From lawsuits to fake mistake by ebay post.
These are real scam emails sent to me while in auction
hello seller
i just want to inform you that i have made the payment for your ebay item won by me has been made after i made the correction of error in cancellation of some item i bidded in my account. i know that it may or might not affected your item but never the less i need to contacted you about it. they also said is was due to some error i dont know, but they are going notify you about it because they told me that they will contacted all the people am transacting with about the cancellation because their product was remove from my account and that this was the reason why i can not make the payment then but now they have solve the problem so i have sent the payment via ebay to your account and i want you to know that am so sorry for not be able to make the payment immediately after i won the auction. i will like the item to be posted out to the address given to you by paypal also i have added some money to that of the shipment in other to cover some
of your expenses and since you said you are not shipping abroad.the money will cover all your expenses
Thanks
to confirm the address I WANT THE ITEM SHIPPED TO
Abiodun O
22 Anfani Road
Ring Road
Ibadan
Oyo State, 23402
Nigeria.
West Africa.
Telephone: +2348033356759
SO GET IT SHIPED OUT TO THIS ADDRES ABOVE
THANKS
New email below
Dear PayPal Customer,
One of the benefits of using PayPal is that we make every effort to alert you to potentially problematic transactions. Our goal is to help you make sound business decisions.
A review of recent transactions indicates that you entered into bidding agreement with Paul Braunegg with eBay id (pitates65) by requesting money through PayPal, which shows that the PayPal account holder have authorized the payment you received.
We would like to learn more about this transaction. It is important we know the status of the item bought concerning the information we requested from you, otherwise, legal action may be taken against you since you have not replied to the confirmation of payment made to your account by Paul Braunegg over time.
However the buyer has already contacted us in other to make report about your non response.We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence on our users. We use proprietary technology - and constantly innovation - to help ensure every transactions are safe.
We strongly advise that you to ship the item and send the Scanned Receipt and the Tracking Number to prove postage of the item in less than 24hours so that we can fund the money into your account or face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.
We have placed a temporary hold on the funds until the verification is
complete.
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Transaction Details
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Buyer's eBay ID: pitates65
Case Number: PP-304-718-247
Buyer's Name: Paul Braunegg
Buyer's Email:
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Sincerely,
PayPal Fraud Team
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PayPal Email ID PP943
Look at this Ebay Wants me to Relist so the scammer can buy the item!!!!Fake
Dear eBay Valued Customer,
We are pleased to inform about the reinstatement of your canceled listing. We apologies for the cancellation of your eBay listing, it was an Error 907 on the eBay Data Base. With the help of The eBay Account Theft Team we have been able to confirmed that Paul Braunegg with eBay id (pitates65) is the truly owner of the account and the bidder of the item.
Unfortunately, we are unable to restore your listing on our website right now, in other not to inconvenient you to relist your item, we urge you to complete the transaction with Paul Braunegg. And for the feed back rating, as soon as we restore the buyer's account and privilege, you will be able to view your transaction online and you will be able to leave and receive feedback rating on this particular item as we are monitoring the transaction through PayPal.
We have been notified by PayPal Authority that payment have been initiated on this transaction and the fund, which is not yet in your possession have been deducted from the Buyer's account will be credited to your account as soon as they have confirmed the shipment of the item. You can now go ahead with the shipment of the item so as to be able to receive the funds in your account.
Thank you for using eBay and we look forward to many more successful transactions!
Sincerely,
Scott Shipman
Counsel -- Global Privacy Practices
eBay & PayPal Inc.
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