This Sounds Legit, Right?

STANK1000 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:06 AM

someone bought two of my auctions last night. when i went to send an invoice, it said he was no longer a registered user! so i emailed him to ask what the problem was (not expecting to hear anything). here's the email he sent back :

I agreed to pay the amount you want as buy it now any
aditional money for the shipping and handling. Here
will go i am using this opportunity to inform you that
the amount that will be on the moneyorder will more
than your item fees.i don"t realy know the exact
amount that will be.bcos it will be issue by my
client.and the reason of the over payment is that.the
amount on the moneyorder has been signed already,and
it is more than your item fees.so once you receive
it.you must deduct your item fees and westernunion the
balance money to my client manager in africa.the item
is going to africa also the shipping and westernunion
address will come with the payment.

there will be no problem about the shipment.i want you
to responsible for it.also make sure you deduct ur
item fees and westernunion any aditional money on the
m/o once you receive it.Here will go.i wolud have end
the auction but i don"t know how to do it.so i want
you to go and end the auction for me asap.to asure you
that i am realy intrested in ur item.i will add extra
$5.00 in ur payment if you end the auction for me
asap.and email me ur phone# asap today.
Below are the questions i have for you.

1)is the item in good condition?

2)is any westernunion location where you to send the
balance money arround you?

3)can you make sure you get the m/o cash at ur bank
the sameday you receive it?

4)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and
complet the transaction the day you receive the
moneyorder?

If yes too all my questions.kindly email me back asap
today so that the moneyorder can be send asap,

Thanks,

this sounds perfectly safe right?i'm going to hurry to western union right now. i think i'll include my social security number too, just to make sure everything goes well!

anyways, i'm sure he'll never be back under the same name (seunscola2), but just in case he tries with thwe same email it is:
seunscola2@yahoo.com

poislb · #2 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:12 AM

The wording in the email sounds like he has done this before....

CaptLego · #3 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:24 AM

Wouldn't it be simpler if you just sent him your bank account information, and authorized him to make direct withdrawals?

STANK1000 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptLego

Wouldn't it be simpler if you just sent him your bank account information, and authorized him to make direct withdrawals?

dammit, why didn't i think of that? i guess that's why you're a mod and i'm not.

noelsarchs · #5 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:35 AM

i sure hope you send that note to ebay for investigation.

STANK1000 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 07:41 AM

why, to fix the bad grammer?

yeah, but ithink they were already on top of it, since they were suspended befoore i even saw they won my auction.

rolandshoffinc · #7 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 08:03 AM

Have you ever noticed that when you see the people who fall for this they always live in a trailer.

famousramos · #8 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STANK1000

4)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and
complet the transaction the day you receive the
moneyorder?

Too bad this would require him knowing your addresss because it would be funny to let him send DHL to pick up a package full of money. You could fill the package with all kinds of stuff (monopoly money, cigarette butts, dog doo) and he will surely be glad to get it.

Seriously, though, its sad that some people actually fall for this scam.

99%evil · #9 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 08:14 AM

Maybe you could contact a major drug dealer so you could launder money for him while your at it, make it a package deal.

palmimports · #10 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 08:16 AM

OLDEST scam going- we have actually played along with some of these meatballs ( most from Nigeria) and have received " bank checks" and money orders-
then they email us looking for the Western Union confirmation for the
" refund of excess money" we are SUPPOSED to send back.
We have alot of fun sending bogus WU confirmation numbers and tracking numbers-- after awhile they come to realize theyre " on the button"
Have some fun with them but DONT ship anything and DONT give any personal information.
See how long it takes him to fold