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As some of you may be aware i'm selling a NEC 338 on ebay, and this morning i got an email saying:
HELLO SELLER, AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN YOUR ITEM AND I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF IT AT HAND,I WANT TO BUY IT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL IN NIGERIA AND I WILL BE OFFERING YOU £200 INCLUDING POSTAGE TO NIGERIA,I WILL PAYING YOU WITH INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PAYMENT,I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS.
So i told them my contact details, and i got an email back from Money Gram Internationl saying something on the lines of:
Dear Daniel Leigh Reynolds ,
MoneyGram hereby congratulate you and at the same time informing you once again that the MoneyGram® ExpressPaymentSM sent to you from our client's (Mrs Mary Garbouf) has been Approved.
® Money Gram £200 .00,
Auction Item : Brand New NEC 338 Mobile phone (Video Phone)
Auction Number: 6396530263
Auction Site: http://www.Ebay.com
Order Number : #***2742011JU38***
This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the buyer. Moreover the above ®Order Number will be ask before delivering the ®Money , you will also identify yourself with your ®driving licence or your ®Social security number.
So is it a scam?
HELLO SELLER, AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN YOUR ITEM AND I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF IT AT HAND,I WANT TO BUY IT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL IN NIGERIA AND I WILL BE OFFERING YOU £200 INCLUDING POSTAGE TO NIGERIA,I WILL PAYING YOU WITH INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PAYMENT,I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS.
So i told them my contact details, and i got an email back from Money Gram Internationl saying something on the lines of:
Dear Daniel Leigh Reynolds ,
MoneyGram hereby congratulate you and at the same time informing you once again that the MoneyGram® ExpressPaymentSM sent to you from our client's (Mrs Mary Garbouf) has been Approved.
® Money Gram £200 .00,
Auction Item : Brand New NEC 338 Mobile phone (Video Phone)
Auction Number: 6396530263
Auction Site: http://www.Ebay.com
Order Number : #***2742011JU38***
This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the buyer. Moreover the above ®Order Number will be ask before delivering the ®Money , you will also identify yourself with your ®driving licence or your ®Social security number.
So is it a scam?
cookie monster wrote:
> This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's
> address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the
> buyer.
>
> You think you've been paid so you send the item on it's merry way to
> Nigeria, but the money never turns up.
:o people acutally send the good's before they have the money in thier hands?
MADNESS!
> This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's
> address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the
> buyer.
>
> You think you've been paid so you send the item on it's merry way to
> Nigeria, but the money never turns up.
:o people acutally send the good's before they have the money in thier hands?
MADNESS!
This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the buyer.
You think you've been paid so you send the item on it's merry way to Nigeria, but the money never turns up.
You think you've been paid so you send the item on it's merry way to Nigeria, but the money never turns up.
cookie monster wrote:
> Yep.
How do they expect to scam me though?
> Yep.
How do they expect to scam me though?
Yep.
As some of you may be aware i'm selling a NEC 338 on ebay, and this morning i got an email saying:
HELLO SELLER, AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN YOUR ITEM AND I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF IT AT HAND,I WANT TO BUY IT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL IN NIGERIA AND I WILL BE OFFERING YOU £200 INCLUDING POSTAGE TO NIGERIA,I WILL PAYING YOU WITH INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PAYMENT,I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS.
So i told them my contact details, and i got an email back from Money Gram Internationl saying something on the lines of:
Dear Daniel Leigh Reynolds ,
MoneyGram hereby congratulate you and at the same time informing you once again that the MoneyGram® ExpressPaymentSM sent to you from our client's (Mrs Mary Garbouf) has been Approved.
® Money Gram £200 .00,
Auction Item : Brand New NEC 338 Mobile phone (Video Phone)
Auction Number: 6396530263
Auction Site: http://www.Ebay.com
Order Number : #***2742011JU38***
This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the buyer. Moreover the above ®Order Number will be ask before delivering the ®Money , you will also identify yourself with your ®driving licence or your ®Social security number.
So is it a scam?
HELLO SELLER, AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN YOUR ITEM AND I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF IT AT HAND,I WANT TO BUY IT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL IN NIGERIA AND I WILL BE OFFERING YOU £200 INCLUDING POSTAGE TO NIGERIA,I WILL PAYING YOU WITH INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PAYMENT,I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS.
So i told them my contact details, and i got an email back from Money Gram Internationl saying something on the lines of:
Dear Daniel Leigh Reynolds ,
MoneyGram hereby congratulate you and at the same time informing you once again that the MoneyGram® ExpressPaymentSM sent to you from our client's (Mrs Mary Garbouf) has been Approved.
® Money Gram £200 .00,
Auction Item : Brand New NEC 338 Mobile phone (Video Phone)
Auction Number: 6396530263
Auction Site: http://www.Ebay.com
Order Number : #***2742011JU38***
This order has been approved, and will be send to the Seller's address in 3-5business days.You CAN NOW send the items to the buyer. Moreover the above ®Order Number will be ask before delivering the ®Money , you will also identify yourself with your ®driving licence or your ®Social security number.
So is it a scam?