Mirabelle McAlpine [email protected]

Mirabelle McAlpine, [email protected] Is another scammer doing the rounds of GumTree at the moment.
I was selling a camera lens, received an SMS telling me to make contact via email in regards to the lens. Long story cut short:
Fake Paypal email sent to me stating that funds had been transferred into my account....I just needed to send a scanned copy of postal receipt and tracking number within 18 hours..postal address was to Nigeria.

Be careful....there are some twisted individuals out there


Fake paypal email address:
[email protected]

On 20 Nov 2013, Mirabelle McAlpine <[email protected]> wrote:

The payment has been made and I have just received a notice
that the payment has been sent to you and i hope you would have
gotten your payment confirmation receipt by now(check paypal email in-box,Spam or junk mail for receipt) .
Please make sure you wrap the item very well for safety purpose, and when shipping declare the item value as $75 and also as a gift

i called my sister and confirmed that she is now in Nigeria to finish up her project .
so here is the new shipping address below
i made an additional payment ,shipment should be made by Normal Australia Parcel Post only (not Express) i have my reason .
tracking number looks like this CP012345678AU

new receiver's address below :

Name: Lisa Chandra
Address: No# 6 sans street , Agbowo UI
State : Oyo
City : Ibadan
Zip code : 23402
Country: Nigeria
Phone: +2348181760204

Added quotation. (BW)

Welcome to Scamwarners Westspector,

Thank you for updating with a scammers email address. Please post the email address of the fake Paypal email and the mailing address/person in Nigeria. It would be helpful if you could post his initial script to you. Sometimes they do make changes and this could be helpful to others.

Thank you for updating with the requested information.

[email protected]
Name: Lisa Chandra
Address: No# 6 sans street , Agbowo UI
State : Oyo
City : Ibadan
Zip code : 23402
Country: Nigeria
Phone: +2348181760204

did u end u getting the items sent back to you? I got scamed to the same adress

Hello vittadolce,

Sorry to say it, but if you sent your "item" to Nigeria you will not get it back. If you are still in contact with the scammer stop. The scammer is also playing the role of the fake Paypal. He may promise you anything but it will not happen. He will only try to scam money out of you this time with more fees.

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/country_codes/

You'll note that Nigeria doesn't appear on the list of countries supported by Paypal.

I'm sure that Paypal would love to include the country but fraud is a massive problem there and any time you come across the country Nigeria in a business transaction you should be extra cautious.

I have stopped talking to the scamed. it's just that i called the post office call centre and they said that that they don't care about the good they just try to get money out of you so they use fake addresses. so the customer support lady said most likely it will get sent back to me.... ..

This scam works two ways. If you are selling something small like cell phones, computers, jewelry, electronics and etc then the scammer wants these items. If it is a vehicle, furniture even horses then the scammer will try to steal your money. He will have you send money to a fake mover/shipper/agent. The scammer will be the mover/shipper/agent.

I do want you to know do not get your hopes up. The USPS has a policy not to recall mail sent overseas. You can bet on the scammer will not return it. The address in Nigeria is real. The name is fake. The scammer will bribe the clerk to pick up the item.

I hope in your case you get it back.