HELP
Hi all.
ive recently set up an ebay account, and have sold a few things on it.
a couple of weeks ago i sold my phone at £310, after the auction ended i had a message from the winner asking me to send it to nigeria for an extra £110 on top of the ended auction price.
To make things fair, paypal contacted me saying "they have recieved £420 and are holding it" they wanted me to send the phone, and scan a copy of the reciept to prove ive sent the item, then as soon as they know its sent i will recieve my money....
its been about 2weeks and yet still no money.
I have his bank details etc, anyone who would kindly help me get my money back from this wanker would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Eskimo

You've just been scammed!
Contact ebay immediately!

Also, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER SEND ANYTHING TO NIGERIA!

Was the item sent with insurance?

You may have a claim against the post office if the item never got there!

ebay do not usually hold money from you like that, check the details of the email, and check all of the links on it!

SK

Also contact the police with the information you have, go into a police station to do it, you have been a victim of fraud!

Jason

as SK says, nigerian scams are everywhere. if you sell on ebay, insist that you wiill only ship to the UK.
contact ebay, the police and paypal.

Hi jason.
I never put insurance on the item..
these are the emails i recieved from "paypal"


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Throughout the transaction to buyer was dead annoying..
with everyday messages such as....
rdw6866 all messages...
"Hi Mate,
I will like to know the condition of your item and do accept paypal?
I will be back to hear from you. "
________________________________________________________________
"Thank for the reply i will like to puchacse this item for my penpal friend in west africa as a birth day gift and i will offer you £440 for both the item and shipping,kindly get back to me with your paypal email for the payment.
Thank you."
________________________________________________________________
"I know paypal have send you the payment confirmation in ,so kindly get the package ready for shipping tomorrow.
Thank you."
________________________________________________________________
"What is going with shipment??"
________________________________________________________________
"What is going with shipment??"
________________________________________________________________
"What is going with shipment??"
________________________________________________________________
"How many day will the package get there and kindly get back to me with the tracking number so that i can track it here."
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
"What about the tracking number and have you track the item to when it will get there??"
___________________________________________________________________________
"Were is the tracking number ???"
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"ok,i want to know if this real send the receipt to my personal email richarddwilson@operamail.com to confirm this because you did not get back to me with any tracking number to confirm."
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
"scan a photo of the receipt to my email richarddwilson@operamail.com"
_____________________________________________________________
"I no you have scam me but why???"
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its really not funny gav....would like to see you laughing if you got mugged off £440.

where it says service@paypal,co,uk it has a completely different email address in brackets (referencenumber@consultant,com)
obviously not from paypal then.

ffs, not the first time ive been scammed, remember my motorbike i bought ? and never revieved ffs, big debt!

Hi Myles,
Sorry to hear that you've been scammed!
I'm affraid you will never see your money / phone again.
False mail from Paypal , false receipt,jut a PO BOX....classical.
Maybe contact Paypal / Ebay and give them all the copy that you receive.

Sorry for you


Steve

Yep, all you can do is contact Paypal and ebay and hope for the best!
The emails were not from paypal, and also if you haven't done so already log into Paypal.com (DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THE LINKS IN THE EMAILS) and change your password!

You Paypal account may also have been comprimised!

SK