount sent

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TsufakTuna
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Frequent Contributor

All suspected emails should be forwarded to spoof@paypal.com.

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