This smells incredibly fishy, what do you guys think?

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

I got this message from a potential buyer today.

hello,
I will like to inform you of my intrest in your item and i want to ask may be this item is in good condition? and i will like to pay you through MONEY ORDER,i will pay you $300 i will handle the shipping cost and all other expenses and also a money order of $2500 has already been signed for and that i want you to deduct your item money from it and send back the remaining amount to the receiver of the item .i would have hit the buy it now botton but i am really new to ebay as u can see in my feed back and history ok and also i will like this to base on trust,CAN I TRUST YOU?I want a quick response from you because i am really in need of the item urgently. Also i want the item posted out immidiately you get the Money Order and also make sure you get back to me as soon as possible with your:name,fulladdress,city,state,country,zipcode, phone number.pls mail back asap to....

[Kitsune Sniper]

Er, he can just have the M/O cancelled where he bought it.

So I say bullshit. :\

[Griking]

It's a scam and a common one at that.

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

Should I reply, or just forget it?

[JLukas]

and send back the remaining amount to the receiver of the item.

...who is in, let me take a wild guess here... Nigeria? :roll:

common scam, delete, ignore, and it would be a good idea to block the bidder (you can enter user IDs to block somewhere in the selling section)

Any time a bidder offers to pay something higher than the correct amount is a major red flag.

[JLukas]

edit: oops double post

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

Done and done. Thx for the replies.

[japancollector]

in the netherlands there is lot of scram from Nigeria

i post on www.segaforum.nl .And a while ago a user( ricepupet)recieve scam from Nigeria

the scram:

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5514/sga6xl.jpg

response from ricepuppet

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5051/sga7hc.jpg

recieve more scram get probely never rid of them

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8614/235nd.jpg

recieve answer on the mail he send

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6411/sega3dk.gif

There are peopel that ask them to take pictures of there self of there familie .Or write on a bord : ik ben idioot(i am idiot).And ask them to take picture of them self that way.And send the picture to there email adress

Most of the time they do that.

[carlcarlson]

This is a very common scam, especially when it comes to ps2s and xboxs. Never reply to them because then they have your email, and you will get tons of phishing emails.

[johno590]

Good thing you deleted the message and didn't reply.

One time my dad was selling a car and I can't remember if he had it listed in the local paper or on the internet, but he got a call from someone saying they were from Nigeria and were going to send him money for the car and the money to have it shipped to Nigeria, he thought it seemed kinda fishy, so he finally decided not to go through with it.

About a month later my parents saw something on the news about people trying to scam people by buying cars and other things, saying they were from Nigeria.

Damn scammers.

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

This guy is located in Singapore....

[monantony]

Another thing I find fishy...(0) sellers selling $4000 MTB bikes on ebay for like $999....Heck I even saw accounts with (190) feedbacks that had NO bikes in the history selling stuff like that..Hijacked accounts I assume..
The first thing I ask a "seller" with something expensive and fishy is "I use escrow.com and pay all fees, hows that sound??"

they NEVER EVER go along. Its is ALWAYS 'we've been burned by them , stay away'...And then ' we use 'USAescrowservices.com' or some other BS made up crap....

If it sound too good etc etc...a reasonable seller will use escrow.com esp if your paying the fees
Tony

[evil_genius]

its a scam

[mb7241]

This guy is located in Singapore....

I had a buddy of mine (registered here as "theelement") who sold a PS2 and Xbox bundle (both systems together) for $250. The bidder (from Singapore) Paypaled him the money that night, and wanted him to ship to Nigeria. I told him right out something was wrong. Thankfully, he listened, and refunded the guy his money and canceled the sale.

[dj898]

no mtter what unless I have the money in safe place long way from eGay/evilpal I won't post the items... simple as that!