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please help about selling using paypal?
hello, this is my first time selling for paypal..im selling my mac-bookpro for $1000. I already got the payment and confirmation number. They are just waiting for the shipment to arrive in order to finish to make the money transaction..the guy who bought it is in california but the shipping adress is in nigeria..im a little bit scared..any advice?
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- KittysueLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
It's a scam. PayPal prohibits ALL transactions with Nigeria. You have NO protection from PayPal if you don't ship to the buyers VERIFIED address which can't be in Nigeria. And you didn't get money -- you got a fake email. If you go to PayPal.com you'll see NO transaction or money. Forward that email to spoof@paypal.com and change your PayPal address ASAP if it's not too late. In addition to stealing your laptop, these Nigerian scammers use password hacking software to access your PayPal account and max it out
This article from 2008 explains how the scam works but it continues because people keep falling for it http://consumerist.com/2008/10/30/how-a-nigerian-s...
When selling a laptop, it's CASH only in person or you will always get scammed. PayPal will either be a fake email, from a hacked account or they claim it arrived broken and PayPal refunds them. Checks and money orders will be fake
- 7 years ago
I wouldn't send it unless it's going to an Ebay shipping center,and don't count on getting the money.
- Anonymous7 years ago
LOL YOU LOST YOUR MONEY BRO.