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I posted an ad on kijiiji yesterday to sell my leather sofa. I received an email from [email protected], asking if it is available and I responded with a yes. The individual (lala femo) then sent me the following:

"Thanks for the response Does it need anything to be replace or repair?if there's please specify,i will take it for the listed price,Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment. I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too,since i won't be be able to see this in person,what's the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP."

I was very suspicious, who buys a sofa for $800 without checking it out and without negotiating the price. At first I did not want to respond back but then I thought I can respond vaguely and without providing any details about my account or location so I responded by saying: "I am sorry I don’t have any more pictures because it is in storage. I might be able to go later today to take more pictures. Do you know when you will be able to pick it up?"

Then I received a response from a different email address [email protected] (Scott Neil):

"Okay.. I will be paying the 2.9% PayPal surcharge from my account. So i will be paying directly into your PayPal account without any delay, and i hope you have a paypal account. If you have one already, just send me the address to send it to, which is the email address you use for it or you can send me a paypal money request, so once i receive the details i will go ahead with the payment through PayPal and then i will contact my shipping company after you get the payment. I will need your home address for the merchandise to be Picked Up by the Shipping Company.."

A red flag immediately went up and I googled "kijjiji and Paypal scams" and I found this and I am very thankful to all who posted their stories

I didn't respond back to this individual then 30 minutes after I get the same email from "Lala Femo". I reported both emails to Kijjiji and I am posting my story here so other people can benefit.

Thanks

Thank you for posting! You saved me!!