Guy wants to buy mac with paypal?

[Panzo]

Hi there,
Thanks for getting back to me, actually i am out of town, I would have
love to come and pick the item up but I am in UK presently for a
conference and it will be up to 3months before I am back to the country,I am buying this item for my daughter studying in Nigeria,
so I can only pay through paypal, because it's very faster
and reliable to pay online. so I want you to get back to me with your
paypal email address and the shipping cost to my daughter's address in Nigeria.Shipping the item to Nigeria should be around $140 through Canada Post, because I have once sent an item to her mid last year, here is the shipping address: 20, muyiwa Oni Avenue , road block, city: Akure, state: Ondo,
zip code:23434, Nigeria. Wait to hear back from you as soon as possible. I dont mind if you attach more pictures.
Thanks
Juan.


Concerning PayPal, all you need to do
is to just log on
www.paypal.com and set up your own paypal
account, it's free to register, then you will link your bank account
number or your credit card with the paypal account and Immediately I
send in the payment into your paypal account, it will show up on your
bank account or on your credit card and you can withdraw the money
anytime you want. All you need to do is to just get back to me with
your paypal id or paypal email address so that I can send the money
into your paypal account, Immediately you receive money from me or any
other person PayPal will notify you about the money, so that you can
be informed that you have receive money from someone. Hope this
illustration is clear? Get back to me as soon as possible.
__________________________

Any thoughts? what should i do? do it or not?

 

[Floris]

Long story
vague excuse
no confirmed address
paypal ..

nuf said

wait for the next buyer.

 

[chilipie]

I'm yet to see any involvement of Nigeria in online purchases that haven't been an obvious scam. This is another of them

 

[Blue Velvet]

No, it's from Nigeria which should set alarm bells ringing like crazy. And if you check the Paypal seller protection conditions, they'll only reimburse you against a chargeback if you ship to a registered seller to a registered address with proof of shipping.

So, they could use a stolen credit card number to make the purchase, you think you've got the money safe in your bank account, then within weeks or months the credit card company comes looking for the money and Paypal have the right to take it from your account if you don't ship to a registered address. Or they could claim the box you sent was full of stones... same result; a chargeback.

Avoid at all costs.

 

[iMeat]

Scam

 

[Macky-Mac]

classic scam setup.....stay as far away as possible

 

[jecapaga]

If the word Nigeria is mentioned..their mistake. It's a scam. Trust that. I've dealt with it. You'll get all kinda crazy with them saying they are putting money in your paypal and then having the FBI following up when you haven't sent confirmed fedex number. Ignore them.

 

[rpaloalto]

I believe I have actually heard this line before. NO DON'T DO IT.

Just do a search here at Macrumors. Use search, paypal + nigeria
you will get a dozen or more threads that are just like yours.

 

[Saikou]

... here is the shipping address: 20, muyiwa Oni Avenue , road block, city: Akure, state: Ondo,
zip code:23434, Nigeria. Wait to hear back from you as soon as possible...

There couldn't be a bigger red flag.

 

[Gray-Wolf]

A ditto on the passing of this one.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Give this the widest berth possible; don't touch with the proverbial barge-pole, and run a mile. It's a complete and utter scam, as simple as that. Don't be taken in by this.

Cheers and good luck

 

[jijibel]

Ondo, Nigeria

Hi, I've just joined this forum because I've received the quite same message about a playstation to be sell on Kijiji site. This is the message I've received today: (and my research bring me here)
_____________________________________________
Thanks for getting back to me, I live in Ontario but presently I am in
England for a project, I would have prefer to come and pick up the
item at your doorstep and pay you cash but I can't and I won't be back
till 4months time, I am buying this item as a Christmas gift for my
son studying in Nigeria, I know he's gonna appreciate it so much, so I want you to get back to me with shipping
cost to Nigeria via Post Office, Shipping the item to Nigeria should be around $100 through Post Office(Parcel
Airmail), because I have once sent an item to him mid last year before the item got spoiled, here is the shipping
Information:
Name: Adeniyi Collins
Address: 21 Ondo road
City: Akure
State: Ondo
Zip Code: 23434
Country: Nigeria
Also get back to me with your paypal email address so that I can make
the payment done for you.Hope to hear back from you soon.
Regards._____________________________________________
So I think this is a false buyer. (sorry for my english, loll)
Thanks for your help

 

[MagicWok]

Hi there, I would have love to come and pick the item up

I would have love you to do no such thing.

I am buying this item for my daughter studying in Nigeria

Oh what a wonderous education system they have there, they need a Mac as their main priority...

so I can only pay through paypal, because it's very faster

I agree! It is very very very fastererrrrerrer

Hope this illustration is clear?

I love the pretty drawing... No, wait...

Any thoughts? what should i do? do it or not?

Three words: Reply, Send and Virus

Oh what jolly fun....

 

[iParis]

This just screams...

SCAM

I got emails like this all the time when I put my iPod classic on craigslist.