Those pesky Nigerian scammers - even Amazon is not safe
 

Put a phone on Amazon having had my fill of fleabay scammers.

Phone sold to a very nice man in Nigeria

Please feel free to email him. he sent me this lovely email;
Miguel Mackinnon <miguelmackinnon@yahoo.com>
Hi ,
How are you doing? hope you're fine. i just want to inform you that i went ahead to make payment for your item a short while ago and i have finished the procedure for the check-out and i believe amazon would notify you as soon as possible, am sending this item as a gift to my son and i don't want you to write the content on the package because it is expected to be a surprise gift, you may just write gift item on i.I have promised that i am going to surprise him on his birthday and i don't want to disappoint him this time when his birthday is around the corner. Please use international signed for priority handling delivery at the post office and here is the shipping address below...



Mr O.Jonathan
01,Faremi Street
Ipaja
Lagos
23401
Nigeria



Also had this fake confirmation from the following address: Amazon.co.uk Payments <communication.dept@consultant.com>

Dear gullible@gullible.co.uk

Thanks for selling your item on amazon.co.uk marketplace.

Your item has been confirmed and verified as SOLD item and you are expected to SHIP the item to your buyer's delivery address with immediate effect.

Your payment has been deducted from your buyer's account and it has automatically been deposited into your seller's account immediately your item was purchased on our amazon.co.uk marketplace but your payment will show as PENDING and no records of the transaction will be registered on your seller's account until shipment of the order has been confirmed and verified.

You are expected to ship the item and get back to us with the shipment details for shipment confirmation and verification and once the shipment has been confirmed and verified, we shall reflect the payment into your seller's account and all records of your transaction will be showing on your seller's account with immediate effect.

Amazon.co.uk Marketplace are protecting both the sellers and the buyers from any kind of fraud activities and for a secured transaction for both the sellers and the buyers.

Dispatch Item Now.

Name : Mr O.Jonathan
Address : 01,Faremi Street
City : Ipaja
State : Lagos
Zip-Code : 23401
Country : Nigeria

Buyer e-mail: miguelmackinnon@yahoo.com

Sorry for any incovenience,

Kindly go and make the shipment via ROYALMAIL to the shipping address provided for you, failure to ship out the item within 1-2 Business Days,your Amazon account will be DE-ACTIVATED and SUSPENDED. Mail the shipment postage reference number to Amazon.co.uk customer service at: (communication.dept@consultant.com) in order for the FUNDS to be Transfer into your Amazon Account.

Feel free to contact our Customer Care Service Deparment for any Question or Query.Thanks for your Co-Operation
Warmest Regards,
Colin Easton
http://www.amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk Seller Support




The dreadful spolling is a bit of a give-away as is the email address.


Be warned and be vigilant!:)

But Amazon block all email addresses don't they?

Yup, i thought so to so god knows how they got hold of me. Reported all of this to Amazon and running my malware and spyware programs as i type.

He did ask nicely

That he did and i am considering sending him a dog turd!:)

Yes...a push button one!

Les ;)