Sandman77 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 3 days ago, a person registered in eBay us want buy a watch outside eBay to save coasts after I confirmed He wants I send a payment request 3 days nothing happen Today a paypal email come With seller adress Nigeria Lagos with this text Users' Protection - ELIGIBLE Payment status - PENDING 95% Complete - Awaiting proof of postage from seller. Note: User Protection Policy (UPP) is applied, this payment will not clear or appear on your Paypal payment history until we confirm proof of postage. For reference purpose, send tracking number by replying to this payment confirmation. I never see a 95 Procent Payment! When I click on reply of this email I see [email protected] Buyers name is Tobi Williams , another scam , I not see any link to click on it If this mail proberbly have a hidden virus script inside , then I should see this in the mail header right? But in yahoo mail how I can open the mail header information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I stopped reading at Nigeria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 lol....first you cheat Ebay and go against their policy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Sandman, don't click on a link in the email to go to paypal. Never do that as what the link says and where it takes you can be different. You need to go to paypal via typing in the name and getting the link from google or just typing in paypal.com in the top of your browser and hitting enter. Paypal and google are secure sites and start with https/: rather than just http:/ . Look for that any time you think a site should be secure such as those or your bank. This is almost 100% a fraud somehow, so don't send any goods or money. Edited June 27, 2015 by NeverSure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdrwdrwd Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Absolute scam, it is very easy to fake the source of an email - this is a fake one. I used to work as an engineer for eBay (and from a user perspective was a 10k rep powerseller) - there is no such thing as 95% payment, or requiring proof of postage before releasing funds, or any scenario where something 'won't appear on your account until you post' Delete, ignore, do not send. Edited June 27, 2015 by rwdrwdrwd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdrwdrwd Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I've sold to Nigeria via Paypal with no problems, but on this occasion there are numerous red flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rv Hawee Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 @longstebe ...I start laughting at Nigeria ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdrwdrwd Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 "Tobi" is mentioned here too - https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Selling-on-eBay/Fraud-in-Nigeria/m-p/957819/highlight/true#M8574 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 You lot are being very hard on Nigeria. Almost daily I get emails from there offering me money from various inheritances/lottery prizes etc. All I have to do is send them my banking details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sandman strikes again. Never a dull moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingTourist Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Without question a scam: 1. Nothing like “95% Completion” for a payment. 2. All payments always show in your PayPal history, also when pending. 3. PayPal never requests that you send information “by replying to this email”. 4. PayPal only want tracking number or similar incase of a user dispute, and this is handled via their web interface. The intend is that you ship the thing to have a receipt that you can then use for the email reply, which will likely bounce, at which point it’s too late for you to stop the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 hmmmmm ... let me think !! ............... Nigeria .. payment !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Oh Dear. Even after a decade of Nigerian scams I'm amazed people still fall for it, but.... I am an executor of a will in Lagos worth 1 Gazzilion $, but i don't have the $10K to do the administration. If you will help I'll give you 50% of the Gazzilion. Wire details to follow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Traveller Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Just send Tobi the money so you can get your watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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