Nigerian tries to scam my lens

[Tom Lowe]

I posted a Nikon lens on craigslist the other day, and low and behold, some guy named "Mike Jack" was ready to buy it for full price right way, plus cover $300 bucks for shipping! Like any scam, they try to play on your greed and get you to ship before you have time to think about it.

Only minutes later the money had arrived!

Of course, the shipping destination was the first red flag. Nigeria, rofl.

When I actually logged into Paypal, there was no money there.

Nice try, sucka!

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

haha love your final response

 

[Jon B.]

Nigerian scammers have invaded many of my eBay and craigslist dealings. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... Eh,, eh. You can't get fooled again.

 

[mikeburton]

This is my favorite post of the year, by far!!!

 

[Evin Grant]

I had a Nigerian try to pull this on an e-bay auction once too. Do you think they have a school for this shit over there?

 

[Tom Lowe]

You know, this guy is really stupid. But if this item had only been worth like 300 bucks, and if the address was in the US, I might not have bothered to open a new browser and double-check my balance at Paypal. The "payment received" email is pretty convincing looking.

This guy's downfall is trying to get someone to ship very to Nigeria. If he had a US address in like Indiana, he would be more successful. Word to the wise.

 

[Brandon Kraemer]

I love your email back to him when you found no such funds. That PayPal email looked pretty fake too.

Don't trust anyone with two first names... "Mike Jack"

 

[Tom Lowe]

I love your email back to him when you found no such funds. That PayPal email looked pretty fake too.

Don't trust anyone with two first names... "Mike Jack"

What about Ron Paul?

 

[Anthony Gratl]

if you got a little time on your hands, this place is usually good for a read......
http://www.419eater.com/

enjoy!

 

[Jon B.]

Bottom line is if the person never refers to the item to what it actually is other than 'item', it's a scam. Always a sure fire giveaway.

 

[Liam Hall]

Nigerian scammers are everywhere; I bought a watch in Lagos a few years back, it had an hour hand, a second hand and a back hand.

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

What about Ron Paul?

the only exception to the rule..

 

[Steve Sherrick]

I tried listing something on Craig's List once. Got emails from obvious scammers, decided to pull items and use Ebay (which means I took a money hit). These scammers are true scum, that is the people who run these scam operations are. I'm sure some of the people are doing it to survive, make a buck.

 

[Curran Giddens]

The "payment received" email is pretty convincing looking.

Yeah, until you see the email address it was sent from.
"service@paypal.com" < paypaloffice@OfficeEmail.net >

 

[Craig Ryan]

Your final response made my day, Tom. :thumbup1:

 

[Craig Ryan]

I love your email back to him when you found no such funds. That PayPal email looked pretty fake too.

Don't trust anyone with two first names... "Mike Jack"

Ahem....

 

[Robert Frank]

Ahem....

:iagree:

 

[Andrew Walker]

I expected nothing short of that response from you Tom. Now who's down for a little hunting trip to Nigeria.:violent5:

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Ahem....

Don't listen to him! He's probably a nigerian scammer deep under cover!

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Wise...very nice TOm.
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