Sold my camera on ebay the other day to a person called dupe mummy! They immediately became unregistered on ebay. Ebay then advised me to mark the item as unpaid and I could get my ebay costs back. I did this and closed it all off.
I then recieved this email
"Hello Mark Mason,
The payment has been effected via paypal,the total amount of 430.00GBP has been deducted from my paypal account.and i make 30.00GBP. for postage and packaging..so i want you to get the item posted to NIGERIA via Royalmail. (international sign for) today and get back to me with the tracking number for the posting of the item to verify the posting.and i shall leave a positive feedback for you now,and also you to should leave a positive feedback for me.
Here is the delivery address below:
NAME:O.G. EBENEZER
ADDRESS:32 OTIGBA STREET
IKEJA,LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
23401"
Do they think we are retarded in this country! I cant believe anyone ever sends the item based on an email like this.
Then the next email from service@paypal. Note that the amount of money they state is incorrect.
"Dear Mark Mason,
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Details of Transaction
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Seller's I.D : 7832markm
Seller's Email :
mark.mason1@virgin.net
Transaction Date: 09 June, 2007
Transaction ID: 6D694274EY338930K
Transaction Amount: 280.00GBP
Case #: PP-091-962-222
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What to Do Next
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The fund has been deducted from Mrs Dupe Mummy's account and it will be credited into your account immediately the shipment is confirmed from you...Get back to us with the shipping tracking or reference number then the money will be credited into your account immediately we hear from you. Mail the tracking number to our customer's care at :
customescares@usa.com
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Dates Issue 10 June, 2007
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Please respond within the next 24hrs.
The "official" PayPal corporate offices are at:
Centennial Hall 128
1000 S. Franklin
Kirksville, MO 63501
Thank you for using paypal ® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely,
Gene Braint
Paypal Customer Care,
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team"
And finally an email from ebay. It even had all the ebay graphics at the top. Check out how bad the english is though.
"Dear Mark Mason,
mark.mason1@virgin.net
We appreciate the fact that you are a registered member of eBay and is currently have a transaction with mrs(Dupe Mummy) who was suspended due to some reasons that we cannot reveal to you,We have reviewed the details of his suspension. After further review, it has been decided that his account qualifies for reinstatement. Please note that, although his account is now active, any listings or bids that were cancelled by his account suspension will not be reinstated.We therefore ask you to complete any transaction whatsoever you have with him,since we have reinstate his account.
We would advise you to proceed with shiping of the item today to the address giving to you by the buyer,as the email you've received from "PAYPAL" is not a fraudulent offer. We ask that you should send the item between 24Hrs to the address which the buyer provided to you Since she carried out the payment on your PayPal account
mark.mason1@virgin.net that the payment will be credited with the account . So get back to us with the shipment tracking number for the shipping of the item. To verify the shippment of the item with the address of the provided by the buyer.
We have contacted PayPal about your fund and they said your fund is intact, the shipment reference number should be forwarded to their paypal customer care for the funds to be credited into your account.You can now ship the item to the buyer and mail the shipment tracking number to paypal customercare (customescare@usa.com),(transactioncentres@usa.com) Please respond to this within the next 24hrs.
Regards,
eBay Trust and Safety
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None of these showed up on my ebay or paypal accounts and it is pretty obvious they are fakes. f**king scumbags.
