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Little background first.

I'm selling my PS3. I posted an ad in/on a Belgian online thing.

I got a message from someone whom is interested and pays € 100 more than my asking price. Turns out that he wants me to ship it to Nigeria using post Express. He wants to give the PS3 as a birthday present to his son.

Somehow I don't trust it. I asked his name and address and he gave it. He says his name is Thompson Smith.

Is there a question, well I don't know what to do. I want to give him my bank details, so he can deposite the money but .... well ... mmmmm .... :nervous:
I have done this before, sell an item online and it went well. But this time, my gut feeling says not to trust it. It is tempting though, getting rid off my PS3 that quick.




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kikie
Little background first.

I'm selling my PS3. I posted an ad in/on a Belgian online thing.

I got a message from someone whom is interested and pays € 100 more than my asking price. Turns out that he wants me to ship it to Nigeria using post Express. He wants to give the PS3 as a birthday present to his son.

Somehow I don't trust it. I asked his name and address and he gave it. He says his name is Thompson Smith.

Is there a question, well I don't know what to do. I want to give him my bank details, so he can deposite the money but .... well ... mmmmm .... :nervous:
I have done this before, sell an item online and it went well. But this time, my gut feeling says not to trust it. It is tempting though, getting rid off my PS3 that quick.




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Is Thompson even a real first name? And why would you want to sell a PS3?!
 
He has at least 3 of them... :D



kikie - Don't you have Paypal?

As far as giving account numbers and/or details, no way.

Ask yourself: why is he willing to pay more money than you're asking? Surely he could get it far cheaper from his own country or a neighbour country.

Don't do what Johnny Don't does. ;)
 
@kikie: That can't really be a serious question, can it? Give someone your bank details?!!??!!? Just send him your checkbook and all your credit cards in the box with the PS3, save him the time of actually robbing you.
 
Beerz
kikie - Don't you have Paypal?
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Nope.

As far as giving account numbers and/or details, no way.
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I have to give hime my IBAN number if I want to sell the PS3.

Ask yourself: why is he willing to pay more money than you're asking?
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Because he wants/has to pay for the transport charges.

wfooshee
That can't really be a serious question, can it?
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Uh, yes. :guilty:
 
Tell him to get Paypal (and you too, it's so easy) or send the payment through Western Union or something similar.

Just don't give him any bank details only because you think you'll "never" sell the PS3, unless you sell it to this guy.
 
Beerz
Tell him to get Paypal (and you too, it's so easy) or send the payment through Western Union or something similar.
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Or a better idea: Don’t talk to him at all anymore. The probability of this being a scam is damn near 100%.
 
Tell him you're in the CIA and that you have been tracking his activities.

Don't actually do it
 
kikie
Little background first.

I'm selling my PS3. I posted an ad in/on a Belgian online thing.

I got a message from someone whom is interested and pays € 100 more than my asking price. Turns out that he wants me to ship it to Nigeria using post Express. He wants to give the PS3 as a birthday present to his son.

Somehow I don't trust it. I asked his name and address and he gave it. He says his name is Thompson Smith.

Is there a question, well I don't know what to do. I want to give him my bank details, so he can deposite the money but .... well ... mmmmm .... :nervous:
I have done this before, sell an item online and it went well. But this time, my gut feeling says not to trust it. It is tempting though, getting rid off my PS3 that quick.




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It's a simple scam.

He transfers too much money to your account, so you re-imberse him the extra, then he cancels the orginal over-paid deposit into your account.

Voila.
 
Sage
The probability of this being a scam is over 9000%.
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Fixed for accuracy.

But seriously. No offense if you haven't heard of them before, kikie, but scams like this are well-known around the internet. The fact that the guy lives in Nigeria (or at least claims to) and wants your bank details are 100% positive giveaways. Do not give him any of your information.

It's a good thing you asked about it first. 👍
 
I am refering to the first question in this thread, what kind of burger would this be? There might be some language.
 
Um, it says McDonald’s in the video’s description. ;)
 
kikie
Little background first.

I'm selling my PS3. I posted an ad in/on a Belgian online thing.

I got a message from someone whom is interested and pays € 100 more than my asking price. Turns out that he wants me to ship it to Nigeria using post Express. He wants to give the PS3 as a birthday present to his son.

Somehow I don't trust it. I asked his name and address and he gave it. He says his name is Thompson Smith.

Is there a question, well I don't know what to do. I want to give him my bank details, so he can deposite the money but .... well ... mmmmm .... :nervous:
I have done this before, sell an item online and it went well. But this time, my gut feeling says not to trust it. It is tempting though, getting rid off my PS3 that quick.




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Dont sell it to him,sell it to me.
 
So I got really sunburned today, what is the best way to treat it? I took some ibuprofen and put some aloe on the burn areas of skin, but is there any other remedies anyone suggests?
 
Wait 6 days. Once the itching and peeling stops, you'll be fine.

There's nothing else you can do.

Well, you could go back in time and tell yourself to use some SPF 50. . . .

We Floridians see a lot of sunburned Yankees! Aloe is not a bad thing, but it's temporary, and the burn still hurts. Mom made us rub vinegar once when we first moved down here. I'd rather burn than smell like that, though. I don't recall if it helped, it was 40 years ago. The database for that era has crashed.
 
Wolfe
Fixed for accuracy.

But seriously. No offense if you haven't heard of them before, kikie, but scams like this are well-known around the internet. The fact that the guy lives in Nigeria (or at least claims to) and wants your bank details are 100% positive giveaways. Do not give him any of your information.

It's a good thing you asked about it first. 👍
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Yep, that's why I said that I don't trust it. And the fact that he claims to be from Nigeria gave me the feeling that he/she's trying to scam me. That is also why I asked for his name and address and the internet link for post Express. I was testing him/her.

I wanted to be sure that is why I asked it here.

Thanks for the help! I'm definitely NOT going to sell (?) it to him/her.

I can't let I go, I have to send him/her an email that I'm not going to sell it to him/her and that I will report him/her to the Belgian (internet) police if he pursues this matter.
 
Stig.
I am refering to the first question in this thread, what kind of burger would this be? There might be some language.
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To think IN and out would have larger burgers than Mcdonalds.
 
Joey D
So I got really sunburned today, what is the best way to treat it? I took some ibuprofen and put some aloe on the burn areas of skin, but is there any other remedies anyone suggests?
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What I did is whenever I got sunburned, I'd ignore it even when it was hurting really bad. That's why now all that happens is I get red. Not much pain at all.👍
 
I can typically ignore it when it's on my arms or back, but this is on my face. I guess I'll just live with it, it's not that bad this morning though.
 
Beerz
Tell him to get Paypal (and you too, it's so easy) or send the payment through Western Union or something similar.

Just don't give him any bank details only because you think you'll "never" sell the PS3, unless you sell it to this guy.
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Even paypal can be risky.

My brother sold his phone on ebay, the person who bought it was from Nigeria. He was then sent an e-mail from 'paypal' to confrim payment so he would send the phone off. It wasn't acctually an e-mail from paypal, just a clever imitation e-mail, my brother spotted it was a fake e-mail and non of the links worked either. Unfortuately he had already bought the postage to nigeria so we sent them a bunch of stones with a message saying 'Your going to have to try harder than that mate'. Also we reported them but I don't know if any action was taken over it.

Too Kikie:
I always treat such sales with great care, without trying to sound racist I always suspect buyers from Nigeria because of the reputation for internet related scams. If you are selling a PS3 try to verify the person who you sell it too is trustworthy (I realise its hard to veryify over the internet). If somone is eager to pay way over the asking price you have to ask yourself why.
 
That's what I told him! :rolleyes:

And according to what you just said, Paypal is safe. Fake e-mails can be sent to resemble just about anything, everyone just needs to have their eyes peeled. 👍

I have accounts in 3 different banks, and usually receive messages from them. Or at least most of them appear to be from them. So what I usually do is check the sender to see if it matches the actual bank mailing service.
They usually do, but sometimes they're fraudulent (sp?) e-mails, and I report every single one of them to the banks themselves and to the people directly in charge of investigating this kind of crime in Portugal.
(usually I personally talk to the guys actually investigating, as I know some of them personally due to my line of work, which makes things go smoother :sly:)
 
It not really that hard to spot a fake pay pal message. I get about 10 of them at work a week and about 30 eBay ones.
 
All this talk about internet scam and fraud really makes me think not to buy/receive anything on the internet.... :sick: Well, lucky you didn't sell that PS3 kikie. But I'm just wondering why all these scams comes from Nigeria? Is it really a community there who did all this? Or because all of these weren't even done by humans? (which really sets a pattern if you noticed) I mean, can't you just sell it to your friend or at some local store near your place? But by all means, not to say not to trust eBay or anything, but the risk of getting scammed is just higher.... :scared:

Anyways, just wanted to ask. What is the best way to cure a cold? I had a cold yesterday and my nose always gets drippy. Tried eating clerenase, but still it doesn't work. If I don't feel better by tomorrow, I will go see the doctor (which I should have done earlier... :banghead:) So anyways, I just want to know what herbal remedies or whatever you usually do to stop your nose from running so next time I don't have to suffer and blow my nose every time and finish 2 boxes of tissues in an instant..... :eek:
 
I just ingest a lot of vitamin c when I have a cold, it helps your immune system but it won't cure a cold. I don't think there is a sure fire way to cure a cold, only help the systems and speed up the curing process.
 
No point in going to the doctor about a cold, Muzaffar. They can't do anything about it. Let your body deal with it, as Joey said they don't have cures for Colds, each one is different to the last (iirc).

Be a man about it, it's only a cold. It will last 3-4 days.
 
If you go to the doctor, a cold will last 7 days. If you tough it out it'll only last a week.

Save your money.
 
Joey D
So I got really sunburned today, what is the best way to treat it? I took some ibuprofen and put some aloe on the burn areas of skin, but is there any other remedies anyone suggests?
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Cold, cold showers really help. Ice will extremely aggravate the problem.
 
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