After posting my ps3 and my nokia on ebay. I got some bids and alot of solicitations. There is a lot of spammer and scammer on there. Becareful when you sell things on there. Whether this is legit or not, I am not sending anything nigeria. Nothing against Africa but I stated in my auction ship to United State only.

as example, the nokia had a winner and he sent the following to me.

eugenecanady( 17)
Positive feedback: 90.5%
Member since: Feb-23-02
Location: MN, United States
Registered on: www.ebay.com
Item: Nokia 9300 PDA Phone unlocked (280061419147)
This message was sent after the listing closed.
eugenecanady is the winner.
hello there,
i am very happy to be a winner of your item listed for auction,i won this item for my husband who is presently on a contract basis to nigeria,i am shipping this item directly to him over there in nigeria and i will make a direct offer of 100USD for shipping to him over there via USPS GLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL, and the payment will be made through paypal,pls get back to me as soon as possible for prompt payment,thanks
mikel moragn.

and the fake paypal account email
(notice it's going to accountant.com and not paypal)

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hello there,
this email is to inform you that the payment have been made and the money have been deducted from my account ,so pls as soon as you recieved the confirmation of payment from paypal pls kindly get the item shipped to the address below......


Usman Yussuf Popoola
Sw9/608,Upper Railway Line
Off Lebanon Club Road,Oju-Irin,
Odo-Ona,Ibadan
Oyo State
Nigeria,
23402.

dont forget to e-mail me the tracking number as soon as you return from post office...i will be looking forward to hearing from you..........Thanks
mikel morgan.

 

funny thing is that I did not see anything in my paypal account.
Is there anyways to report this to the authority? I already reported it to ebay. For wasting my time and screwing up ebay for people that really wanted the goods. I want these f*&kers caught...

 

Here
http://www.fraudaid.com/Scamspeak/Ni..._residents.htm

 

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$50
Cash, will pick up, no eBay fee, no Paypal fee, no need to go to post office, safe and secure transaction.

 

You should have taken my original offer of $300.

Since you didn't, I took it off the table. My new offer is $51.

 

does that mean i won the ps3?

 

Yeah, usually goes to the next highest bidder if the first one falls through......

I'll offer $301 cash, plus I'll come pick it up myself, plus a vacuum demo with my new Bissell vacuum before 12/25/06.

 

Those crazy Nigerians..when will they ever learn

 

You have an option of NOT buying it.

 

Dude...US $301 is like NT 10,000. Dave needs that for his Taiwan trip.

 

the stupid thing is that ebay won't let me file a claim until the 25th even though clearly it's a scam....

and the ps3 buyer haven't made payment yet..... looks like Henry is the big winner is the guy from nj doesn't come through with the payment....
now I seriously know why I didn't want to sell crap on ebay....

 

I made sure to send and recive a message on anyone who bid on the Wii I sold....there was one guy bidding on units a day ago with zero feedback and the name " notgonnapayforthis" luckily the guy I sold to had high feedback and payed fast.

 

Forward all those e-mails to: spoof@paypal.com

 

looks like the ebay ps3 buyer keisha807 with 0 feedback hasn't responded for payment. Why do people do this? Bid and not planning on buying?
anyways. Since Henry bid on it so Henry got first dibs. If he doesn't want it, I'm open for first person that confirm retail price. $599 + Tax + $10 parking = $670. I'm already loosing money on stupid ebay fee..... ~sigh..

 

Chad's low-balling!!

 

Did you get my text?

 

if Henry doesn't want it, let me know if your friend wants it for $670

 

I would pack up and ship a nice box of dog doo doo to that address..Of course send the tracking info..Would be worth the $$$ to ship it to see the look an the fools face when he opened it..lol

 

You're so evil...I LIKE IT!!! Do it man..do it!!! Hell we all have his address..let's all send this person a "Care" Package!!