I've been trying to sell a laptop for a while on craigslist, and it still hasn't sold. so I put it up on ebay and instantly got bombarded with lots of OBVIOUS scams from nigeria (you know, the classic nigeria western union scam). well anyway, then today I got a buy it now. but the buyer wants it shipped to nigeria, so I'm suspicious.
here's the msg from him:
I would like to pay for this item via CHECK, you know my
address is in USA,but right now i'm in nigeria,i was sent there
on a church mission,and i want to give it to the head pastor as a
gift, so i will like to know if you can ship it to nigeria,i dont
mind paying any amount for the shipping cost,pls if you can do this
for me i'll be very grateful.if you accept kindly send your full name
and address which am going to send the check to. Here's the shipping
address.
<address in nigeria>
should I ship it? and if I don't, is there an easy way to get ebay to refund my $7 for lisiting? (sure $7 isn't much, but just in case this happens the next time I list it)
here's the msg from him:
I would like to pay for this item via CHECK, you know my
address is in USA,but right now i'm in nigeria,i was sent there
on a church mission,and i want to give it to the head pastor as a
gift, so i will like to know if you can ship it to nigeria,i dont
mind paying any amount for the shipping cost,pls if you can do this
for me i'll be very grateful.if you accept kindly send your full name
and address which am going to send the check to. Here's the shipping
address.
<address in nigeria>
should I ship it? and if I don't, is there an easy way to get ebay to refund my $7 for lisiting? (sure $7 isn't much, but just in case this happens the next time I list it)
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