Fraud on ebay

[vch4]

I got an email from someone interested in a car I had for sale on ebay from the email adress bramyjames to not trust any emails coming from this adress, after i organised to remove the add from ebay on completion of a payment into my paypal account they asked me to send £200 for shipment of the car to an adress in nigeria and sent me a fake conformation that money had gone into my paypal account. Just a warning to other users to be careful, I narrowly avoided a scam!

[kernowlass]

Been going for years, just read the millions of other posts on these and ebay boards.

THIS IS A TYPICAL PAYPAL SCAM.

They encourage you to use paypal and often ask you to send the item as a gift to a relative somewhere often Nigeria.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't.

It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.

They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

If the item requires shipping they will tell you that they will pay you extra and you must pay the agent via western union / moneygram BEFORE the funds are released to you.

They are not interested in the item, they just want the western union etc funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.

They also threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Paypal NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service.



Also their is no seller protection on paypal for any type of motor vehicle.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

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