I sold a ps3 to someone on ebay, they bought it off me, after I specifically put in the postage area, only to UK, so they said they paid, but I have not received payment and that I had to provide a tracking number.
Then I got this email, is this a scam.
We request for the MTCN control number in less than Few Hours and we will fund the money into your account or face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.
We believed you entered into agreement by requesting money through PayPal, and by non response to the payment confirmation made to your account you have violate PayPal agreement.
However, the buyer has already contacted us in other to make report of you. We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence in our users. Your act has proven to us that if your funds was credit into your account, you would not ship out the item to the Buyer.
We give you Few Hours to send the MTCN to the Address below which is also the same with the one given to you, also send the MTCN Number immediately to us for verification. Immediately we confirm the shipment, you will receive a confirmation e-mail that your account has been credited.
Name.........
Address......
City.............
State............ Lagos
Country...... Nigeria
Zip code...... 23401
Test Question....... Paid
Test Answer........ Yes
When you have sent it, please get back to us with the following details.
SENDERS DETAILS
FULL NAME
MTCN ( MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER)
TEXT QUESTION
TEXT ANSWER
AMOUNT SENT
SENDERS ADDRESS.
When you have sent it, please get back to us with the following details.
SENDERS DETAILS
FULL NAME
MTCN ( MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER)
TEXT QUESTION
TEXT ANSWER
AMOUNT SENT
SENDERS ADDRESS.
NOTE: Failure to respond to this e-mail means your Name and Address will be forward to the law enforcement Agency, which may result to an Arrest, because you are practicing Scam, and your Account with PayPal will be BLOCKED, Below are the pictures of scam seller's artist caught on eBay, and those who refuse to post off the buyers items that we arrested Last week Ago.
In order to free yourself from this, get back to us within Few Hours and send the MTCN control Number to PayPal for Verification. If you have any comment on this issue do not hesitate to contact us. Although we check our e-mail frequently, we do not consider it to be an alternative to telephonic contact in emergency situations. Feel free to contact us directly to this mail ().
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