Don’t let your guard down, scams are still everywhere.
I recently posted my Sony DSC-T7 for sale on Amazon, hoping it will not be a scammers territory. Unfortunately I almost got scammed again, and they are much more sophisticated this time.
They first contacted me through Amazon. I have to admit my guard was down since the email address was clearly from Amazon.com. Below is the email:
Hello from Amazon.com.
A potential buyer has sent you the following message about an item you have for sale on Amazon.com, or about your store at Amazon.com. Please respond to the individual directly by replying to this e-mail. For your reference, the buyer’s e-mail address is percy2jenna@gmail.com.
Item: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7/B – Digital camera – 5.1 Mpix – optical zoom: 3 x – supported memory: MS Duo, MS PRO Duo – black [Electronics] [ASIN: B0009STEGY ]
Important Notice: Only ship to the address shown in your seller account. Do not honor buyer requests to ship orders to any address other than the one provided by Amazon.com. Do not accept any payment method other than Amazon Payments. Payment for the sale may be withheld if these guidelines are not followed.
————– Begin message ———————
seventyoneplace ,
I will like purchase your camera for my husband’s son for $230.00,kindly advise back the present condition.
Regards.
————– End message ————————
Notice: Amazon.com may retain copies of all forwarded e-mails, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of any messages forwarded to you.
Amazon.com will never e-mail you and ask you to disclose or verify your Amazon.com password, credit card, or banking account number. If you receive a suspicious e-mail with a link to update your account information, do not click on the link–instead report the e-mail to Amazon.com for investigation. Go to amazon.com/phish to find out more.
I replied to her with my personal email address, thinking this will actually lead to a successful sale. Through our email exchange, she indicated that she is buying the camera as a birthday gift for her boyfriend’s son and will like that to be shipped immediately so she can get it in a week. I subsequently received an email from what appears to be a standard Amazon email with her payment information and shipping address.
I was quite convinced by the email until I saw that she wants this shipped to Nigeria. I then went on the internet and search for Amazon scams and realized that a lot of people received the same type of email. Gmail usually hides the email address, but when I click on Show Details, the email address is actually not Amazon but this: amazon.customes@accountant.com. Nice try.
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Thanks for this report…I got an almost identical email about my camera (for sale at Amazon.com; the email came from amazon.customes@accountant.com). Interesting, too, that the woman is buying my camera for her husband’s birthday – IN NIGERIA.
Slick stuff. BEWARE!!
Piece of crap!! I JUST received the same scam… I was so happy that it was going to be sold, but the whole email conversation seemed fishy; if you’ve had previous scam experiences, you’ll start to notice all these scums write the same exact way. It’s just weird ‘Engrish’.
1. MAJOR sign that it was fake: I double checked to see if my auction was still listed and it was. 2. I checked the payment notification email address and it said “amazon.customes@accountant.com” 3. Seller states they’ll be glad to pay extra for shipping fees no matter how big it is.
This douche is probably the same scammer. He wants to have it sent to NIGERIA also stating to ship it immediately for his son’s birthday. Always a sign of a scammer if they need it shipped right away. Bastards!
I have it packaged and I was seriously going to the post office soon.
Same exact fake payment email.
I just received a second scammer and they used amazon.com-@accountant.com
Dispatch to: Micheal Adams
Delivery address: 3,Anuoluwapo Street,Off Market Street
City : Shomolu
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 23401
and the first scammer was amazon.customes@accountant.com:
Dispatch to: Wale Martins
Delivery address: 4 Rasaq Balogun Street,
City : Surulere
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 2341
If you have to ship it to NIGERIA, you know that’s a big giveaway. A huge warning sign.
I actually googled amazon.customes@accountant.com and came across this blog. That account should be deleted. I guess I would have to email abuse@accountant.com?
accountant.com is a child of mail.com. You should direct your fraud emails to abuse@mail.com
Good luck!
I had the scam get me. Is there anyway to get anything back?
These scumbags tried to scam me for a Nikon DSLR. Wanted it for “her husband’s b-day”, and needed it shipped fast. Yeah right. “Amazon” email came from: amazon_custome@accountant.com
Here is their info:
Dispatch to: Mide Lewis
Delivery address:140 Western Avenue Road,
City : Surulere
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 2341
Buyer Name:Ms Jackie Moonlight
Buyer e-mail:waylight11@gmail.com
I am currently being scammed by this person, or group of persons. I did not fall for it however.
Dispatch to: Mide Lewis
Delivery address:140 Western Avenue Road,
City : Surulere
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 2341
Buyer Name:Ms Christina Levy
Buyer e-mail:amyright00@gmail.com
e-mail Name: Amelia Rigwell
The latest e-mail reads:
“What is happening with the camera i purchased from you?kindly write back asap with the shipping information for confirmation.
Advise.”
Guys here is what to do if you are being scammed:
If PayPal payment offered – do not open the email – instead check your PayPal account – better still, speak to PayPal to make sure funds are paid to you definitely.
PayPal will never ask you to provide tracking numbers for orders (cause the scammers will send you a fake PayPal payment, asking you to give them a tracking number for already posted parcel before they ‘release’ the funds. Thats bulshit! These a fake paypal emails (they are being currently sent by a Pensylvanian IP address at zoominternet.net
Also, because they are asking for Royal Mail Signed For International delivery (the bastards are aware that once you post your parcel, its against Royal Mail policy to intercept the parcel. In this event – you go to your local police office immediately. You report the crime (print all your correspondence with headers and footers) and ask them to issue you with RIPA warrant, and speak to Royal Mail for you to hold package whilst this is being done.
You may have to pay a fee to get your package back.
Immediately report your communication with the scammer to the following website:
http://www.efccnigeria.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=35
Currently scammer is asking people to send him things to :
Tayo Adekunle
55 raza balogun street
surulere,lagos
23401
NG.
Its always a ‘birthday present’ and they always offer to overpay for postage.
I almost fell for this scam. I had my camera for sale on Amazon. I received an email from Amazon regarding the condition of the camera. I made the same mistake of replying to the email. Immediately I got another email stating that the person will make payment for the item via amazon asap and to ship it first thing the next morning via Usps Priority mail international 6-10days,so that the receiver can receive it by next Friday morning for his birthday. I was gullible enough to go until the post office. Thanks to the post master who warned me about these Nigerian scam (not that I was not aware. I just didn’t think it would happen on Amazon too). I immediately came back and verified the email address. It was Amazon.com Payments . Phew! What a close shave.
There must be some legal action taken against these con men.
ji
ive had it twice now but they must think im stupid lol!!
i dont fall for it because i check everyone i sell too to verify there legit now i got it for the second mobile ive sold on amazon
please be carefull not to fall into there traps i had this email from amazon after i contacted them…
There will be no buyer details in the “Sold Dispatch Now” email. There will be instructions telling you to go to your Seller Account and get the buyers details there.
As advised on the Seller Announcements Board, we have had a number of contacts from sellers stating they have received fake ‘Sold, Dispatch Now’ emails recently.
Please also note that Nigeria is not a country which is Payments enabled and sellers are not permitted to sell electronic items overseas. Therefore if you receive emails purporting to be from Amazon which request items be sent to Nigeria or electronic items be sent overseas you can be certain they did not originate from Amazon.co.uk and are not confirmatory of a genuine sale.
When you do get a “Sold Dispatch Now” email you should first check your seller account to see if it is a genuine sale.
First, under the heading “Manage Your Inventory” click on the link “View your current inventory”.
Here you will be able to see if your item has gone from open to closed listings.
Secondly, under the heading “Manage Your Orders” click on the link “View your orders” here you will be able to see the date of the order ,the order #, the link to contact the buyer and the status of the payment.
If you click on the order #, this will bring up the buyers name and address.
Finally, under the heading “Get Paid” click on the link “View your payments account”. If you search the transactions you will be able to see if the payment has completed.
I also got an e-mail saying a potential buyer had a question about my item. So I replied using my iPhone which will reply using a different e-mail address than the one listed with amazon. The next day, I recieved and e-mail to my iPhone saying to ship now. When I looked at my seller account, Item was still available for sale. Also, the seller was also from Nigera.
OMG! this has just happened to me and i realized instantly it was a spoof mail! thanks for the heads up, as i was also nearly done in! =D
anyway, kind regards for this post and also Happy new Year!
I have just had the exact same thing happen to me. Please let this be a warning to everyone! I posted my stereo for sale on http://www.gumtree.com and was delighted when I recieved an email from a buyer almost straight away. Exactly like everyone else I recieved an email from a person who was “interested in buying this item for my brother son who is presently in West Africa on a Research Tourist.” The address he wanted it sent to was “Name Busari O Basit, Address Block C Rabiatu Thompson Crescent, City Surulere, State Lagos
Zip code 23401.” He wanted it sent out immediately. Like a tool I sent him a paypal money request without checking the address online. Luckily I didn’t send the item and have since withdrawn the payment request. The second I typed City Surulere, State Lagos
Zip code 23401 into google this blog came up and I couldn’t believe it! Let this be a lesson to everyone to be so careful and never send items before recieveing payemnt! I also was asked to send it via Royal Mail home delivery.
same here and i even send out the good to UK then i call up bank and to confirm whether are there have any transfer to my account a not and they told me they don have any transfer to my account. So i already call up Fedex to hold my package and return back to malaysia. Thank God and i almost got cheated on that. Thanks for this post as well.
I am a Nigerian, like Dorothy in the wizard of Oz, was dumped in this site when I googled to find out my zip code – surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
I have a legit business and we are not all out to frisk you of your money. On the contrary, we do have online payments and merchant account systems. Sellers are also allowed to sell electronically overseas.
Guess how I feel when I get a virus on my computer? I guess I know where they come from these pple who have nothing to do but…..
Just pissed off. One anti-Nigerian site too many!!!
I sold last week a very expensive watch on eBay. I recieved a quick response from PayPal which confirmed they had recieved payment and was holding it in my pending paypal account as they needed the tracking number to be sent, which I unfortunately did.
I realised the next day that it was a scam when the money was not transferred into my paypal account. I sent copies of the emails to eBay who confirmed they were not from paypal.
The police have been extremely helpful and produced all the paperwork needed for royal mail to stop the parcel which is call a ‘ripa’. Unfortunately even though royal mail had the paperwork at Heathrow Intelligence department, and could stop it, it was sent last Friday.
I am absolutely devasted, royal mail have started an investigation as to why the parcel was sent and have enqired about stopping it at it’s destination…..NIGERIA!
Well it seems these people won’t stop I recently list my ps3 on Amazon and was contacted the exact same way. They sent an invoice from accountant.com. Be aware! If it’s authentic it will always be from “example”@amazon. com, key being the amazon.com.
I was searching for these scammers out of curiosity. The same thing happened to me also, and it seems to be that they mostly ask for cameras to be sent over to Nigeria.
I recieved an email from a potential buyer that seemed legitimate, so I replied saying the camera was available. I promptly recieved a ‘confirmation’ email that seemed equally legitimate (face value) but after seeing the address was to Nigeria, my scammer sense was tingling.
The email was from the address “payment-message@amazon.co.uk”
It was titled “Sold, dispatch now. Canon EOS 3000V 35mm SLR Camera (incl. EF 28-90mm f/4.0-5.6 II Lens Kit)”
The users details/ address are:
Invoice address:
Order placed by: Tracy Ajibola
Address Line 1: 8 Tarn Croft
Address Line 2:
Town / City : Eastfield
County: Northampton
Post Code: Nn32AN
Country: United Kingdom
Delivery address:
Dispatch to: Mr Olatunji J. Ajibola
Address Line 1: 4, funsho george street
Address Line 2:
Town / City : Agege
County: Lagos
Post Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Buyer’s Name: Mrs Tracy Ajibola
Buyer’s e-mail: tracy_tck90@yahoo.com
There were also all the other usual details included, like the packing slip details etc, and when to dispatch it.
Funnily enough, these packages also all seem to be asking to be sent to the Lagos province (with what I am assuming is the same post-code). I also recieved something else strange in the email, which nobody else has mentioned.
“Note: You should dispatch item not later than 2 working days and get back
to us with the shipment tracking reference number for verification of
shipment to aid funds authorised to your account. Also we shall not remove
item off sale not until you dispatch it and email us the tracking reference
number. Get back to :cus-05-ser :[cust-serv-05@consultant.com].
”
I decided to email the ‘cust-serv-05′ out of curiosity to see if they’d reply. I pretended to be unaware and sent the following email:
I recieved an order for a camera I put up for sale, it’s saying I need to email back with a tracking reference. What is this? I have never had to email this before.
Also – the order has not come up in my seller account so I cannot print the packing slip. I’m assuming it could be that it takes a day to go through but I’m not sure. Please get back to me.
After only a few minutes I recieved a reply!
It was titled “DISPATCH IMMEDIATELY”
Here’s the email:
Dear Deller,
Due to an international sale, you can not see the order history on your account, you need to dispatch item immediately and get back to us with the shipment tracking reference number to aid order history reflect and funds credited to your account.
You can find the shipment tracking reference number on the shipment receipt.
Warmest Regards,
Jaypee Verdaguer
http://www.amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk Seller Support
…First I wondered who ‘Deller’ was. But I think I get it, with all the spelling mistakes and bad english as mentioned before.
I had to laugh though, “Due to an international sale it will not come up in your seller account”. Of course. Amazon is slightly safer. My sister actually did get scammed, when she put a Nintendo DS up for sale on a website called Gumtree. Which you have to use paypal through.
The scammers basically faked the paypal site. They’d pretended to send half the money, and she sent the nintendo to Nigeria. Oh well.
Also – to the woman complaining that this is a Nigerian hating site. I do apologise for these particular scammers coming from your country.
I also got the same type of email, yes they keep doing it!
Shipping address:
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Ship to: Mr Oluwarotimi Daniel
Address Line 1: 7, george street new oko-oba
Address Line 2:
City: Agege
State/Province/Region: Lagos
Zip/Postal Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Buyer’s Name: Mrs Marie Daniel
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Purchased by:
Card holder’s Name: Mr Oluwarotimi Daniel
Address Line 1: 7, george street new oko-oba
Address Line 2:
City: Agege
Town / City : Lagos
Zip/Postal Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
I’ve just sold a mobile phone on Amazon.co.uk and it’s another Nigerian address. I’ve received the same e-mails as did Emily Danaher above. They’re very keen for me to send the package ASAP and my Royal Mail International Recorded Delivery.
They’re not going to get me. I’m cancelling the order.
Thanks for the heads up people.
**JUST HAPPENED TO ME! LUCKILY I REALIZED VERY QUICKLY IT WAS A SCAM TO GET MY DSLR CAMERA I JUST LISTED A FEW DAYS AGO…** HERE’S THE FIRST EMAIL:
from Angeli Webber
to
date Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:10 AM
subject Re: Canon XSi from amazon.com
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 1:10 AM (8 hours ago)
Thanks,i will make payment for the item via amazon asap,so kindly ship it first thing tomorrow morning [Friday]via Usps Express mail international 8days,so that he can receive it by next Friday morning for his birthday,i will cover the shipping charges.
Regards.
I WROTE BACK ABOUT THE CONDITION, NOT YET SUSPICIOUS, BUT THEN RECEIVED THIS EMAIL THIS MORNING:
Dear LWest3,
We like to inform you that Angeli Webber has made payment for your Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)[Electronics].please go through the payment invoice.
Thanks for your order Angeli Webber,
Purchasing Information:
PACKING SLIP:
Amazon.com Marketplace Item:Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)[Electronics].
Listing: 1
ASIN: B0012YA85A
Quantity: 1
Order # 104-8337994-7840207
Transaction # 81097851
Purchased on: 08.27.2009
Dispatched by: laurenwest3@gmail.com
Shipping estimate for these items: 2Days
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Order Summary:
Shipping Details: anwebbern@gmail.com
Dispatch to: Lola Evans
Delivery address:177 Funsho Williams Road,
City : Surulere
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 2341
Buyer Name:Ms Angeli Webber
Buyer e-mail:anwebbern@gmail.com
Postage & Handling: $58.85
Total Amount: ($635.00)
———-
Less Amazon.com Marketplace Fees:
($16.99)
Less VAT on Amazon.com Marketplace: ($1.99)
Additional shipping credit: $7.49
Total Due Seller: $682.36
Payment Method:
The seller requests to be paid via Amazon.
Thank you for the understanding.
After receiving this confirmation that the payment was received. Within 2 business days,
you are advised to send the tracking number for the product to the buyer.
Purchase Protection and Refund Information: anwebbern@gmail.com
Currently, this buyer has $3,220.74 deposit in amazon.com managed purchase protection account. Transactions with this amazon buyer are covered 100% in case of fraud and description errors.
You have 3 days after you shipped the item to receive your money in your account.
Refund requests are processed within 3 days.
For your safety,The buyer is unable to withdraw the money within this period of purchase till your account is creditted.
The buyer was informed about this transaction being started and is awaiting for the tracking # of his/her item.
Important Notice: The following order payment methods are not covered for reimbursement by the Amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee: wire transfer, money orders, check, cash, or credit card transactions that occur off Amazon.com. Only orders using Amazon Payments are supported.
Please note: This e-mail message was sent as a notification of payment concerning your business transaction with the above buyer. Please do not reply to this message. for more enquiry you can contact us via payment@amazon.com
Thanks again for selling with us.
**I AM NOW NOTICING SPELLING ERRORS, TOO! ANYWAY, SEEING NIGERIA WAS OBVIOUSLY A REG FLAG– I CHECKED MY ACCOUNT AND SAW THE CAMERA WAS NOT PURCHASED (I ALSO AM IN THE US AND WOULDN’T SHIP INTERNATIONALLY ANYWAY), CONTACTED AMAZON WHO CONFIRMED IT WAS A SCAM, AND HAVE RECEIVED THESE EMAILS FROM THE SCAMMER AS WELL:
from Angeli Webber
to
date Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:10 AM
subject Re: Canon XSi from amazon.com
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 1:10 AM (8 hours ago)
Thanks,i will make payment for the item via amazon asap,so kindly ship it first thing tomorrow morning [Friday]via Usps Express mail international 8days,so that he can receive it by next Friday morning for his birthday,i will cover the shipping charges.
Regards.
**I RECEIVED THAT BEFORE I CALLED AMAZON, AND I JUST RECEIVED THIS EMAIL: (I’M NOT REPLYING, BUT I DID DELETE MY LISTING– LET THEM THINK I SHIPPED IT! HA…)
from Angeli Webber
to
date Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:23 AM
subject Payment-Made
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 9:23 AM (37 minutes ago)
Goodday,i have made payment for the item so kindly ship out today and
advise back with the shipping tracking number for confirmation.
Regards.
I ALSO RECEIVED THIS INQUIRY FROM ANOTHER SCAMMER today!:
from Amazon Communication Center
reply-to nadianat56
to
cc “commmgr_seller@amazon.com”
date Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:24 AM
subject Order inquiry from Amazon customer nadianat56@yahoo.com
mailed-by bounces.amazon.com
signed-by amazon.com
hide details 7:24 AM (2 hours ago)
Hello from Amazon.com.
A potential buyer has sent you the following message about an item you have for sale on Amazon.com, or about your store at Amazon.com. Please respond to the individual directly by replying to this e-mail. For your reference, the buyer’s e-mail address is nadianat56@yahoo.com.
Item: Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black) [Electronics] [ASIN: B0012YA85A ]
Important Notice: Only ship to the address shown in your seller account. Do not honor buyer requests to ship orders to any address other than the one provided by Amazon.com. Do not accept any payment method other than Amazon Payments. Payment for the sale may be withheld if these guidelines are not followed.
————– Begin message ———————
can i order now?
————– End message ————————
Notice: Amazon.com may retain copies of all forwarded e-mails, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of any messages forwarded to you.
Amazon.com will never e-mail you and ask you to disclose or verify your Amazon.com password, credit card, or banking account number. If you receive a suspicious e-mail with a link to update your account information, do not click on the link–instead report the e-mail to Amazon.com for investigation. Go to amazon.com/phish to find out more.
**I’VE REMOVED MY LISTING– JUST DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS** BE AWARE!
I just received a similar series of emails, each sketchier than the previous.
I had gotten an email inquiring about the state of the iPod, and subsequently an email stating the “buyer” wanted to buy the iPod for someone’s birthday and needed it shipped ASAP so it would get there by Friday. Sketchy, right? And it seemed eerily similar to a few of the stories listed above. I then got a phony “invoice”, which I’ve pasted below.
Obviously, I did not fall for it, but it looked pretty legitimate until I checked my Amazon.com account and realized my product was still listed and no purchases had been made.
I may be young, but I’m not an idiot. Listen to your gut feeling! I also notified Amazon.com as well as the EFCC after this encounter.
Here’s a copy of the “invoice” that was sent to me. (Note, that the email is amazon.messags@accountant.com….i believe “messags” was a giveaway) I’ve added a few notes to the spots which made me suspicious.
From: Amazon.com Payments
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 6:16:53 AM
Subject: Sold-Ship Now”Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) NEWEST MODEL [Electronics]”
Greetings from amazon.com
Dear Bettina_S,
We like to inform you that Erica Major has made payment for your Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) NEWEST MODEL [Electronics].please go through the payment invoice.
Thanks for your order Erica Major,
Purchasing Information:
PACKING SLIP:
Amazon.com Marketplace Item:Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) NEWEST MODEL [Electronics].
Listing: 1
ASIN: B001FA1NZK
Quantity: 1
Order #: 103-1234392-0662630
Transaction #:81097851
Purchased on: 09.03.2009
Dispatched by: worldgirl34@yahoo.com
Shipping estimate for these items: 2Days
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Order Summary:
Shipping Details: ericcmajor@gmail.com
Dispatch to: Bod Dania
Delivery address: 03 Razaq Balogun Street,
City : Surulere
State : Lagos
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 2341
Buyer Name:Ms Erica Major
Buyer e-mail:ericcmajor@gmail.com
Postage & Handling: 43.85
Total Amount: ($200.00)
———-
Less Amazon.com Marketplace Fees:
($8.99)
Less VAT on Amazon.com Marketplace: ($1.99)
Additional shipping credit: $4.99
Total Due Seller: $237.86
Payment Method:
The seller requests to be paid via Amazon.
Thank you for the understanding.
After receiving this confirmation that the payment was received. Within 2 business days,
you are advised to send the tracking number for the product to the buyer.
Purchase Protection and Refund Information: ericcmajor@gmail.com
Currently, this buyer has $3,220.74 deposit in amazon.com managed purchase protection account. Transactions with this amazon buyer are covered 100% in case of fraud and description errors. <—-*I FOUND THIS PART TO BE SORT OF SKETCHY TOO*
You have 3 days after you shipped the item to receive your money in your account.
Refund requests are processed within 3 days.
For your safety,The buyer is unable to withdraw the money within this period of purchase till your account is creditted.
The buyer was informed about this transaction being started and is awaiting for the tracking # of his/her item. <—-*SUSPICIOUS*
Important Notice: The following order payment methods are not covered for reimbursement by the Amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee: wire transfer, money orders, check, cash, or credit card transactions that occur off Amazon.com. Only orders using Amazon Payments are supported. <——*"PAYMENTS" DOES NOT WORK WITH NIGERIA*
Please note: This e-mail message was sent as a notification of payment concerning your business transaction with the above buyer. Please do not reply to this message. for more enquiry you can contact us via payment@amazon.com
I almost got scammed as well.
And it seems that they are going for cameras.
They usually say it’s for a birthday so be careful.
I’ve just been a victim of a scam also on Amazon. I feel like such a fool as my gut instinct was telling me not to post the phone.
I can’t believe no one is doing anthing about this. Amazon refuse to take any responsiblity for this. I’d like to know how did the scammer get my personal email if not from Amazon??
I’m so angry as I really needed the money from the sale of that item.
I won’t be using Amazon again, that’s for sure.
Exactly the same here! I didn’t want to send a phone, then changed my mind and realized a few hours later it was a Scam. I feel like such an idiot now. I really needed the money too. Amazon should have given warnings about this as I didn’t know the set up that they used for a Sale.
The address always has the same postcode so alarm bells should also be ringing when they typed it into the Post office system!!!! I am so annoyed right now and I too want to know how the scammer got my email address from amazon !!
Is anyone getting fishy stuff like this from Craigs List? I think someone is trying the same thing with me, so I’m being very cautious. Will probably just not sell it — will insist on local, and cash only. He asked me to ship it to him, give him the total (cost of item plus shipping) and he’d send payment to paypal. I asked for zip code to see if I could get an estimate on shipping cost, and he gave me 23401. I found it is in Virginia, but also Nigeria. The guy also tends to type (speak) in broken english, so I’m being very, very cautious!
Don’t send anything to that address !! That is the one I got scammed on !!
Well, guess what?? It is a scam — got an email that went to my spam box and it was a phony payment to paypal from this guy — in Nigeria!
ADELEYE ADENIYI
71,Ibidun Street,
Off Ojuelegba Road
Surulere Lagos
Nigeria
23401
It asked me to send tracking number to show it was shipped and then my account would receive the money.
OK, with craig’s list — everything will be cash only and local! Another person wanted me to hold it for him for an extra $30 and he’d send me a money order for it and arrange for someone to pick it up. I told him that since someone would pick it up, I wanted cash, not a money order. Never heard from him. Soooooo, beware even when using Craig’s List!!!
I nearly got scammed with an almost identical email. I wanted to sell my Sony Ericsson C903 and then I received one of those bogus emails. It seemed genuine apart from the fact that it wanted shipping to Nigeria. I then noticed a few punctuation errors. When I went on my seller account on Amazon the item wasnt even indicated as being sold.
So I just emailed the scammers with a bit of abuse and they left me alone.