[jerseyfreeze]

I recently listed my Nokia 6620 for sale on eBay. It was purchased using the Buy It Now option by a guy who had registered just two days earlier and had zero feedback. I sent him an invoice and got this response:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:10:45 +0800, tolly crawford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Compliment of the good season to you overthere,
> I am Tolly Crawford from New York and i saw your item
> on ebay and i will like to buy it and send it to
> my bosom friend who i work with when am on diplomatic
> mission in Nigeria.Do not worry about the shipping,
> i have an account with fedex and i will be sending you
> my fedex account number for the shipping.Also send me
> your name and contact address so i can send you western
> union money order for the payment.
> kinds regards.

I just replied with this message:

You already have my name and address. It was included in the invoice.

I do not ship FedEx. I will only ship USPS to an address in the U.S.

Once I have your payment, I will ship it to the address you provide.

-Jason

Do I need to wait a certain number of days before reporting this to ebay and relisting my item? If nothing else, I have him on a technicality: the auction indicated I only ship USPS to the U.S.

Advice?

-Jason

[Mastrap]

No, just re-list it immediately. This is a well known scam. For more info about Nigerian scammers you could do worse than visiting http://www.419eater.com.

[jerseyfreeze]

Originally posted by Mastrap:
No, just re-list it immediately. This is a well known scam. For more info about Nigerian scammers you could do worse than visiting http://www.419eater.com.

But I want to get my eBay fees back. Will eBay refund me even if I just relist without going throught he proper channels?

[turtle777]

Originally posted by jerseyfreeze:
But I want to get my eBay fees back. Will eBay refund me even if I just relist without going throught he proper channels?

Probably not. You have to report it.
Read the FAQ, they explain how it is done.

When listing, you can also exclude people from bidding that are not confirmed with PayPal. That usually takes care of it.

-t

[sir_hc]

Perhaps this thread in the Ebay.co.uk community might help you.
http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jsp?...-34&msRange=40

To protect yourself somewhat go to your Ebay preferences, Seller preferences, Block Buyers and make sure the following are checked:

Are registered in countries to which I don't ship
Have a feedback score of -1 or lower
Have received 2 Unpaid Item strikes in the last 30 days

[Cody Dawg]

YES, eBay WILL refund your fees.

Wait 10 days then file a Final Value Fee Credit.

When the drop down menu asks you "why" you say that the buyer did not follow the auction rules.

You'll get your money back.

Now, relist your item immediately but before you do that do this:

Go into your My Ebay tab at the top and go to "Preferences" and go down to the selling preferences and make sure that you tick that you do not want 0 feedback bidders bidding on your auctions. I also tick the box that says if a bidder has more than two negative feedbacks they cannot bid on my auctions.

Good luck.

[jerseyfreeze]

Thank you all very much. You've been a big help.

-Jason

[ajprice]

Went to see a show at Edinburgh Festival last year about Nigerian scams, very good, he has a website related to the show http://www.spamscamscam.com/index.php