This report is a WARNING For Ebay sellers or buyers: I put my ipod photo on ebay in november; a few days into the auction, i received an email from a buyer claiming to be located in the hawaiian islands (on his ebay account he said he was from singapore);
He was offering me $200 to ship the item to ibadan, nigeria to his wife attending a conference at a university. Immediately it sounded sketchy because of the location, but i followed up on his request and asked him specifics.
Before i told him i was going to sell it to him, I was sent an order pending bill from 'bidpay' that said he sent me $270 ($70 for shipping). I told him that I wasn't going to sell it to him and for him to take his shipment back, but i then received an order approved bill (he sent the money) a few days later from western unions bank of $270.
When i sent an email back telling him to undo the payment, he refused, and i was sent an email from 'bidpay' saying that to settle this, i would have to send him 150 and i would still get my 270.
I was so confused at this point that I searched the web for previous fraud scams on items to nigeria, and found a site with alarmingly similar reports: http://www.joewein.De/sw/fraud-western-union-bidpay-ebay.htm
This website says that these buyers who want the item shipped to nigeria pose as bidpay in their emails, and the payments they make are completely fake.
I sent an email back to him saying that i was seeking higher authorities and he was a fraud, and I have not heard from him since. I came close to being a victim, but luckily never sent him any money. Do not ship your item to nigeria and give in to these scammers!
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