Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by arasfang Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:29 pm
Hi!

I put up my laptop for sale on the swedish site "Blocket.se" and the next day I got an email from a woman in London who wanted to buy it.

I was asked to send my PayPal account name or bank account info. I sent her my PayPal account name.

I then received this email in my spam-folder.

You've got new funds!!!
Jun 03, 2013
Transaction ID: 7SSW87536C751258117
Dear *my paypal account name was here*,

You received a Payment of 4000,00 SEK from Susan Larson ([email protected])

Important Notice:
This PayPal Payment has been deducted from the buyer's account but can not be credited into your account until the Shipment Information is received from you E.G Tracking Number or a copy of the Shipment Receipt.

You can now go and ship out the buyer's merchandise and send the tracking number to us in a reply of this confirmation message.

Reversals : This method of payment can not be reversed.

Status : Pending - Shipment Required

Seller Protection - Eligible

Seller
*my paypal account name was here*
Note to seller

Hi, I'm pleased to have bought the ITEM and have paid via PayPal as requested. Regards. Susan
Shipping Address - Confirmed

Name: Susan Larson
Address: No 432 Valence Avenue Dagenham
City: London
Zipcode: RM8 3QL
Country: England




Description Unit price Qty Amount
Packard Bell EasyNote
4000,00 SEK
1
4000,00 SEK



Postage and packing
Insurance - not offered Included

4000,00 SEK

Payment sent *my paypal account name was here*




Issues with this transaction?
You have 48 HRS from the date of the transaction to go ahead with the Shipment Procedure.

Questions? Send an email to us at [email protected]


I instantly understood that it was a scam-attempt since the sender of the email was [email protected] and I don't think that PayPal would use another host to send their email.

Reported this to PayPal...
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by Inspector Gadget Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:41 pm
You acted wisely, accountant.com is a free email address, part of the mail.com empire.

Reporting it to [email protected] was the best thing to do.

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