Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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i just sold a sony laptop at auction.
It finished at £770 and i was clear to say in the auction that payment will be in the form of a cheque/bank tranfer or cash on collection. I've just got the following e mail from the winner of the auction. If this is a scam i'll be so pissed off.
Hello,
Good day to you I'm so glad i'm the winnining bidder of this item and
i'llm love to inform you that i'm ready to make the payment,but i'll need
a favour from you and the favour is that i'm getting this for my in-law
in Africa nigeria,so you will have to help me to get it shipped down to
him .I' want the shipment via 1st class registered mail with the fastest
service they are having.Kindly help me to confirm the shipping cost and
get back to me with the total cost.Regarding the payment I'll need your
full name and address to make the payment in which the funds will be
deliver to you at your address in cash,the payment will be made through
an online payment called bidpay.I hope to read from you as soon as
possible here is the shipping address
Name:Mr.Samson Abiola.O
Address:40 ayetoro street,
City:Ile -ife
State sun state
Country:Nigeria
Postal Code:234036
Regards
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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ignore the smiley...dunno how that got there
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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 Nigeria. Enough said.
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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what a fucking cock nose 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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quote:
Originally posted by Aj.
the payment in which the funds will be
deliver to you at your address in cash,the payment will be made through
an online payment called bidpay.
how that work then?
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
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deffo a scram, do a second chance offer to the next person
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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my gf sold a phone and sum lad wanted her to send the phone b4 the payment was made, this was also to nigeria
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the_legend_of_yrag
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Registered: 7th Jul 03
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Yes second chance offer, what are there ratings?? Or just say yeah ok it will be sent when i get the cash!
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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winning bidder has 0 feedback and account was made today 
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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second chance offer has been sent. i didnt know that was possible
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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there are just far too many time wasters on ebay. No time wasters on Uk Flava 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
there are just far too many time wasters on ebay. No time wasters on Uk Flava
Thats cos there's no anybody though
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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You will get the cash, send item off and in a few weeks get a letter from your bank asking for the cash back - they use stolen cheques which clear before it's relised they are stolen. Avoid anything from Nigeria like the plague.
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marklaruk
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Registered: 4th Sep 04
Location: Leeds
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I sold sum stuff on ebay... went for £180 sent money thru paypal and my goods went to him...
Day later payments aretaken from my paypal and i get a paypal message saying:
"It has come to our attention that you may have recieved potentially unauthorised funds in your PayPal account. We have initiated an investigation into this event. In the meantime, we have placed a temporary hold on the funds in question until the investigation is complete. This temporary hold will show as a deduction in your available balance. In the meantime, you are free to continue transacting using your PayPal account."
Paypal say their looking into it but i searched for more on google and its happening like fuck! Also paypal don't give a toss...
I duno how the uk they did it but certainly scammed me I contacted the guy about it aswell... gave me sum bullshit and stopped replying.
[Edited on 23-12-2005 by marklaruk]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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quote:
Originally posted by marklaruk
I sold sum stuff on ebay... went for £180 sent money thru paypal and my goods went to him...
Day later payments aretaken from my paypal and i get a paypal message saying:
"It has come to our attention that you may have recieved potentially unauthorised funds in your PayPal account. We have initiated an investigation into this event. In the meantime, we have placed a temporary hold on the funds in question until the investigation is complete. This temporary hold will show as a deduction in your available balance. In the meantime, you are free to continue transacting using your PayPal account."
Paypal say their looking into it but i searched for more on google and its happening like fuck! Also paypal don't give a toss...
I duno how the uk they did it but certainly scammed me I contacted the guy about it aswell... gave me sum bullshit and stopped replying.
[Edited on 23-12-2005 by marklaruk]
I had the same situation.
There dones't seem to be any comeback unless its covered by their protection thing.
I cancelled my direct debit so they coudln't take any money off me.
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Rob_Corsa
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
Location: Derbyshire
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bit late now but you can block bids from anyone outisde the uk and also anyone with low/no feedback.
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