Guys HELP . Is This Letter Dodgy?

[rarecube]

What do you guys think? First time i receive a letter like this....


Question about your item



Dear cruzway,

HELLO SELLER, THIS IS KELLYJAMES WORLD WIDE STORE IMPORT & EXPORT........GROUP OF COMPANY. WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE IMMEDIATE PURCHASE OF YOUR ITEM ON EBAY,SO WE WILL LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT OUR CLIENTS HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN YOUR ITEM AT EBAY.SO WE WILL LIKE TO BUY 2 OF THIS ITEM AND WE WILLBE PAYING THROUGH VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY ORDER(BIDPAY)WHICH MEANS WESTERN UNION AUCTION PAYMENT..SO WE WILL LIKE YOU TO ASSIST US ON THIS ITEM CAUSE IT IS NEEDED URGENTLY IN A SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME AS A PRESENT AND WHEN OUR PAYMENT IS CONFIRMED AND APPROVED BY WESTERN UNION,YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM WESTERN UNION,WHICH ALSO MEANS (CONFIRMATION PAYMENT LETTER) WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU THE SHIPPING LABEL FOR SHIPPING THE ITEM ONCE THE MONEY IS APPROVED.SO TO MAKE THE PAYMENT YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE US YOUR FULL NAME CONTACT ADDRESS AND ALSO YOUR PHONE NUMBER.WE WANT YOU TO ASSIST US ON THIS ITEM THAT ONCE THE MONEY IS APPROVED,WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU THE SHIPPING LABEL FOR SHIPPING T

[number6]

Well it is certainly poorly written and the letter really does not make much sense to me. What ebay item is this in reference to?

[brykasch]

Nope definite scam on this. Western Union money orders are the easiest to fake supposedly. These people will be out of the country (shipping adress). This is kind of a well known thing.

[StartTheBiddingLow]

If ever in doubt, just email them back with:
"Computer says 'no'..."

Better to lose a potential bargain than get stung, I think.

[Flack]

Just take their money and then don't send anything. What are they going to do, complain that their scam didn't work?

[Ed Oscuro]

That attitude can land you in some serious shit with your bank, but hey...

[thetoxicone]

I read about this being a scam on some other message board but can't pinpoint where off the top of my head. But I do know its a scam

[video_game_addict]

Usually if I get a bad vibe then no deal. It's easy to walk away, let someone else who uses your approved payment methods buy. Do you even have 2 of the item in question? It all looks a little bit scamish, if nothing more than the crappy writing & broke CAPS.

Having said that, I've used Bidpay both as a buyer & seller, never ecountered any problems. It is a legit website that accepts credit cards & debit CCs as well, that's what I use thru them, to send WU Money orders. It costs the buyer a fee, not the seller unlike Paypal, so you'd actually make more money on the auctions that way. And the person is correct, bidpay would send an email which lets you know whether the MO was approved or not. & they will forward over the buyer's info, and tell you that you can ship if you so wanted to, but I always wait unit the MO is in my hands before I ship.

The buyer of the MO thru bidpay has the option of having it shipped first class, or priority/express if they think it will arrive quicker the other way they can pay more money to get it to you quicker. I usually only send out first class myself, I'm not usually in rush.

I do not believe a WU money order can be voided once it's been shipped out. I don't think the buyer can scam you in this situation, other than by sending a fake email from a bidpay address, maybe fake you into believing it's on way to get you in an attempt to get you to ship prematurely.

[om3ga]

Never ever ever trust anyone who speaks in all capital letters.

Gauranteed to get fucked.

[ventrra]

Never ever ever trust anyone who speaks in all capital letters.

Gauranteed to get fucked.

I see... so if I found an attractive, young woman who typed everything in capital letters...

[AlanD]

om3ga wrote:
Never ever ever trust anyone who speaks in all capital letters.

Gauranteed to get fucked. Llol.gif

I see... so if I found an attractive, young woman who typed everything in capital letters...

Asbolutely right. Leave her alone. Probably get icepicked after sex and your house ransacked.

[Cmosfm]

I'm willing to bet it's one of those guys who will send you a fake money order for 1000.00 instead of 10.00 claiming it was an accident...and then request you send the rest back in money order. >_>

Don't do it.

[rarecube]

Thank you Very much guys.

[odymag1972]

every time I list a playstation game or system I get the email from the guy in africa. I've never responded but have forwarded to ebay as offer to buy outside of ebay only for the reason it doesn't seem right and its always a new member from like one day ago. Has anybody tried the deal to know what the scam is?

[NESaholic]

Just take their money and then don't send anything. What are they going to do, complain that their scam didn't work?

What he said,obviously this is a scammer, take his money and screw him over!