Hi, I'm from Vancouver, BC.
Yesterday I put my old iMac on local craigslist.
This morning, I got text from Californian-area-code-telephone-number at 5:00AM.
It said that this guy "Tommy <removed>" wants to buy my iMac for his cousins birthday present.
He will pay me with extra $100 thru PayPal, if I send it directly to his cousin.
California, 5:00AM, old iMac for BIRTHDAY PRESENT?
It's already suspicicious, isn't it?
But I didn't realize at that time, so I sent my paypal.me link.
Then this "Tommy" said he need email address to send money.
Then this "payment confirmation email" came into my inbox.
It said that his payment is pending by PayPal, and to receive it I need to send shipment tracking number.
LOL
Here's the address of his "cousin":
<removed>
Hmm....Nigeria.
Let me check how much shipping cost it will be......$1441!!
No deal, man!! lol
Then I checked the "confirmation email" thoroughly,
and it had these super-suspicicious email address for "support".
<removed>
.ru! .ru!! .ru!!! RUSSIA!!!!
Why in the **bleep** PayPal be using Russian domain name for support!?
So I googled the email address and found out it was confirmed fraud.
I just forwarded the email to spoof@paypal.com, and they assured it.
Yes it was a fraud!!
Everyone who read this, Be Aware!
There is no easy extra $100!
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