Ribmar Netto [email protected]

Thanks so much for being sincere, the item is for my colleague but she's currently on vacation so i want you to help me post it to her through USPS-Express mail international., i'll add $100 for the shipping postage fee making the total price of $450, I wish i can come and pay you in cash so i can see the present condition of the item, but am currently on a primary assignment out of town. That was why i preferred PayPal only for security reasons, send me the invoice of the total cost through PayPal to [email protected] so i can transfer the money now.

Mod edit: Quotes added to clarify - CW

Thank you for posting this. It's an overpayment scam. Note that the key to this scam is that the scammer wants to include an overage to pay for shipping. The scammer would insist on using their own supposed shipper and would play that role himself, asking you to wire money. The supposed paypal payment will be fraudulent, in the form of a spoofed email that can appear very convincing, as if it was really from paypal.

Let us know if you have questions.

I dont believe that this is a " shipping overpayment scam "

Once the USPS priority mail leaves the country it is GONE as you can not recall it like you could at UPS or Fed Ex

In most of these paypal scams, the scammer is after cash in the guise of payment to a "shipping agent." In those cases, they don't want the item in question at all. However, in some cases (usually small electronics or jewelry) the scammer is actually after the item being sold.

As you noted, although the general theme and English are consistent with the typical overpayment scam, on reading the actual content, we can see that the scammer does not reference a "shipper" but asks for the package to be sent by USPS. This is consistent with the less common, but equally harmful scammer who is after the item rather than the cash.

Of course some scammers will take it a step further--after the victim sends the item, the scammer will send an email stating he/she has to pay some kind of tax or fee. In this case, the scammer is after BOTH the item and cash.