07 January 2013

Online Scam

Internet Scam! Beware!

SCAM Alert! You are selling goods on the internet and you're not familiar with fake customers.

Here i'm about to show you some (if not all) of the scammers who sent me a few e-mails regarding the goods i have published on internet. Note that none of the following were edited.


E-mail 1:
 

Hello Seller
Thanks for the Reply,i'm from Scotland But i want to Buy it for my kid in Nigeria i will pay for the shipping charges,You will ship the item via Speed post (EMS) Post Office and i will pay through Bank to Bank Transfer,or paypal transfer so I want you to get back to me with total cost and the shipment and your account information so that i can proceed with the payment as soon as possible tq

E-mail 2:

Thanks for the mail but am presently in UK am buying the item for my cousin who is presently in Working with the British Tobacco Company in west Africa i hope you can get back to me with the total cost of the shipment via Registered Post i will be paying you via bank to bank transfer.Thanks

E-mail 3:

OK, I'm Presently in Iraq But i want to Buy it for my kid whose study Abroad(Nigeria), i will pay for the shipping charges,You will ship the item via Speed post Ems post or Fedex post or DHL post and how much is total price including shipment fees. I will need your Bank information for the payment at my bank.I wait your reply
 

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Do NOT reply to these e-mails. They are known as scam. They will pretend to ask about the goods you're selling. And then they will ask all details (including your banking accounts) to show you that they're pure customers. Stop! If you reply them with all your details they asked, you will lose everything in every bank account. I'm not kidding.

Happy surfing.. and better use Paypal or just COD.

P/S : This is almost the same like the Internet Scam, only different approach.

A few screenshots of the e-mail that i managed to snap: