STORM2K

I am not sure if I read abouth this on this site or not, but there is an Ebay scam involving details such as Western Union and an African student and they never get you the money and you lose your item. Well, I recieved an email from him(them). I thought I'd post it before I sent it to Ebay. Here is the email:

Item: Like New Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook (6791979477)
This message was sent while the listing was active.
seanmartins0010 is a potential buyer.



HELLO I GOT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR ITEM THROUGH EBAY AND I WISH TO BUY IT FOR MY SON WHO SCHOOL IN AFRICA AND I WILL LIKE TO BUY THE ITEM FOR $1500 AND I WHICH TO USE WESTERN UNION AUCTION PAYMENT (BIDPAY) TO PAY FOR THE ITEM AND I WILL LIKE TO HAVE YOUR FULL NAME,ADDRESS,PHONE IN OTHER FOR ME TO MAKE THE PAYMENT NOW AND UPON RECEIVING A CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL LETTER FROM WESTERN UNION THAT THE MONEY ORDER HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IS BEEN SEND TO YOU, I WILL LIKE YOU TO SHIP THE ITEM BY USA POSTAL SERVICE TO MY SON AND WHICH I WILL BE PAYING FOR THE SHIPPING OF THE ITEM TO SHIP THE ITEM BY USA POSTAL SERVICE WILL ONLY COST YOU ABOUT ($50-70) WHICH I WILL BE PAYING FOR INCLUDING THE PAYMENT FOR THE ITEM. I WILL BE SO MUCH HAPPY TO READ FROM YOU SOONEST. THANKS"""""""""""

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I always used to get stuff like that from what is supposed to be ebay. Different person but similar scam.

As far as I'm concerned, unless they win the auction and pay me first, I don't ship spit.

(Dang it! I hate my typos!)

Anytime you get an email regarding Ebay or your account, forward it on to ....

spoof@ebay.com


Ebay does not send out emails to you.

That reeks of scam. It sounds like the sender wants to buy it outright and not go thru the bidding process. I would'nt touch it with a 10-foot pole. It's against ebay rules too. I think that if you just play by the rules, ship when paid, and avoid side deals, you'll be fine.

I get spoof emails all the time. I just reply it back to the sender with a cc to spoof@ebay.com

Usually I get a thank you from ebay.