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Flipping heck these guys don't give do do they?? I have relisted my phone with a clear statement saying that I will NOT accept and DHL/UPS deals or Bidpay or any other oddities, I want cold hard paypal cash or cheque only:
So heres what I get today:
"Dear tigamilla,
Our company have Intrest in this your listed item,we need 2 pieces of this items as we need it for our workers that we pay up there salary in the end of 2 weeks and we need the items urgently ,So the items will be added to the salary of our workers as a gift as we always do when paying there salaries. So our company is going to make the payment right away through one of the fast secure way of payment delivery which is (BidPay Money Order) . So we will need your contact name and address where you want the payment to be deliver to you to and we make the payment right away . The payment will be make and you will receive an approved confirmation letter from (BidPay Money Order ) that the payment have been paid & approved . So we make an offer of $300.00 for each item . So the items is needed urgently now to be added to the workers salarie so this items most be deliver within 4 days after payment approved so we will like the items to be ship out thru Fedex EXP*"
Crickey.
So heres what I get today:
"Dear tigamilla,
Our company have Intrest in this your listed item,we need 2 pieces of this items as we need it for our workers that we pay up there salary in the end of 2 weeks and we need the items urgently ,So the items will be added to the salary of our workers as a gift as we always do when paying there salaries. So our company is going to make the payment right away through one of the fast secure way of payment delivery which is (BidPay Money Order) . So we will need your contact name and address where you want the payment to be deliver to you to and we make the payment right away . The payment will be make and you will receive an approved confirmation letter from (BidPay Money Order ) that the payment have been paid & approved . So we make an offer of $300.00 for each item . So the items is needed urgently now to be added to the workers salarie so this items most be deliver within 4 days after payment approved so we will like the items to be ship out thru Fedex EXP*"
Crickey.
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To be honest, you've gotta be pretty stupid to fall for that.
They use some made up company to "send" the money. They then send a confirmation letter to the seller saying that the money has gone through etc, even though it hasn't.
Gullable seller believes he has the money therefore sends the item off to them.
Gullable seller believes he has the money therefore sends the item off to them.
I know this is going to make me sound stupid, but whatever...
How exactly do the e-bay scams work? I'm a little confused.
How exactly do the e-bay scams work? I'm a little confused.
Same thing happened to me quite recently. I've had to relist my phone 4 times and still I get people who are from Nigeria winning my auction and asking for me to send it to their 'sister' in America.
The funniest e-mail they sent me was probably the one where the guy said "I am white and from the American land". Haha.
You can use this filter Ebay have where only people with Paypal accounts can bid on your auctions, most of the scammers dont usually have paypal accounts so they wont beable to bid on your auctions. Theres lots of other filters you can use to stop scammers bidding on your items...
The funniest e-mail they sent me was probably the one where the guy said "I am white and from the American land". Haha.
You can use this filter Ebay have where only people with Paypal accounts can bid on your auctions, most of the scammers dont usually have paypal accounts so they wont beable to bid on your auctions. Theres lots of other filters you can use to stop scammers bidding on your items...
Flipping heck these guys don't give do do they?? I have relisted my phone with a clear statement saying that I will NOT accept and DHL/UPS deals or Bidpay or any other oddities, I want cold hard paypal cash or cheque only:
So heres what I get today:
"Dear tigamilla,
Our company have Intrest in this your listed item,we need 2 pieces of this items as we need it for our workers that we pay up there salary in the end of 2 weeks and we need the items urgently ,So the items will be added to the salary of our workers as a gift as we always do when paying there salaries. So our company is going to make the payment right away through one of the fast secure way of payment delivery which is (BidPay Money Order) . So we will need your contact name and address where you want the payment to be deliver to you to and we make the payment right away . The payment will be make and you will receive an approved confirmation letter from (BidPay Money Order ) that the payment have been paid & approved . So we make an offer of $300.00 for each item . So the items is needed urgently now to be added to the workers salarie so this items most be deliver within 4 days after payment approved so we will like the items to be ship out thru Fedex EXP*"
Crickey.
So heres what I get today:
"Dear tigamilla,
Our company have Intrest in this your listed item,we need 2 pieces of this items as we need it for our workers that we pay up there salary in the end of 2 weeks and we need the items urgently ,So the items will be added to the salary of our workers as a gift as we always do when paying there salaries. So our company is going to make the payment right away through one of the fast secure way of payment delivery which is (BidPay Money Order) . So we will need your contact name and address where you want the payment to be deliver to you to and we make the payment right away . The payment will be make and you will receive an approved confirmation letter from (BidPay Money Order ) that the payment have been paid & approved . So we make an offer of $300.00 for each item . So the items is needed urgently now to be added to the workers salarie so this items most be deliver within 4 days after payment approved so we will like the items to be ship out thru Fedex EXP*"
Crickey.
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