This is just to warn those of you that occasionally or frequently sell on ebay.

I sold a mobile phone to somebody on the weekend on ebay. The buyer then contacted me and requested that I send the phone to Nigeria even though I had stated I would only ship to the US. I replied back saying that I would ship to the buyer's US address I had received from ebay. The buyer replied with the following message:

hello there,
thanks for your reply, i want you to help me out becos am not in Atlanta now, am in Malysia for conference that why am paying you 100$ for shipment so kindly hepl me i promise you thst you will never regect this transaction..........get back to me asap...........thanks
kevin rowland


I checked the US address of the buyer and the address did not exist so I reported this to ebay on Sunday, but never received any reply.

Today I received the following 2 emails. The first one from the "buyer":

hello there,
i just want to let you know that the payment have been made and the money have been
deducted from my account so pls kindly get the item shipped to the address
below..............

AKINBOLA AKINWALE OLU
SW9/608,UPPER RAILWAY LINE,OFF LEBANON CLUB ROAD
OJU-IRIN,ODO-ONA,
IBADAN
OYO-STATE
NIGERIA
23402

i will want you to send me the tracking number for the item shipped so that i can truly know whelther the item is truly sent.......pls get back to me asap....thanks
kevin rowland

The second email from "paypal":

Dear "my name inserted here",
This message is originated from paypal company.We have received an order from our clients kevin_rowland01@yahoo.co.uk regarding the payment made to your paypal account
The payment has been successfully made but due to security reason we have to receive the shipment tracking number before the next 24 hours for the processing of your order.
This a new measure we are taking to protect both our sellers and buyers against fraudulent customers.
Once you have shipped the item send us the shipment tracking number for verification after the number has verify your account will be credited instantly.
This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account untill the shipment reference/tracking number is sent to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail ::customerscontact@consultant.com


**PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified and the tracking number sent to us, You will receive a "CONFIRMATION Email" from PayPal® informing you that the Money has been credited.
Note: eBay and Paypal will be responsilbe for the item loss or damage once we recieve the tracking number
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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I googled the address Sw9/608, Upper Railway Line
and found this post. They are still doing it!
Thank you for your input. Except for the name of buyer
and ship to name everything else was the same.

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