Scammers Wading Thru Our Classifieds, Don't get swindled! Options

[lepetitmartien]

A few members have given us proofs that some scammers are trying to swindle people here. They usually contact sellers of items to propose them some serious material under false identities/nationalities.

The mechanism is this one: Mr Scam contacts you, want's to buy your stuff. He has some complicate story upon some money a guy must pay him for some time etc. The third guy will pay for your material and you should send the difference to the buyer.

I'm talking about a $700 transaction transforming into a $4000 one!

No need to tell in the end, you are short of $3300…

A news will be on MM very shortly, I have banned already a few avatars of these guys, if you fell something is fishy with a buyer/seller, be very cautious. Don't accept Western Union for exemple. A short list of do/don't will be available too.

In need ask me for counsel here.
These guys don't belong to our musical world

[johnnyboy]

I just got some scam email, english version of the one posted above

[traderdude]

Here is copy of one i have been getting the most first they the Fake buyer sends email to me
says they are paying thru paypal then i get this fake email from paypal saying is ok to ship
item LOL what a bunch of clowns these scammers are read on ......................

Hello Me,
Thanks for your reply.I will be making the payment through Paypal coz it's fast and secure.Also, i want you to include all the accessaries.Kindly inform me if you receive any payment notification from them concerning the payment.Thanks Andrea

properties of above email below:
eturn-path: <andreareinz4eva@yahoo.com>
Received: from viruswall2.brtc.net (unverified [192.168.106.3]) by brtc2k02.brtc.net
(Vircom SMTPRS 4.35.477.0) with ESMTP id <B0028290200@brtc2k02.brtc.net> for <traderdude@brtc.net>;
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:14:11 -0500
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X-Modus-Trusted: 192.168.106.3=YES
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Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:14:10 -0500
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andrea Onuogu <andreareinz4eva@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Dell Laptop Computer New Condition 30GB - $1200
To: me <traderdude@brtc.net>
In-Reply-To: <006001c6adc6$2962d2b0$d96b21d0@selfp5gubodp7n>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

copy of fake message from paypal below:
"Paypal Customercare" <pay_pal_paynotification@accountant.com>
*****PAYPAL PAYMENT APPROVED*****
Order Status: APPROVED
Auction Payments Order Available AVAILABLE
Payment Placed 07/22/2006
Order Status Order Available
Money Order Approved Order Confirmed
Billing Information:
Status: Processed successfully
Card Type MasterCard
Card Number 5***********5643
Exp. Date 9/2008
Name on Card ANDREA ONUOGU
Street Address 4,wild court
City, State, Zip osceola, PA, 16942
Country USA
Services Purchased:
ItemAmount $1200
Shipping Fee $ 150
Total Amount posted to card $ 1350
Item Unit 1 unit
Purchased Item Information Craigslist


Item description Dell Laptop Computer New Condition 30GB
Using Paypal for Auction Purchases

Seller Information Use to pay for on-line purchases, the companies / individuals you buy from never see your credit card number. This is an important security feature and certainly is better than having your credit card number transmitted all over the Internet. PayPal is secure, and they screen their merchant accounts very closely.
Name my name was here
Street address
City, State, Zip
Country U.S.A.
Phone Number
Email
****NOTE**** BELOW IS THE BUYER SHIPPING INFORMATION :
BUYER SHIPPING INFORMATION:
Name : Godwin Onuogu
Address : c/o Mr.Jonathan Jwaneri. Fan milk Plc.Eleyele Industrial layout.Ibadan,Oyo State.
Zip code : 23402
Country : Nigeria
BUYER SHIPPING OPTIONS :
YOU CAN USE ANY OF THIS COURRIER COMPANY'S FOR THE SHIPPING.
================================================================================
===

***ATTENTION***
The order has been APPROVED, you CAN NOW ship the merchandise to the buyer's shipping address. You are expected to make the shipment with 48 hours of recieving this Payment Approval Notification and get back to our Costumer/Technical Dept. with the tracking number for Shippment Verification.
***PLEASE NOTE***
The Money OrderSM will NOT be dispatched or get to your resident until the shipment has been verified. This measure is taken in order to protect both seller and buyer interests and to reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities.
****PLEASE NOTE***
Due to the fact that PAYPAL processes thousands of orders daily, paypal RECOMMENDS contacting the Customer Support Representative that has been assigned to this particular Order directly. This ensures speedy verification of shipment as well as prompt dispatch the Money OrderSM. Send shippment tracking details to pay_pal_paynotification@accountant.com.
*CUSTOMER SUPPORT*
If you have any questions, Please feel free to contact the Customer Support Representative that has been assigned to this particular Order at : pay_pal_paynotification@accountant.com.
The "official" PayPal corporate offices are at:

303 Bryant Street
Mountain View, California 94041
Thank you for using PAYPAL® We look forward to serving your online auction payment needs better in the future.


Sad I have been getting about 10 a day for the last week now just sad
wish someone would buy me a round trip ticket to nigeria because
i would sure like to go on a hunting trip to that blank of a country.