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Just received a text message to my kijiji ad. (in a dinky little Ontario, Canada town - who knew?!)
"Alright I have no problem with the price and i will like to know the present condition of the item because am getting it for my Friend, cause this is my first time of doing something like this, i would like you to understand that am currently out of the country for a business trip and i would be very happy if you can help me ship it to my Friend i will pay you extra $150 for the shipping cost to my Friend. THANKS"
Who buys a wedding dress sight unseen for a friend? Thank you all for the warnings.
Says they will buy the item and will pay extra to cover charges by his shipping agent.
Says he will PayPal the funds and instruct you to send the extra money via wire transfer or pre-paid card to the agent.
He then sends you a fake PayPal deposit notice email, spoofing the official PayPal notice, that says the money has been put into your account.
You, thinking PayPal has your money, go ahead with the wire/prepaid transfer to the shipping agent, who is really the scammer.
After that, you then find out there was no money transferred to PayPal and are out the money your wired.