I also was offered to ship out an item (iMac on Kijiji) and request the money from this address (I didn't get to the point actually requesting the money in Paypal. When I asked for a shipment address I was given an address in Nigeria. Needless to say (and sorry to all the nice Nigerians who don't runs scams) I made what I consider to be a safe assumption and our business quickly ended. WATCH OUT FOR THIS SCAM!
The address I was given was:
John Powel
11 Lijikoyejo Street, ijeshatedo
Surulere, Lagos
Zip 23401
Nigeria
Has been texting me to buy something from me off CL. This person is 1,350 miles from my CL ad, wants me to do a "Payment Request" through PayPal, yet when I put in the email they gave me [email protected] PayPal said they don't have account. Hmm...
I also was offered to ship out an item (iMac on Kijiji) and request the money from this address (I didn't get to the point actually requesting the money in Paypal. When I asked for a shipment address I was given an address in Nigeria. Needless to say (and sorry to all the nice Nigerians who don't runs scams) I made what I consider to be a safe assumption and our business quickly ended. WATCH OUT FOR THIS SCAM!
The address I was given was:
John Powel
11 Lijikoyejo Street, ijeshatedo
Surulere, Lagos
Zip 23401
Nigeria
2 explanations of how the paypal scam works.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-880-2038
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/07/18/micha ... -for-my-family/