Nearly happened with me as well.
That's awfull!
Everything like many of you already described:
birthday present for the friend who is abroad
person insisted to receive my paypal details in midnight (!)
he was in a hurry
ship to west Africa
asked to delete ad on Kijiji
proposed +200 C$ for shipment and handling
Here is my option of the adress:
****
Person: @***@ gmail.com
Here are phone numbers the person texted and called me from:
****
I postponed to give paypal information until morning. So this person woke me up and again hurried to pay me, better to "pay" me.
I sent an invoice from PayPal. The person replied that he sent the money and that I will be able to receive it after I will send the percel and provide a tracking number. Same story.
I also checked an address, and found this forum with warning about Fraud in Nigeria! Thanks God!
So I just canceled my invoice.
But! Interesting thing is, that the same day, at 00:59 and 6:00, I received 2 more messages! Can you imagine? They sent me the same offer of +200 C$ for shipment!
So, 2 more phone numbers:
***
God save you from such frauds!
Thank you all!
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