nigerian scammers want to pay me via paypal

[Aharami]

I thought their scam was they they sent you a fake check, you cash it and ship item out. by the time bank realizes its fake and reverses the transaction, you've already sent out your item.

but paypal is a bit more secure since they arent allowed to reach into your bank acct and pull money out. so if scammer pays me, i transfer funds to my bank acct and leave paypal balance at 0, how are they scamming me?

selling my camera on CL and got a few destitute mothers who want to sent the camera to their son in west africa

Thanks for the reply but i am presently out of the state for now but i
want to buy the item now ,kindly reply back with your pay pal invoice
so that i can transfer the fund to your account i will send as a gift
to my fiance West Afica on an holiday,and if you don't have open it is easy to open just go to
www.paypal.com and get back with your newly open pay pal account
address,i will love to hear from you.

Oh is your son that nigerian prince I keep hearing so much about?
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM, trust ingod <trustingod22@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the mail,i will like to come and meet you and pay cash for
the item but am presently in the UK for a business trip and i want to
buy this item for my son as gift for his project who is schooling in
the US but now in africa for graphic studies so just get back to me
with the final price of this item including shipping cost Via {USPS}
Express mail to him and i will like to pay you Via PayPal OR Bank to
Bank transfer get back to me asap to know what next to do...Thanks god
bless you.
Hope to read from you soon.
you can reach me with this number +447031804711

oh. I ship to Nigeria all the time. Shipping and handling will be $1000 extra though. Let me know if you're still interested
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Nancy Ewles <newles@live.com> wrote:

This is the address am shipping the item below,
Name : Oluwaseun Martins
Address:No 24 Adeniyi Street,off Eleweran
City Abeokuta,
StategunState
Zipcode:121101
Country, Nigeria

 

[LinuxIdiot]

They use a scammed Paypal account to send you the funds and they get a camera out of it..is my first guess.

 

[PokerGuy]

...uuuhhh... what do you mean "they aren't allowed to reach into your account and pull the money out"? Once the payment is determined to have come from a fraudulent source, paypal WILL come after you for that amount. If need be, they'll send it to collections and force you to pay it.

Paypal itself is also a scam, but that's not the subject of this thread......

 

[datwater]

spoofed mail that isn't really from paypal - you've got funds, etc etc, won't be released until recipient verifies shipment, etc etc.

 

[dfuze]

Some will send you a spoofed email that looks like it came from Paypal with a receipt that looks genuine so you ship it.

 

[Aharami]

This is the latest one

on sorry you should've emailed me a little earlier. I couldnt sell it for a long time...so I sold it to some Nigerian prince a few minutes ago for half the price
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM, mike alex <micalex.alex@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for your mail i would have love to come for the pick up of the
item but am absolutely busy in my office so i want you to help me out
of this by getting back to me with your PayPal account email id so i
can transfer the fund asap.....Or if you dont have an account with
them you can get one through www.paypal.com and get back to me with
the email id you use to set up the account with them so i can transfer
the fund asap....

This is fun

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: datwater
spoofed mail that isn't really from paypal - you've got funds, etc etc, won't be released until recipient verifies shipment, etc etc.

Yeap, they're hoping you're stupid enough to just see the email and think "Sweet, I just got a payment" and send out your stuff without actually logging into your account to check your balance.

 

[Aharami]

oh wow...this last guy actually believed I sold it to some other nigerian dude

ok...can u still get the item back so i could pay more moeny for it
cus i need to get this item for a friend as a gift...

awaintin to here from you...

takecare of ur self...

How can I fuck with him?

 

[Jeeebus]

whoa... fucking with Nigerian scammers is a totally original idea. where did you come up with this?!

 

[Aharami]

Jeebus = Nigerian scammer?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
whoa... fucking with Nigerian scammers is a totally original idea. where did you come up with this?!

http://www.419eater.com/ ?

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: PokerGuy
Paypal itself is also a scam

QFT

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: Aharami
oh wow...this last guy actually believed I sold it to some other nigerian dude

ok...can u still get the item back so i could pay more moeny for it
cus i need to get this item for a friend as a gift...

awaintin to here from you...

takecare of ur self...

How can I fuck with him?

Here are some pointers to get you started.:laugh:

 

[dfuze]

Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
whoa... fucking with Nigerian scammers is a totally original idea. where did you come up with this?!

http://www.419eater.com/ ?

This.