Hello, Just wanted to make the community aware of this. I have just had someone try to scam me. I am currently selling two designer handbags on Ebay and Gumtree. I was contacted via text message by someone called 'KateJordan', asking if the bags were still for sale and it I could reply to her via her email address. When I tried to reply to the text, it would not good through. This was the first red flag. I sent her an email and she responded immediately. The tone was very abrupt and rude, no hello or anything that would indicate a genuine buyer. She immediately offered me £200 more than the asking price to take both bags. I questioned this and she said that she had already included the postage amount. I joked with her, where am I posting these to? Tahiti? In each mail she would demand that I sent her my paypal details so she could transfer the money. She also asked if I could send her photos of the bags which seemed odd as there are plenty of photos on the ads I have posted. I did not send her my paypal details, instead directed her to purchase the items through ebay using Paypal. She then got more abrupt and said she doesn't have an account and doesn't ever intend to and if I won't accept the payment via PayPal, thats my loss. (LOL!) I asked her where she would like the bags sent to. I realised at this point it was probably a scam but needed confirmation. She sent me the following address: Name: Tunde Ademola Address: 28 Adatan Road, City: Abeokuta State: Ogun State Country: Nigeria Zip-Code: 234039 A quick google of the address provided plenty of links to people also being offered more than the asking price and being asked to ship to the same or similar address. I responded that unfortunately, as stated in my ads, I only ship to the United Kingdom. She then said, can you ship to Texas in the USA. At this point I was laughing. I told her no and sent her a link to a post that basically laid out the entire scam she was currently trying to use on me. Just wanted to share this story in case any of the details are helpful to others. Thanks Deb
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