how do ebay nigerian scams work?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by killafawk, Aug 7, 2007.

  1. #1
    basically i sold a laptop thats worth probably 400-500$ and of course some nigerian A-hole comes in at the last few mins and bids 1,009$ and nobody else bids after that.

    so basically i lose time on the end of my auction and the latest legit post i can think of is only for 260$ which i don't mind sending it for but i could of easily got 300-350$ for it.

    but this is a weird nigerian ebay account, he is registered with ebay for 5 years (most of the time they arn't) he had 9 feed back all positive. Is this guy legit?

    if not can i still receive money from him through paypal and since hes a scammer what will happen with that money?
     
    killafawk, Aug 7, 2007 IP
  2. killafawk

    killafawk Active Member

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    Actually i don't care don't even respond im so pissed right now I swear ebay needs to ban Nigera the country off ebay or we need to drop a bomb on them.

    If your nigerian and your a scammer give me your address so i can personally fly down and kick the shit out of you.

    if your a nigerian and you know a scammer give me your address so i can personally fly down and kick the shit out of you and piss on.

    If your the nigerian president i will personally give you 100$ so you can start your own shoe factory and put all theses degens in the factory and off the damn internet.
     
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    eXe Notable Member

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    Might be a stolen account. Check the feedback to see when those 9 ratings were received.
     
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    pifko Active Member

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    you know you can ban people from bidding in nigeria, its really simple to do

    alll you have to do is check the box taht says "do not allow bidders who live in countries i do not ship to", so like if you only ship to us and canada people in nigeria wont be able to bid
     
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    NAS125 Active Member

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    Lol, im curious. What made you tick?
     
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    killafawk Active Member

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    yeah i had that clicked and it still let them bid.
     
    killafawk, Aug 9, 2007 IP
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    Correctus Straight Edge

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    I don't know much about eBay, but cant you cancel it off at this moment if their money doesn't arrive? and if it does, make sure you make the money safe by telling them to do a chargeback and then cancelling it.

    Then... you could just ship it wherever they want to.

    IT
     
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    killafawk Active Member

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    ok so i make auction 1.... 3 days....gets down to 1 hour....buyout was set at 350$ some nigerian tard comes and buys it now and tells me to send it to nigeria i laugh at him and leave it at that.

    auction 2... i put the auction back up without a buy it now...it goes on...last hour another nigerian idiot who stole account bid 999$ then another nigerian idiot who was trying to steal it from the other dumbo bid 1,099$ basically it went to hell and it end up selling for 2,500$ ebay tells me there are supsicious bidders...NO WAI?! REALLY?

    they basically close the auction compeletly and tell me were sorry but you have to relist it... i got pissed...and so my new goal in life is to save enough money to buy a giant water balloon the size of nigeria and piss in it all my life and on my death bed i want it dropped over nigeria.
     
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    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    This does not work for stolen or hacked paypal accounts.Paypal willl reverse amount if the orignal owner of the PP account register a complain.
     
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    Get 'er done.
    I have a problem with the Asians. If you look up my username, Im not going to announce it here, there are about 3 accounts with a alternet last letter bsed in China. Mine ends in D and there are 3 with F E and L. They make fake transactions and build reputation then they trick people into it being me. As well, one hacked my account and bid on, lord knows it, a laptop. I got over 50emails with questions I never asked being answered.

    Don't get me wrong, I can buy anything at the stores, but Ebay has some of the most amazing things that I can not find anywhere. I use it to buy clothes only sold in the states, electronics at rediculously marked down prices and with probably 115 different sellers and 150 transactions I have had 3 issues. Ebay is great but a minority of people living in their mom's basement with nothing to do who screw people over their most precious items such as ID and money can seriously go to hell since they ruin Ebay and put such a horrible name on it.

    Good night :)
     
    NAS125, Aug 10, 2007 IP