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DHL shipping scam?

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puma1552

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"Thanks for your reply... yes am interested in your item.. but am
presently out of the country to attend to my clients in Mexico and it
will take up to 3 weeks before i can get back and the item is needed
for my son in Nigeria for his upcoming final year project.. so i want
you to do me a favour by getting me the shipping cost via DHL and i
will make the payment to you by PayPal or Bank to Bank Transfer
Payment...Looking forward to hear from you..."

I'm selling some non-computer gear and I received the above reply when I told someone I still had the item for sale. Obviously Nigeria sets off all sorts of alarm bells, but more so the shipping--isn't there something about DHL shipping that makes it what scammers prefer?
 
I KNOW Nigeria=scam, god knows I've got a plethora of Nigerian ambassador scam emails over the years--I know it's a scam and I'm not selling--but my question is about the DHL, because I've heard other bad things about it before

I.E. if someone tells me they want me to ship via DHL, but they have no Nigeria stuff in the email, I want to know that I can filter that one out as a scam as well.

I'm not asking about Nigeria, I'm not asking about this particular scammer, I'm asking about DHL being a preferred shipping method for scammers.
 
I think they just mention dhl to get a price quote from you
 
puma1552 said:
I KNOW Nigeria=scam, god knows I've got a plethora of Nigerian ambassador scam emails over the years--I know it's a scam and I'm not selling--but my question is about the DHL, because I've heard other bad things about it before

I.E. if someone tells me they want me to ship via DHL, but they have no Nigeria stuff in the email, I want to know that I can filter that one out as a scam as well.

I'm not asking about Nigeria, I'm not asking about this particular scammer, I'm asking about DHL being a preferred shipping method for scammers.
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DHL is strictly international now. Either UPS or Fedex bought their states side/Canada operations.
They were an OK shipper.
 
if it is a scam why are they offering a bank transfer? is it possible to scam that? not saying this is not a scam just trying to figure out the bank transfer. myself I always reply pay with a western union transfer. no worries about a scam on that :D
 
Hi All.

I'm new here but I just thought you might like to see a fantastic example of the DHL Nigerian Fraud, its fantastic. Just read it & you will know what I am talking about.

Talk soon
831

The formation, the Grammar & the spelling is wonderful don't you all think.

Dear customer.

The parcel was send your home address.

And it will arrice within 7 bussness day.


More information and the tracking number

are attached in document below.


Thank you.

2011 DHL International GmbH. All rights reserverd.
 
831 said:
Hi All.

I'm new here but I just thought you might like to see a fantastic example of the DHL Nigerian Fraud, its fantastic. Just read it & you will know what I am talking about.

Talk soon
831

The formation, the Grammar & the spelling is wonderful don't you all think.

Dear customer.

The parcel was send your home address.

And it will arrice within 7 bussness day.


More information and the tracking number

are attached in document below.




Thank you.

2011 DHL International GmbH. All rights reserverd.
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LOL, my clothing gear from lids.com ships from DHL. No problems there haha
 
You really have to wonder, what if you were really a Nigerian prince looking for an iPhone? You'd never be able to get one.
 
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