receiving payment - not untill i transfer money to western union?

[tkrogala]

Hi I have a customer for motorcross from Ireland and I live in Poland. It seems as if he used google translate to send me emails, and I find this situation very shady. He said he transferred the total sum to my paypal account - and I did receive a notification regarding it. However, its not in my account - the instructions say that to have the full amount transferred, I first need to transfer a sum of money visa western union to pay for his courier ( he sent extra cash for that) I received emails from paypal saying that the transaction is secure, and I need to give them a confirmation of payment (western union MTCN) before they release the funds to my account. I've been sent the information where to send the cash to, and its a guy somewhere in America, seems very shady. Please advise. Thank you

[kernowlass]

THIS IS A SCAM.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't.

It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.

They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

If the item is large they will tell you that you have to send a payment to the courier via western union or moneygram (in that scenario they don't want your item............the scam is that western union payment).

  
They threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Most scams originate from Nigeria.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

[alley29]

i've been receiving similar emails. does this address ring any bells for anyone??                                                                                       NAME - Adeleke Alui B.                                                                                                                                                                                               ADDRESS - 45 Taiwo road

CITY - Ilorin

STATE - Kwara

ZIP CODE - 240241

COUNTRY - Nigeria

Buyers name is Cheng Sui

[petarpirev]

DONT, i had similar situation just minutes ago, thanks to this forum i canceled the transaction on time ....

I was contacted by "MAry George" and had to transfer money via WU to ALAN RICHARDS in NIGERIA >.... JUST DONT.

[IanUrch]

I've just had a very similar set-up this week:

I listed a motorbike for sale & got an interested buyer, Joanna Copper from Dublin, Eire, who said she was an off-shore engineer buying a bike for her son. Didn't haggle much over price & then the "issue" about paying for a courier to take the bike from Scotland to Ireland, needing Western Union fee paid first & she didn't bring her bank card with her when she left Ireland...

Off-shore? Well, it smelt fishy!

I Googled the name & found numerous reports of this scam. "Joanna" is an off-shore engineer & buys caravans & all kind of motor vehicles for her son. The courier company has it's Head Office in China & she is in a fix to pay the fee. She will send you extra through Paypal, if you send the courier's fee via Western Union. Then you receive two email receipts allegedly from Paypal, to say the money is waiting in your account.

One time, though, she was a deaf, wheelchair bound woman buying a wedding dress. Wow! Off-shore engineering really IS equal opportunities employment!

I told "her", sorry for your troubles, better buy another bike for your son when you get home on leave. Total time waste though.

[kernowlass]

One time, though, she was a deaf, wheelchair bound woman buying a wedding dress. Wow! Off-shore engineering really IS equal opportunities employment!

  Like it  !!

[bushbaby1]

I've just had a woman wanting to buy my car through paypal.  She is deaf and wheelchair bound, she said she had paid for the car and couldnt pay shipping fees.  So added them to the money.. Logged into paypal account and no money.  Got intouch with paypal to find no money pending and none in my account.  There never was, basically this buyer was trying to get the western union money fee when there was no money in the account,  Total rip off be very careful with these people.  Im lucky i rung up paypal just before i made the payment to find out it was fake.  Had another email off another bloke who wanted to buy car over paypal without seeing it first, he was a marine engineer.  Names are Hannah Bella and Sidney Shaw.  Just be careful.

[colgard23]

Just had the same scam, a chap called 'William James ' an off shore oceanographer wanted to buy my art work. He was very keen to purchase it but would need me to pay the Western Union fee and only then would the payment into my PayPal account go ahead. For awhile it became quite elaborate even an email from PayPal but on closer inspection of the email address I could see it was misspelt (PayPaal. Accounts......) at the moment I have an 'Agent ' trying to encourage me to fill forms to release the funds into my account. I'm so glad I looked on this forum which proved my suspicions.

[colgard23]

The following is an email sent from the scammer to myself,; I'm sure they'll use it again so please read. It's all a scam, right down to the small print. You've got new funds! PayPal. Safe. Simple. Smart.Use your debit card, credit card or bank account without revealing your number. Speed through checkout. There's no need to enter your address details. Send funds to family and friends for free.Safeguard your accountKeep your PayPal password a secret. Never share it with anyone. Don’t respond to emails requesting your account information.                                              This email confirm that James williamhas paid youGBP £ 450.00 for an item through PayPal.    Payment Details Payment Sent to..............  Payment Sent fromJames williamJames.william22.outlook.comInvoice number1308Date payment is sentJuly 11 2015Item Amount Shipper Fee Western Union Fee Compensation Fee£200.00 GBP £150.00 GBP £50.00 GBP £50.00 GBP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Note: This is to inform you that you are required to send a sum of £150.00 GBP to the address below via western union money transfer and e-mail the relevant information which you will be provided with after the money has been sent. You are requested to email to us, the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) and the sender's name and address used to make the transfer, after which we will then credit a sum of £450.00 GBP into your PayPal account. Below is the address where the money is to be sent using western union   Agent Info:   Name: Darrell Reeves  State: Arkansas City:  Greenbrier  Zip code: 72058 United State..   Please Note: We wish to inform you thatJames william has made his intentions known to PayPal that he will like £150.00 GBP to be sent to the recipient's address above via Western Union Money Transfer. Payment Status: Pending ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................  Note: As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section,and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction.     This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been " APPROVED" but will not be credited into your account until the MTCN is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.                                                                                       All you have to do is reply to this e-mail directly with the MTCN and the sender's name and address used when sending the money. Once it has been verified and the details above sent to us, you will receive a "CONFIRMATION E-MAIL" from PayPal® Service informing you that your account has been credited with £450.00 GBP.    Please, understand that this is a security measure to help protect both the buyer and the seller. Therefore, we apologize for the inconvenience that we may have caused.                                                                                      ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PayPal Limited is Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the USA as an electronic money institution.      SIGNED:PAYPAL                                                                                                                                   Help Center | Security Center You can reply to this email if you have any questions. It'll just confuse the computer that sent it and you won't get a response. Copyright © 1999-2015 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA   

[sylazs]

Hello.

Here is my incident.

I live in Hungary, and I advertised a kitchen furniture on a Hungarian website. Mr ******* ******* (with gmail address) sent me a message (from the US) that he is interested in the furniture.

email:*******      We agreed the price and that he will pay for the delivery. I got an email about Instant Payment from this email: *******

Strange...email address has been change meanwhile... 🙂 The amount of money included the freight charge as well. In this email they asked me to pay for the freight with cash or credit card through Western Union.

Of course I did not pay for anithing...

The transportation company details below:

"For us to release this payment and credit your account you will have to send the Transport charges to the Transport company through Western Union Transfer and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of the Western Union Transaction Receipt.

Transport Agent : ******* Country: *******.