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Nigerian conmen strike again
Claire Goodchild made just about every mistake possible when she ‘sold’ her wedding dress on the internet.
Claire, aged 25, of Stocksbridge, said she was ‘so pleased’ after her dress was snapped up for £250 – a full £100 more than her asking price.
But then she said: “I received an email from Paypal to confirm payment. But it said the money would only be released into my account once the tracking reference had been sent.
“The payment was for £100 more than I had asked for but I then saw they wanted it shipping to Nigeria, which explained the extra amount.”
Claire packed up the dress, paid £103 shipping, and emailed the tracking reference to the ‘buyer’ – all before checking her Paypal account to see if the £250 had arrived.
It was then she was told by Paypal it was a scam. “No payment had been made and the email was not sent by them,” she said. “I phoned Parcel Force and they confirmed the parcel had not left yet but they were unable to do anything despite been told it was a fraudulent transaction.
“I then called the police who gave me a crime reference but basically said there was nothing they could do.
“I can’t believe no-one seems to want to help me and they are going to get away with this! I have basically been robbed.”
Rule number one when selling on the internet is to check the money has arrived before sending anything.
Royal Mail is required by law to deliver items that have been posted.
Nigeria is notorious for scams.
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citygirl
Monday, April 25, 2011 at 03:11 PMTo quote: “I can’t believe no-one seems to want to help me and they are going to get away with this! I have basically been robbed.” Also to quote: "Claire, aged 25, of Stocksbridge, said she was ‘so pleased’ after her dress was snapped up for £250 – a full £100 more than her asking price. NO Claire you were not robbed you just did not check the facts as you were as happy as larry to gain £100 from your sale. Sadly a hard lesson learnt by you. No consolation to you but doubt you are the first and you certainly will not be the last! If it is too good to be true it usually is a scam and needs checking very, very carefully.
Zap
Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 01:08 PMfancy sending something off before receiving the payment - asking for trouble
allanrgers
Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 03:00 PMYour mr reaper is probably Jack the "reaper" or Ripper otherwise why would such a racist bigot refer to people as apes. What about people calling him a pig as the result of his own skin colour and what he looks like? In any event what has ape or colour got to do with scam? Reaper or what ever so-called is simply another uneducated, nonentity.
Reaper
Friday, April 22, 2011 at 07:19 PMComment removed by moderator
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