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Fleabay question

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EyeMWing

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Just had a computer listing expire, no sale. However, it seems that someone is still interested in buying it.

Hello seller, will like to know if you do accept the below terms of payment as a mode of payment ; 1) do you accept cashier check/Money order 2) will you be able to send back the remain balance to our shipping company in the United Kindgom.for the arrangement of home pick up from ur down to my client in UK."" Regards.
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I know what #1 means - hell, that's the ONLY way I'm taking payment for this. But WTFing fvck is #2?

I thought they spoke english in the UK.
 
seems fishy...i've heard of stuff like this...they send you a fake m.o. for more than you want for the item...and want you to send the extra somewhere...then after the bank or whoever finds out the m.o. is fake you get a chargeback and they have your item plus the extra money

EDIT: thats probably why they didnt bid...so you wont have the protection of ebay after they scam you
 
ja. money orders take longer than checks to "clear"
so...you will get the money, send them the fake change and then it will "bounce" so to speak.
 
HAHA, and I just noticed this on the bottom of the form letter eBay uses for these questions.
Is the buyer asking you to send the balance of their overpayment via Western Union or MoneyGram?
If so, this may be a fraudulent transaction and you should report it to eBay. Learn more about receiving payments.
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Yeah. No.
 
Scammer.

If they contacted you via eBay, you might be able to report them to SafeHarbor for trying to get you to sell outside of a normal auction.
 
Scenario - Scammer wants to buy something. Says he will pay exorbitant amount - seller is enticed by large sum of money (say $1000) - scammer sends cashier's check worth > $1000 and asks seller to send back the change. Seller sends back change. 3 weeks later, check bounces - seller screwed, scammer profit.
 
Did you post this as a serious question? I'd think that you're here enough to have heard of this before...
 
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