I recently listed and iPhone on ebay and immediately was contacted by this guy who wanted to pay more than the asking price. Obviously I thought it too good to be true. It had all the signs of fraud. But I thought lets see what happens. I decided to post it for the benefits of others. DON’T GET SCAMMED This is how it happened New message from: bingobabea13 (25) Thanks for the reply,I will pay £600 including p&p via Royal Mail international signed for outside UK..Pls,get back to me with your PayPal email address for me to make out the payment. Thanks New message from: bingobabea13 (25) Kindly send your PayPal email to my email below hewitt1 at outlook xx-c o m New message from: bingobabea13 (25) Hello, Payment has been made,The money has been deducted from my account.Kindly let me know as soon as you receive payment confirmation email from PayPal.I hope there is no icoud/FindMyIphone on this iphone, if there's i urge you to disable it before sending.Please send me the imei number of the Iphone. Many Thanks.. Then I got an email apparently from paypal as below (First one) Item no.251993565421- Notification of an Instant Payment Received from bingobabea13(hewitt1d at outlook xx-c o m) service-at-paypal--co--uk (service-at-paypayalert-- co -- uk) Add to contacts 01:55 To:xxxxx Parts of this message have been blocked for your safety. Show content|I trust service-at-paypayalert-- co -- uk. Always show content. Transaction ID: JX432687HE2365315 Dear mxxxxx, You received a payment of £600.00 GBP from bingobabea13(hewitt1d at outlook xx-c o m) Thanks for using PayPal. You can now send any items. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account. This item is eligible for Seller Protection. Don't forget to: Send the item to the delivery address below within 24 hours. Please note: items delivered in person or to a different address are not covered by Seller Protection. Use a trackable proof of delivery. Important Note: This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account until the shipment bar code/tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Buyer bingobabea13 hewitt1d at outlook xx-c o m Note to seller · The buyer hasn't sent a note. Delivery address – confirmed Bright Ike 44 Olayinka street Ijehsated,Lagos 23401,Nigeria Shipping details Royal Mail international signed for Description Unit price Qty Amount Apple iPhone 6 (Latest Model) - 16GB - Space Grey (Unlocked) Smartphone Item Number 251993565421 £600.00 GBP 1 £600.00 GBP Postage and packaging £0.00 GBP Insurance - not offered ---- Total £600.00 GBP Payment £600.00 GBP Payment sent to xxxxxhotmai--c o m Questions? Please reply to this email. This mailbox is monitored and you will receive a response. For assistance, contact PayPal customer care at: service-at-paypayalert-- co -- uk or or on +44 -- 702404--4824 between 8 am. - 6:30 pm. Monday to Friday. 12 pm - 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Immediately with the bar code / tracking number so we can credit your account. Copyright © 1999-2015 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. Société en -c o mmandite par Actions Registered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118 349 2nd email I got Shipment reference number needed for Item no.251993565421 service-at-paypal--co--uk (service-at-paypayalert-- co -- uk) Add to contacts 01:56 To: xxxxxx Parts of this message have been blocked for your safety. Show content|I trust service-at-paypayalert-- co -- uk. Always show content. Dear xxxxx3, We hereby inform you that the total sum of £600.00 GBP has been paid to your PayPal account by (bingobabea13). We urge you to ship out the (Apple iPhone 6 (Latest Model) - 16GB - Space Grey (Unlocked) Smartphone) via Royal Mail International Signed for and set forward the shipment number for verification. Your account will be credited immediately after the shipment number has been verified. Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team Spot the signs that it’s a scam. Customer care number is a mobile number …. Hmm co.uk …. Yea right. This is not a genuine paypal email Paypal or ebay does not ask you to post within 24 hours There is no such transaction showing in my paypal account. Seller protection is not available in Nigeria Note the customer care statement at the bottom. It has grammatical mistakes So I have reported this guy to PayPal fraud team. I have removed -ats in the emails to allow me posting
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