YAET - Weird Question from Bidder

[Murpheeee]

I am selling a new CharBroil grill on Ebay.
This thing weighs 65lb so I stated I'd prefer local pickup.

I got this email from some dude:

hi i am john i am interesd in the immediate purcahse of ur item ,but first of all i will be needing ur utmost attention and sincerity. i got to know about this site by my girlfriend she is in need of this item and she told me to check it out and i found this item which she is need of at the moment. i am coresntly on a business trip to australia and i will be back in five days time .i will be sending u usps money order cashable in ur bank as sa form of payment.and also i will want u to know that i will be taking care of shipping of this item as my shipper will be coming down to ur place to pick the item .but first i will be sending the shippers charges with the money i am sending to u so when it gets clar in ur bank u will have to send the excss funds to my shipper in uk. i am willing to give u an extra$50 on ur item and having to run around to send the money via western union.if u are willing to helps pls provide ur full information for immediate payment.

Okay, first of all 😕

Second of all, WTF is he talking about???

 

[nakedfrog]

Scam?

 

[captains]

sigh

 

[imported_Phil]

Scammedy-scam-scam.

 

[globalcitizen]

At least he is not from Nigeria.:laugh:

 

[zixxer]

wtf do people not start seeing a pattern with these scams??????

 

[CraigRT]

lmao.
so funny..
10 year old at the keys? maybe 7-8 years old?

lame.

 

[MrBond]

He's going to send you a fake money order, when you cash it and deposit it into the bank, the bank won't realize it's fake. You'll send him the etra cash out of your account (because hey, the money's there, right?) plus his courier will pick up your grill.

Two weeks later, you'll get a call/letter from the bank saying they found out the money order was fake and are taking back the money you deposited. You're out whatever money you sent him plus the grill.

Bad grammer in an email = scam. That's almost always true. It's universally true for expensive items.

 

[Bartman39]

a slightly different worded "Scam"

Any time the buyer either ask what the asking price is or wants to send a check for more than the item is selling for and wants the any excess sent back or anything that sounds strange or fishy just laugh and move on... 😉


The only way I would even consider it might be a USPS money order and be damn sure it clears or is checked very closely... I would still be very leary... 😉

 

[AdamSnow]

Cant even read it...

 

[Murpheeee]

he picked the wrong day.....

just found out this morning another buyer's Paypal account is under fraud investigation and $60 he paid me has been put on hold :|

 

[MrBond]

just found out this morning another buyer's Paypal account is under fraud investigation and $60 he paid me has been put on hold

As long as you followed all Paypal's proceedures for shipping, you should be covered. If you sent to an unconfirmed address or shipped via a carrier that wasn't fully trackable (USPS's delivery conf. doesn't count), you might be out the money.

 

[Murpheeee]

yeah I used USPS with delivery conf........awesome!!

Anyone live near Portage, WI like to pay him a visit? :evil: