Hi all,

I have someone offering more money for a board I'm selling than the listed price. The email is written with that slightly Nigerian scam-style grammar and they're after some strange information such as

"Your Name and address:
And your PayPal email:"

What on earth is a PayPal email?

What should I do with these guys?

Cheers,

N

Tut tut tut! Why is everyone sooo suspicious of everyone else these days.
I mean, isn't the first thing you do when you answer an advertisment to email them and offer them more money than they are asking for it.?
Isn't that what you do when you walk into a shop to buy something?
You see what the marked price is and then bargain them up another 50%?

It's just the way we are in this affluent first world society now.
You start at the marked price and then see how high you can bargain them up.

So, whatever he offers to you, I bid 50% more.
I don't even know what you're selling but whatever it is I want it.
Just send me your bank account details and pin number so I can be sure you're a genuine seller.
I wouldn't want to be conned you know.

Oh, and just in case it's needed,..

The other thread (link above) tells you how it works.

But for a legit transaction outside ebay all you have to do is give the buyer your paypal email address (whatever email you registered with IE: what paypal sends emails to when they tell you your payment is in or to send you spam advertising [}:)])

Well the bells rang very loudly but they've asked for no more information than you'd ordinarily give a genuine buyer by the sounds of things.

I admit I haven't read the other thread but what, essentially, are they hoping to gain? And by that logic, am I potentially passing that gain on to genuine buyers who requests my paypal email?

Perplexing.

I shall read on.

Also once they have confirmed an email address linked to a paypal account they are half way to hacking your paypal account all they need to do is work out you pass word and often that is easier than you might imagine , especially with the right software.

Also once they confirm email / paypal account you are likely to receive fake emails / links from paypal asking you to login.... Whoosh now they have all the info they need to clean you out

had 2 scam emails this week for a board I am selling

just ignore them

Hey Guys, had a similar response to an advert I had on Bike Exchange except the web master had blocked them already so they respond by sending a text requesting you email them. Once confirming the scam I strung them on for a week by acting dumb.

1st I told them I didn't have paypal and asked if I could give my credit card details including expiry date and 3 digit security code...

2nd I asked if they could set up the PayPal account as I didn't have one and need help...

After about 8 emails they gave up when I asked them to please ensure me that they weren't scamming me because I really need the money..

There is a web site with forum that specifically goes after these guys as sport cant remember the details, had some great stories...

Smithy

You sending them the email address you registered with paypal isn't the scam. Mark's probably right about them spoo-fing a "cash received OK" message from paypal. It'd be better if they asked you for money, before they can send you money.

"I am in posesion of 1,000,000,000,000 (zillion) gold nuggets, and can pay you with all of them once I have disinfected each nugget from being in my ass. Please send me $50 so I can buy disinfectant..."

Smithy said...

There is a web site with forum that specifically goes after these guys as sport cant remember the details, had some great stories...

www.419eater.com

Funny stuff