need help, likely ebay scam buyer

[Michele l'Arcangelo]

there's a user who bid on my nano 2nd gen wit a bunch of nice stuff for it... my reserve was $210... and i had NO bids on it until the last few minutes.... they bought it for $255

user is "momzoo42"
from...
Olawale Adekunle
Alpha Photonet Building
Apata
Ibadan, Oyo State 23402
Nigeria

i did a google search on the zipcode and found there are a lot of scams from that same city. not the mention the famous nigerian scams or w/e.

what to do? i never sold onything on ebay before. how should i handle this person. if they pay or don't pay... just what should i do?

i know i should wait for money to be FULLY sent to me... i have no idea what western union is and such.

do other countries use paypal besides USA? should i let them know i ONLY accept paypal?

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when i first posted this auction some nigerian tried having me cancel my auction and send it to him immediately... while he sent me a totally fake paypal payment... which if i were a complete idiot, i woulda fell for it... but it was obvious and i checked my paypal acc and it didn't show up... only thru hotmail. i also forwarded it to ebay to have them check it out.

thats besides the point... my main concern is the first part.

 

[Chaotixxx]

Definitely sounds like a scam. Who the hell would buy for $255 if the reserve is $210? They might try to convince you to send the item first. Thats how most scammers accomplish it. Do not, under any circumstance send the item until you receive your payment in full.

 

[spesmilitis]

Maybe contact an ebay mod and see whats their opinion.

 

[Skel]

I sell a lot of stuff on ebay.

For future reference, when you post your auctions. Specify only someone with 10(or whatever number you like) positive feedbacks may bid on your item. Secondly never send the item until you have payment obviously. There are a lot of scammer on ebay and sometimes it can not be avoided.

Send the preson an email saying pay me by such and such date and if they dont, email the 2nd highest bidder and ask if he still would like to purchase the item for the price he bid on. If not contact ebay and they should refund you your listing fees because of the person who tried to scam you.

 

[Precursor]

Michele, your best method of payment is to use Ebay's paypal. They ensure you will not get scammed. It is a safe method, but do not send your product until you receive the payment via paypal.

You should read about it on their site. Also check their buyer history, which is self explanatory.

 

[Skel]

Michele, your best method of payment is to use Ebay's paypal. They ensure you will not get scammed. It is a safe method, but do not send your product until you receive the payment via paypal.

You should read about it on their site. Also check their buyer history, which is self explanatory.

This is true. I list my auctions and the first sentence is " I accept only paypal"

 

[Desdinova]

Nigerian scammers almost always use Western Union to transfer money. Other methods they use are Moneygram, fake websites, and even giving you a bank account to transfer money into.

It's definately a scam. Whatever you do, don't send him anything. If anything, get him to waste his time! It detracts from him scamming other people. I got one of these scammers to travel 250km to meet me at the airport in a different city. He spent almost a week there waiting for me to show up. Needless to say, I never showed up and he never got the $30,000 I told him I was bringing

 

[Serialized3]

Whatever you do, don't give your account number and sort code to George Agdgdgwngo...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8QRy-DD63yU

 

[otario]

Alpha Photonet building Apata

Name: Ayodele owen
Address: Alpha Photonet building Apata
State: Oyo
City: Ibadan
Country: Nigeria
Zip code: 23402
Number:+2348153003770

WARNING "MAFIA" , not sell them anything.
they stollen a camera photographic canon eos 50D 850€, sent me the paypal proving false as they had done in the transfer and it was all a lie and even threatened me and asked me to deposit more money in their account to send me the payment.