A possible scam ?

Certainly a very common scam. Any item that I've ever listed on a local trading site (marktplaats) gets a couple of emails like that. Often they offer double the selling value, they're too lazy to even read.
 
the issue of email crooks from Nigeria is complex and not easily understood unless one witnesses the conditions in person. too lazy to read or never went to school to learn?

there are great, great people there living under very adverse conditions. sadly a very few have given the country a very bad reputation.
 
Quit being nice to this guy and tell him you know what he's doing...STOP being Politically Correct with creeps trying to rip you/us off...
STOP trying to defend your position and get him to defend his...put it back on him...
I don't care if you're not in your state and not I'm going to send it off to some country that's very well known for scams...I don't care when your fiance gets this gift...I'm not going to send it to her...

Don't question your feelings...they are there for a reason...don't communicate with this low-life and let him go to ebay and complain that you don't want to complete this transaction...and don't answer or send replies outside of ebay...

And if you're wrong then you can apologize later...
 
inside that rant is a good bit of advice. stop email contact now. it is probably too late but you are about to become a very popular guy if you have sent correspondence from your email address instead of EBAY.
 
DO NOT!!>.... repeat DO NOT!!!

DO NOT!!>.... repeat DO NOT!!!

Do not reply to this person in any way that reveals your real eMail address. Respond only through the eBay system. Be sure to check the box on any message that calls for a response that says:

Hide my email from this sender (there is a check box in front of it). That way your email address is kept from his access.

This is a fundamental safe method for ANY communications through the eBay system. Often scammers simply ask you a question in the hopes you will respond and overlook hiding your email address.

THIS IS A CLASSIC NIGERIAN SCAM aimed at getting information or money sent back from you.

Please report this to eBay Safe Harbor.

Everybody is correct in your ability to not complete the sale as it violates your terms and conditions.
 
I've got to say, it must be really rough for the handful of Nigerians that are legitimately trying to buy things over the internet from overseas (pretty obviously not this guy, though).
 
Hopefully you have already contacted eBay and paypal since this is a scam. Have them take care of it but do not ship..
 
In order for the Paypal guarantee to be enforced it must be both to a verified address and with signature required, fyi. I think this rules out many forms of international sale.

But OMG come on of course this is a scam.
 
I have received emails like this and they were not from the buyer, but somebody who faked the buyers' adress (quite easy).

Send the buyer an invoice and ask for payment with verified adress. See what happens, more likely than not you will be paid by another person.

Roland.
 
It's a total scam. I was at that situation before. The buyer sent me a false Paypal receipt of his payment. It's too good to be true but don't be fooled, they are all over the place.

cheers,
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Absolutely a scam. I have read about this type of scam before. Pretend not to be in a suspect location. Then on winning the item, ask the seller to ship it to a "sus" address. Personally I would run a mile - in fact 10 miles before having anything to do with anyone connected even remotely with Nigeria.
 
Tikkis said:
I am sorry, but I have to to concur with the opinion abowe. Among large number of people in Nigeria, scamming seems to be the preferred way of life ... Instead of honest work.

Tikkis
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What arrant nonsense!

Every country has its criminal elements, Nigeria is no different but it doesn't mean that for large numbers of the entire 150million population, prefer scamming to honest work.

You should indeed be sorry for making such a comment.

(Nevertheless, the OP's contact is clearly a scam.)
 
Austerby said:
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What arrant nonsense!

Every country has its criminal elements, Nigeria is no different but it doesn't mean that for large numbers of the entire 150million population, prefer scamming to honest work.

You should indeed be sorry for making such a comment.

(Nevertheless, the OP's contact is clearly a scam.)
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I think in the case of Nigeria, the country's government might not have done enough to curtail the practice, and unfortunately a few bad apples are responsible for the whole country being tarnished.

There are a few examples of people/groups trying to turn the tables on the scammers. Pretty funny.
 
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