I I think there're few regulations are protecting the seller. Here's my case, I am really confused about what to do right now...I hope someone can help me with it... So I was selling my phone on Amazon. And there's a person who named Marcie xxx messaged me and said that she wanted to buy the phone, but then she wanted me to ship it to Nigeria for her colleague who's on vacation. So I did. Then she keeps adding funds to my account everyday and saying that the item is held in Nigeria, first day because of the import policy, second day because of the NDLEA, and the third day because of the Postage Clearance Fees. And they are demanding me to send the $200, $200, and $300 over through Western Union. After the first time, I was wondering if it's a fraud, but PayPal keeps holding my money and saying that it won't credit my account until I finished the transaction. So I kept transfering the money, and not getting anything back! Now, I am not sending the $300 over again, since the $400 I just transferred is already over the value of my phone! I e-mailed the buyer, and told her that I am not able to continue sending the money over because I'm a student, I have already used up the money for my rent just to send the phone! I asked the buyer, why couldn't she list all the terms of fees at once, then she said she doesn't know about the import policy in Nigeria; I told her to ask her colleague to pay for the fees first, she said because that's a gift for her colleague, so she doesn't want her colleague to pay. Also, she said she's working offshore rig, so that she can't transfer the money to her colleague by herself, and she keeps demanding me to transfer the money over. I really don't know what I should do now, someone please help...
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