eBay Scammer (for info)

So, I tried selling my old ipad on eBay, and within a day someone under the eBay name "zoemars479" showed intent to buy, but delayed the purchase, for whatever reason. It took me to emailing them to hurry up, in response they asked me to send them a PayPal invoice. This struck me as odd as they only needed to click the pay button within eBay.

Anyway, this morning I received an email supposedly from PayPal asking to provide a tracking number and ship the item to the following address:

Martins Chidi,
40 Nolan Street,
Apple Junction,
Amuwo-Odofin,
23401,
Lagos State
Nigeria

This is despite receiving no money through PayPal.

So PayPal were reported, as was eBay. The police were informed, and I still have the ipad, in case anything comes of it.

Lesson learned, but the eBay name and delivery address are here in case anyone should encounter the same.

jessica. said:

You're kidding right? You are questioning what went wrong when you tried to chase money down from someone in Nigeria? Not saying all people in Nigeria are bad but really now.

You have the iPad and no cash. You didn't ship it and won't without funds. Why call the police? That seems silly. You need to sort this out so you can sell to the second highest bidder. State you want immediate payment and don't offer out of country sales in this case.

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I involved the police in case the situation escalates. I know the police won't be able to do anything, but I want them aware in case something comes of it. Unfortunately as it was a Buy It Now auction, there was nobody else to offer it to, so it's not really an issue. I didnt know the buyer was Nigerian (as the ebay seller's address appeared as residing in Oxford, it was only when I got the Paypal notice that the sender wanted it to go there, and I had UK and Europe set as the delivery locations accepted anyway).

Fortunately I found someone at work who wants to buy it so I'm happy

I understand it would have stood out like a sore thumb to most people, but I've seen enough people on MR with Ebay issues so just wanted to put it on here in the hope that it may help someone