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Nigeiran Scammers Invading eBay
bmaupin | 1:54 AM on 06.17.2007 6 comments


I was attempting to unload some junk in exchange for dollar-monies, in particular an old cell phone and an MP3 player. I was delighted when someone bought the MP3 player right away, but suspicious when I found they had just joined eBay, with no feedback. My suspisious were full filled when she sent me this email:

[i]"Dear Seller,
I am Mrs Victoria Bergsma, i made buy it now option on your item place at ebay and i have been notified by them to contact u and also if u can get back to me as soon as possible,i will be very glad.I am on my business trip now, and i purchase the item to present it to my Daugther in Lagos Nigeria for her coming birthday that she about to do next week,So i will like u to get back to me as soon as possible then i want you to caculate the total amount of the item with the shipping cost to lagos Nigeria so that i will be able to send the payment to you and when u are notified of the payment u can be able to send the item to my Daugther immediately,in Lagos Nigeria and I will be sending you payment via PayPal,so kindly send me PAYPAL EMAIL ADDRESS so as to immedaitely make out your payment.Kindly reply to my email asap so that we can sort it and the item can get to my Daugther immediately before her birthday.Plz i want the item to be sihpped via (USPS-Emx Overnight Delivery) shipping to Nigeria am not worry about the shipping cost, HERE'S THE RECIEVER INFORMATION

Name,,,,GBENGA OLUSHOLA
STREET,,,,10 OREMEJI STREET OFF MEDICAL RD
CITY,,,,,IKEJA
STATE,,,,,LAGOS NIGERIA
ZIPCODE,,,,,23401
Tel:2348025664197[/i]

What a whore. I'm going to send her some rotting meat.

EDIT: Fixed da spellin'.



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Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
haha, wow. Sadly I'm sure some people are falling for it.
Reeper's Destructoid Blog
she posted the damn state name like 12 times. and how do you pronounce gbenga anyways?
Justice's Destructoid Blog
Nigerian*
s0lesurviv0r's Destructoid Blog
Makes me ashamed that my dad is nigerian, but then I remember I don't like my dad much anyway :P
s0lesurviv0r's Destructoid Blog
Another thing that's annoying is the phishing scams that used to swarm my inbox. I wonder what jackass managed to sell this email template to a thousand idiots who will buy into any get rich quick scheme. "Hey, there's something wrong with your ebay account, login at ww2.forkover.your.cash.paypal.biz"
SLiFE's Destructoid Blog
ZOMG
ALERT THE INTERNETS!


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