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Postby Xstream » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:22 am

you know, I'm not even mad about this, just annoyed. My daughter wanted to sell her ps2 on ebay and go back to the gamecube. So we posted it with a "buy it now" price of $300 ( it has 3 wireless controllers, 16 games, eye toy, steering wheel. etc ). It was immediately "bought" by someone with 0 feedback that had just joined that day.
I was suspicious. The Auction is paypal only.
I then got an email from this person wanting to send me a check. I replied "no". I then got an email that he would paypal me the money, but wanted it sent to his graandson in Nigeria, he would have fedEx come pick it up and he would pay all shipping.
I thought " fishy, but if he pays with paypal and pays all shipping, alright".
I then got an email from him saying he had paid with paypal and that as soon as I got confirmation, would I send him my address so tha fedex could come and get it.
Now I knew he was phoney, paypal would have given him my address in the invoice. So I checked my paypal balence, no money.
Then I checked my junk mail filter, and it was there, a nice FAKE email from PAYPAL, with a yahoo.com return address in the message header.








You've got cash!

Dear Jim West,

Mr Frank Billy, just sent you money with PayPal.

Mr Frank Billy,, is a Verified buyer.

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Payment Details
Ebay item: 8289915538
Item Name: PS2 SLIM IN GREAT CONDITION W/15 GAMES & EXTRAS

Qty: 1

Amount: $300.00 USD
Transaction ID: 9PY9285155180850S

Note: This PayPal payment has been deducted from the buyer's account but it is Pending when the shipment tracking number is sent to us at our customer care at(pay.palcare@consultant.com) for shipment verifications then we can process and credit your payment into your account we are sorry for the inconveniences we might have cost as this is our new policy to protect both the Seller and the Buyer.And if there is any problem within you and the buyer you are to contact the customer care representative immediately, For more information please contact our customer care at the above link





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Postby SCgone » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:31 am

LOL, I'd like to hunt these idiots down. What you should do, is send him an empty box, it will only cost you a few bucks, then wait a few days and start threatening him and demanding your money.
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Postby l33t » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:08 am

wow... there getting sophiscated now...

scum like this need to be eradicatted from earth, or at the least, the internet
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Postby imnuts » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:33 am

did you ever see posts of where people try and get as much out of these guys as possible? They find one of them, get them to come pick stuff up from FedEx or UPS and it ends up being a box of junk just to make it really heavy. The guy in Nigeria or where ever they may be, then ends up paying a huge bill for a box of crap. You should have asked for a FedEx account number to have it billed to, take it to a FedEx shipping location, and then mail out a box of rocks to them.
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Postby Knight Rider » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:36 am

I know what to do. Take a box and put a spring loaded boxing glove inside. When the crook opens the box, he gets punced in the face :lol: He deserves that x 100 :whistle
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Postby augie » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:20 am

Haha, I wonder if there's a Frank Billy in the world. :roleeyes
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Postby Mac33 » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:55 am

These guys are getting more and more dangerous. There must be many buyers out there who would fall for this scam. :x
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Postby l33t » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:59 am

Mac33 wrote:These guys are getting more and more dangerous. There must be many buyers out there who would fall for this scam. :x


the sad part is that people actully do fall for it.
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Postby imnuts » Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:14 pm

I would also report the Yahoo! address that the email was sent from and Yahoo! will likely remove their account as well.
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Postby Xstream » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:05 pm

fr_escalade0035@yahoo.com here it is in case anyone else hears from him on ebay ( or, just in case any bots patroling this open forum pick it up, HAHAHAHAHA)
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