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What would you do if selling something through paypal and the recipients address is Nigeria? |
the person has asked for an invoice for the goods from me, paid the money even after I explained that what they want to pay for my item is too much money as its cheaper to buy brand new.....They still paid it and the shipping address is nigeria. Does it sound dodgy to anybody? [edit] Auction overpayment, fake check In another updated scam, the scammer offers to buy some expensive item (e.g., jewelry or a car, that the prospective victim advertised on eBay, for example, or a legitimate classified-ads website such as craigslist) by official, certified, bank or cashier's check. The check will have an "accidentally" or mutually agreed higher value than the price of the item, so the scammer asks the victim to wire the extra money to some third party as soon as the check clears. Because banks in the USA are required by law to honor a check within 1-5 working days (even before a check has cleared),[9] they will report the proceeds as available for withdrawal before the check is presented to the issuing bank for clearance and the fraud is discovered. Most banks will hold the victim accountable for the value of the counterfeit check. There is a simple way to avoid many instances of eBay auction overpayment fraud. The scammer usually or always wants to buy the merchandise immediately, so if the auction offers a "Buy It Now" option, the scammer will use it to end the auction, request shipping, and offer the overpayment. If the seller detects the scam and refuses to sell the item, they risk the scammer posting negative feedback. Therefore, if the seller avoids offering "Buy It Now," the scammer will be able only to send the seller a message requesting to buy the item immediately for an overpayment. The seller can then deny (or simply ignore) the request. The scammer does have the option of participating in and winning the auction; because the check they'll use is fraudulent, they can bid however much is necessary. If a seller's auction is ended by someone clicking Buy It Now, there is still a way to detect scamming. The buyer will ask the seller to ship to a different address. The buyer will hide the address until he/she sends the seller a shipping label to print. The shipping label's information may reveal a faraway address--often in Lagos, Nigeria--that the seller may not have wanted to ship to. However, this is often not the case anymore. Most scammers are simply after the cash from the return of the overpayment and do not want the item unless it is highly valuable to the scammer (such as cell phones and laptops). The shipping address many times is real and located in the U.S.; in this case the address is usually a "mule", another scam victim who has been conned or otherwise convinced into accepting the packages and either forwarding them to the scammer or holding them indefinitely. A variation on the eBay scam involves sending a request for payment for an item that the alleged seller does not own but the scammer claims they have sent. Since actual eBay item numbers are used this has been a nuisance for legitimate sellers. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nigerian_sc... Hi there, If they have paid for the goods and the shipping through paypal, there shouldn't be a problem. You will have the money in your account from them. Have you checked this? If so then it should be normal transaction. If they ask for money in return, that is, for the excess they sent you, its a scam, you deposit their real looking check, and the bank doesn't really get the money, but you have already sent them the 'extra' money and the goods. All you can do is deposit the check, and wait until the bank actually has the money in the account, not just until the bank puts the money in your account. The Nigerians count on your sending back the extra money before you find out that the check is worthless and the bank deducts the amount from your account. I think its called the float, but I'm not sure, in any event the movement of the money and the credit to your account occur at two different times. Offer the Nigerians the return of their over amount check and keep your product. When, and if, they send the proper amount, wait until your bank has collected the actual money before you ship. Its unfortunate, but Nigerians are becoming the scam artists of the world, they think its fun to cheat and steal they see no wrong about it feeling that if you are dumb enough to get caught, you deserve it. Ditto the Russians, both countries are so loaded with scammers that they now use the addresses of other countries so ask for payment throught Paypal If you have actually got the money cleared in your bank account, then send the goods. If you wait long enough to be sure it's real money and not just a con you'll be OK. I wouldn't send anything until I have got the cash in hand and the bank has assured me that there is real money from the buyer and not just one of those fraudulent cheques we keep hearing about. People in Nigeria don't usually have so much money that they would be willing to part with more than you have asked for. It does sound dodgy to me but I can't see what the scam is, if there is one. You don't give us enough detail to really understand what's going on. The scammers have given all Nigerians a bad reputation, maybe undeservedly. I would check your paypal account to see if the money has been deposited in your account, and then send the item in the mail to Nigeria. I know with eBay, if the person does not pay for the item they can receive negative feedback and ebay can get involved. I won something but received a notice from ebay that ebay closed her account and was told not to pay for the item. Of course I kept the e-mail that was sent to protect me and also checked to see if her account closed. Just always remember to protect yourself. Boy I would be very careful with this. I wouldn't deal with anyone outside of the United States especially Nigeria. |
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