Interesting scam on Amazon

[frksmth]

Got the following as a message through the Amazon messaging system lol!

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Dear seller,

We are hereby to inform you that your item Apple iPhone 6s 64 GB US Warranty Unlocked Cellphone - Retail Packaging (Space Gray) , Listed with us just sold now.Ship Now.

Payment and shipping cost via USPS have been recieved from the buyer on your behalf by us and additional $50 for the international shipping cost via USPS and the funds is here with us on our database ready to transferred into your account as soon as you get back to us with shipping tracking number kindly get the item ship and get back to us with the shipping tracking number for shipment verification in other for us to transfered your payment into your account.

Here is the shipping address details below :

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Shipping address:
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Ship to: Name : Ekwueme Emmanuel Chidi
Address Line 1: # 19,Irepodun Street,off ogundele, Oko,oba,Agege.
Lagos,23401.
Nigeria .
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Feel free to contact our Customer Care Service Department for any Question or Query.

Thanks for your Co-Operation
Warmest Regards
Amazon.com
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[muzzie]

That scammer really needs to improve his English skills.

[spindoctor]

If you don't try you don't get...

Seriously... Who falls for this crap?

[frksmth]

Originally Posted by spindoctor

Seriously... Who falls for this crap?

I was wondering the same thing. Who falls for this crap??

The same person(s) tried to get me to make the sale out side Amazon, through paypal. They asked me to send an invoice and that they would pay me on paypal. I decided to have some fun with that and did send the invoice (they only get my email, no biggie) and asked them to send me a picture of themselves holding an ID (matching the details on the account) and also send me scans of the ID and address proof in order to confirm that it is the account holder I'm dealing with.. Didn't hear back from them after that.

[IGNAS]

Maybe if he sends 100k emails -- somebody falls for this. : D

[rsot]

Originally Posted by IGNAS

Maybe if he sends 100k emails -- somebody falls for this. : D

Of course - all about the numbers...takes just a few to answer

[realdeals]

The icing on the cake would have been if his name was:

'Prince' Ekwueme Emmanuel Chidi

That would have made it even more legit.

[frksmth]

Follow up... The scammer sent this mail just now!!

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Dear seller,

Proceed with the shipment and get back to us with the shipment tracking number in other for us to transfer your payment into your account.


Thank you

Warmest regards

Amazon.com

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I feel like I should ship a brick to him...

[rsot]

This loser has no idea how Amazon even works...transfer your payment into your account pfft.

[SilentHill]

these guys are in nigeria most likely using some type of solar panel and a old windows 97 PC sending out 1000's of messages. Waiting for 1 dumb person to fall for this crap.

[slokor]

A prince would not be using a Win97 machine. Hes have at least a Vista running PC.

[rsot]

Vista is gold

[glacier922]

I got this same email in my other thread

[frksmth]

Glacier922, I just saw that.

So it looks like these 419 scams are making it to Amazon now. I knew them to be an eBay/ Paypal thing before.

These Nigerians are either making stealth accounts or hacking real accounts...

[123]

LOL now this is priceless

[frksmth]

This is the next message from the guy, today! He doesn't give up lol

------------- Begin message -------------
Dear seller,

Why you haven't get back to us with the shipping tracking number of the item sold by us, kindly get back to us with the shipping tracking number in other for us to transferred your payment into your account.

Get back to us as soon as possible.

Thank you
Warmest Regards
Amazon.com
------------- End message -------------

[MM78]

Originally Posted by frksmth

This is the next message from the guy, today! He doesn't give up lol

------------- Begin message -------------
Dear seller,

Why you haven't get back to us with the shipping tracking number of the item sold by us, kindly get back to us with the shipping tracking number in other for us to transferred your payment into your account.

Get back to us as soon as possible.

Thank you
Warmest Regards
Amazon.com
------------- End message -------------

I would totally be messing with them.......I love scammers.

[frksmth]

I sent him a tracking number: 1ZA001F00L15H4565
Got a "foolish" in there...

[Gamefreak]

the first time u should learn when selling on amazon or anywhere online for that matter... IF THE ITEM IS NOT IN YOUR UNSHIPPED ITEMS LIST ITS NOT LEGIT...

[Gamefreak]

Originally Posted by frksmth

This is the next message from the guy, today! He doesn't give up lol

------------- Begin message -------------
Dear seller,

Why you haven't get back to us with the shipping tracking number of the item sold by us, kindly get back to us with the shipping tracking number in other for us to transferred your payment into your account.

Get back to us as soon as possible.

Thank you
Warmest Regards
Amazon.com
------------- End message -------------

this thing is hard to read.... english is clearly not this scammers first language... plus I've communicated with amazon from over 6 accounts and never have i received a warmest regards.. its usually the name of the person that helps you or the department.

[MM78]

Originally Posted by Gamefreak

this thing is hard to read.... english is clearly not this scammers first language... plus I've communicated with amazon from over 6 accounts and never have i received a warmest regards.. its usually the name of the person that helps you or the department.

Maybe their changing their ways? maybe Amazon is trying to be kind and nice!

[rsot]

Where's the "God Bless" aspect of the message?