Hi All,
I've just been the victim of a pretty obvious but frustrating ebay scam.
Sold an item with a buy it now price to a Diana Brown in Liverpool, London!!!!
"She" wanted the item shipped to her "pastor" in Lagos, Nigeria - classic stuff!
So, I played along - sent dodgy account details and waited for the next move after alerting ebay via email as to what was going on - that in itself is a very frustrating excercise!
A fake email from Barclays bank with graphics etc came asking me to post out the item and forward a tracking number so that the funds could be transferred into my dodgy account!!
I sent the tracking number...f24u56c - k55y71o21u2, my Nigerian isn't too good but I'm sure they'll read between the lines so to speak!!!
This is a new one on me - I'm aware of the phishing email scams, suppose it just goes to show how loose ebay is too.
It's just really frustrating in that now I've got to go through this long-winded process of trying to reclaim the fees incurred from the sale etc etc and the dispute process.
Seller beware!!!
Cheers
Doug
