DannyB
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I have a phone up for sale on eBay, some foreign idiot buys it and tells me to send him my paypal as he can't deal within eBay due to his account being messed up. I go to send him an invoice and eBay has blocked his account. About 10 minutes later after me re-listing the phone he buys it again under a different username, I told him to politely fuck off and that the phone won't be getting sent. I just logged in to my e-mail and have 3 or 4 e-mails, got to laugh 
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thanks,i am happy to win your auction.i want you to know that i am buying this item as a surprise gift to my girlfriend ADEBAYO femi ,who his currently in africa nigeria for an industrial research as a gift of my heart..i have send the payment by paypal you most have seeing the confirmation of the payment from paypal , ebay most have email paypal to confirmed the money for you,
confirmation ADEBAYO femi ,
89
gerda str,
Badagry,
Lagos State.
103001.
I like how much trouble the go to, trying to look all official...
[Edited on 29-09-2009 by DannyB]
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sc0ott
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gumtree is really bad for emails like that.
edit. i just realised you were sellin the nokia, i was selling the same on gumtree and got numerous emails all of which sounded the same as what you have above.
[Edited on 29-09-2009 by sc0ott]
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LukeS
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Could you shorten it down, i cba reading 
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DannyB
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quote:
Originally posted by LukeS
Could you shorten it down, i cba reading
No. If you don't wan't to read it then don't
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LukeS
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Meh i read it anyway. I take it you didn't send it then?
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DannyB
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Have I fuck I particulally like the fake paypal one, as if someone would send it without checking. A quick check showed me I have £2.87 in there
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LukeS
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What a tool he is.
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jrsteeve
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i nearly got scammed on ebay last week buying a camera. Evan rang ebay to check if it was dodgy (got a 2nd chance off within half an hour of the auction ending). They said its fine to proceed and i'll be protected. Go to pay later same day and he's 'no longer a registered user'. Ebay email 2 days later saying do not proceed.
To sum up - Ebay are wankers 
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Sam
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Those scams would be more convincing if they got their spelling and grammar sorted (the scammer is probably a CS member TBH).
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johnhara1
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I hate selling phones \ laptops etc on eBay as it draws scammers like flys to shit.
They often use hacked accounts and paypal accounts now then badger you to send the phone to an alternative address.
Once it's sent, the real account holder realises and PayPal force a refund.
You lose the money and the phone because you didn't sent it to the confirmed paypal address.
/\ Happened to my cousin.
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SVM 286
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Fucking hell it's GEORGE again!!!
EVEN if they managed (by a miracle) to get the language that they use in all of their communications, to scan anything less than hilarious, they must surely know by now that no one in the world is gonna trust em in a million years.
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DannyB
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They had a very pleasant reply from me anyway
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Rich H
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that's some effort! Can see a few people getting fooled by that though tbh 
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smcGSI16V
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Well it does all look very convincing.
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Gareth F
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I think you should send them a shit in a box tbh
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DannyB
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quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Well it does all look very convincing.
Sarcasm?
If not, check the email addys, their grammar and spelling aswell
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kieran collanz
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ive had that scam posted 2 me to lo
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smcGSI16V
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Well it does all look very convincing.
Sarcasm?
If not, check the email addys, their grammar and spelling aswell
no not at all, to me just scanning over them they looks legit; somebody who wasn't all up to speed on this stuff would look at them, not read them properly and think it is all good.
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flybikeslee
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hellllllloooooo sirrr
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Callum
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
I think you should send them a shit in a box tbh
I was actually going to say that exactly today! hahahaha ..... I think you should.
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