Next time, send them a box. And when they open the box with an "iPhone." Their faces will be splattered with paint. Hehe.
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You can say local buyer, confirmed paypal address, etc. and they will try.
They will ask for your paypal address if needed. Problem is there is nothing to stop them on ebay.
So you have an auction, they win and start the games.
Even on Craigslist they are all over it and trying to get you to provide your paypal to send the money. They pay with stolen credit cards and then around three months later, paypal come to YOU for the money.
As I understand it, paypal will get the money. From you.
When I sold my iPhone on Craigslist here in NYC, about one-third were scammers who contacted me. They DEMAND your paypal id so they can send the stolen funds and then make you ship your iPhone.
When I asked this guy for a verified paypal address, he ignored it. Next day he emails asking for my paypal id to "send the money."
Ebay is almost a complete waste now due to these guys.
You can say local buyer, confirmed paypal address, etc. and they will try.
They will ask for your paypal address if needed. Problem is there is nothing to stop them on ebay.
So you have an auction, they win and start the games.
Even on Craigslist they are all over it and trying to get you to provide your paypal to send the money. They pay with stolen credit cards and then around three months later, paypal come to YOU for the money.
As I understand it, paypal will get the money. From you.
When I sold my iPhone on Craigslist here in NYC, about one-third were scammers who contacted me. They DEMAND your paypal id so they can send the stolen funds and then make you ship your iPhone.
When I asked this guy for a verified paypal address, he ignored it. Next day he emails asking for my paypal id to "send the money."
Ebay is almost a complete waste now due to these guys.
I posted my blackberry storm on craigslist and look what I got. Well it's not the first time either!
Hi dear,
Your asking price is ok for me,i would have come for your area for pick up,But i had an accident 3 months ago i lost my husband and my beautiful daughter and i my self was crippled.Furthermore i dont walk i'm staying in a wheel chair,The Blackberry Storm,in question is for my son's birthday gift who is a student at England football soccer academy in west africa,Please i want you to assist me in mailing the item to my son due to my condition,I will add 100$ making it 400$ for the cost of your item and the mailling fee to west africa.I'll be paying you through paypal,please provide me with your paypal account for me to make the payment fast.And i will forward my son mailling info for you to maill the item as soon as payment reaches you.Or if you dont have paypal you can send me your
Full name
Full contact address and your zipcode so that i can place a money order for you......
*please comply
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I smell scam!!!!!! Do you?
Hi dear,
Your asking price is ok for me,i would have come for your area for pick up,But i had an accident 3 months ago i lost my husband and my beautiful daughter and i my self was crippled.Furthermore i dont walk i'm staying in a wheel chair,The Blackberry Storm,in question is for my son's birthday gift who is a student at England football soccer academy in west africa,Please i want you to assist me in mailing the item to my son due to my condition,I will add 100$ making it 400$ for the cost of your item and the mailling fee to west africa.I'll be paying you through paypal,please provide me with your paypal account for me to make the payment fast.And i will forward my son mailling info for you to maill the item as soon as payment reaches you.Or if you dont have paypal you can send me your
Full name
Full contact address and your zipcode so that i can place a money order for you......
*please comply
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I smell scam!!!!!! Do you?
Yes, it's a scam. Why do you think she's giving you the sob story, which has nothing to do with buying the iPhone?
seriously? do you even have to ask?
the stupidity of people who don't bother to lift a finger to check the legitimacy of these offers is mind boggling, and even more unbeliveable are those that DO investigate and STILL entertain the offers for even one millisecond.
Well I wasn't even asking. I've posted a lot of my phones on craigslist and always seem to get somebody that has their daughter or son in school somewhere in Africa. I've never fallen for it. I always put locals only no shipping period in my postings. And for some reason these scammers don't get it that I won't ship. I dont even respond back to them once they come with their stories.