Classifieds Type: WTSell
Equipment Type: Other
Brand: Other
Short Description: Sellers - beware of this scam
Price (S$): 0
Condition of Item(s): 8
Detailed Description:
Dear All (especially anyone selling stuff on this forum),
Please be aware of the following scam!
I was recently contacted by email about an item I had listed for sale (1st clue this was a scam - the listing was from a long time ago). When I replied the item was sold, they asked if I had any other items for sale. I sent links to the items I was currently selling and they said they wanted to buy an item (2nd clue - wanted to buy without seeing photos, didn't have any questions and didn't want to negotiate on price).
All sounded suspicious but played along. They said they were in US at the moment and wanted me to ship it to someone in Malaysia (3rd clue!). Asked me to get shipping quote and agreed to buy without questioning price at all (4th clue!). Said they didn't have PayNow / PayLah but would send by bank transfer or PayPal (5th clue!).
Got an email today to say they have paid me by bank transfer, but nothing in my bank (how many more clues needed?!?). But in spam folder, an email from their 'bank' saying that they had sent me the money but I needed to provide them shipping confirmation before they released the funds to my account.
Couldn't be more obvious it's a scam! I will paste all the messages I was sent below for reference.
So sellers, maybe stating the obvious I know, but please don't send anything to anyone by post until you are completely sure that you have the money in your account for real.
Regards, James
@Mods - any chance of making this sticky please?
Name: James
Equipment Type: Other
Brand: Other
Short Description: Sellers - beware of this scam
Price (S$): 0
Condition of Item(s): 8
Detailed Description:
Dear All (especially anyone selling stuff on this forum),
Please be aware of the following scam!
I was recently contacted by email about an item I had listed for sale (1st clue this was a scam - the listing was from a long time ago). When I replied the item was sold, they asked if I had any other items for sale. I sent links to the items I was currently selling and they said they wanted to buy an item (2nd clue - wanted to buy without seeing photos, didn't have any questions and didn't want to negotiate on price).
All sounded suspicious but played along. They said they were in US at the moment and wanted me to ship it to someone in Malaysia (3rd clue!). Asked me to get shipping quote and agreed to buy without questioning price at all (4th clue!). Said they didn't have PayNow / PayLah but would send by bank transfer or PayPal (5th clue!).
Got an email today to say they have paid me by bank transfer, but nothing in my bank (how many more clues needed?!?). But in spam folder, an email from their 'bank' saying that they had sent me the money but I needed to provide them shipping confirmation before they released the funds to my account.
Couldn't be more obvious it's a scam! I will paste all the messages I was sent below for reference.
So sellers, maybe stating the obvious I know, but please don't send anything to anyone by post until you are completely sure that you have the money in your account for real.
Regards, James
@Mods - any chance of making this sticky please?
Name: James