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UCLA kid, Go BRUINS!!! · 10-15-2012, 08:46 PM

I listed my ipod touch on the facebook market place to sell and I get this offer and now I don't know if it's real or fake. Please tell me what you think. This is what it says:

Good day to you, am mrs venus
I am interested in your item displayed on facebook, i want get this item for
my step son who is currently studying in Africa as a BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

I would have love to bid as others but the nature of my job will not
allow me to do this at this time, I will be offering you $400.00 for
the item including p&p cost to W/Africa via Usps Mail(Post office).
So please if you are interested in selling this item to me kindly send me your
full name and your PayPal email address so that I can send out payment
immediately.

As i said earlier am offering you $400.00 for this item this will include both
the shipping and handling cost to Africa.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and God bless

What do you think???
Can this person do something to my paypal account like get my info with my email and name???

Lyreceus · 10-15-2012, 08:54 PM

Yes, indeed, it is a setup for a scam.

The clues are these:

1. he 'plays your heartstrings' with the story about buying it for his son (usually the son is dying, not in school).
2. he mentions Africa
3. he wants to use some unusual method of dealing
4. he wants you to give him information
5. he mentions God

This is actually the setup for the scam. If you bite, what will follow is repeated 'problems' in getting the deal completed. Each time you will be asked to give something else. In the end, he will have money from you, plus information about your PayPal account.

Do not contact him back!

Carolanna · 10-15-2012, 08:54 PM

Sure is. Ignore it. He will send funds. You will send ipod. Then he;ll file a dispute at Paypal and your money will be gone, along with your ipod

Viper · 10-15-2012, 08:54 PM

They send these all the time, it's a type of phishing email.

Just ignore it and delete it. Nothing to worry about, they cannot do anything. I would never send things overseas. I sell on ebay, but only sell to the US market, I used to send to some european countries, never got scammed, but those customers seem difficult to deal with if there is an issue and they don't want to pay the shipping to send it back.

Only sell within the USA and you should be fine.

zealousfield671 · 10-15-2012, 08:54 PM

wow i think you got spamed bad