Tuesday 26 June 2018

Scam Alert


What is Car Pool Karaoke? Am I missing something important?

Apparently the heatwave is set to last till it finishes.

No.1 Son had a tangle with a Nigerian scammer over the weekend. He's selling his gaming laptop, which is a rather high-end spec unit which cost him around £950 (he's after a Mac). Having put it on eBay, someone contacted him to offer a good price and would to add £150 for postage, which immediately raised some suspicions.


The purchaser said he'd transfer the money by PayPal, which seemed all well and good, but when No.1 Son inspected the alleged transfer notice it said the money would clear on proof of postage, which is highly irregular.

No.1 Son then performed a search on the purchaser's email and he traced it to Nigeria. Needless to say, he cancelled the sale.

Always check any money transfer notices for hidden terms - a lot of people would simply have posted the laptop and then not received any money. eMails purporting to come from PayPal are not always from PayPal. A lot of people would also be taken in by the offer of £150 for mailing the item, hoping to make a few bob on it - they target people's greed.

Poor old Nigerians - I often wonder how the vast majority of Nigerians who aren't scammers cope with buying something off the internet. Does anyone trust them?


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