I have read about Nigerian Ebay scammers in reviews and guides but never thought it would affect me. Then I listed 2 Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The winning bidder had a feedback score of 0 and his ID was private, worse still he won both phones. I received a fake Paypal payment email into my inbox. These payments are fairly easy to spot: 1: The subject title of the email will tell you that YOU have won the item which you were selling. 2: The 'buyer' will include a message saying something like 'this is for my mothers birthday in Nigeria who needs it desperately' (you get the picture). This particular guy sent me this email for both items, and I'm pretty sure his mother didn't need two phones!!3: You will receive a fake Paypal payment (as well as the individuals email) fromwww paypal/uk/us.com. This is NOT an official Paypal payment. Check your Paypal account to verify this. (NOTE: there is a dot between www and paypal in this address but Ebay won't let me put it on - only links to Ebay pages!!)4: The 'buyer' will tell you that the payment will be credited to your account when he has received confirmation of posting. DON'T POST!!! You will lose the item and receive no money.5: The 'buyer' will tell you that he has included a huge postage/packing fee (mine was
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