How would this scam work?
I'm trying to sell my 8GB iPod Touch 2G. I put it up here on rfd and put it on facebook marketplace just to see what would happen.
Someone asked me to offer the final price etc to her.
I messaged her this:
"The item is fully working and has some scratches on the back as any other iPod. I can jailbreak it for free and add installous so you can download and install apps for free.
I'm asking for $120 and this is pick up only at Kennedy/Eglinton.
Please give me your phone number and I will contact you. "
Then I get this back:
"Thanks for the mail i am really interested in buying this item for my friend in west Africa as a Birthday gift and i will be offering you $290 including the shipping cost to west Africa kindly get back to me with your pay pal email address, so that i can send out the payment as soon as possible.
Thanks and Stay Bless "
This smells fishy and is 99.9% a scam. Now I'm wondering how they would scam me... Once the money is in my paypal account, can they get it back or what? Any one know how this scam would work?
Someone asked me to offer the final price etc to her.
I messaged her this:
"The item is fully working and has some scratches on the back as any other iPod. I can jailbreak it for free and add installous so you can download and install apps for free.
I'm asking for $120 and this is pick up only at Kennedy/Eglinton.
Please give me your phone number and I will contact you. "
Then I get this back:
"Thanks for the mail i am really interested in buying this item for my friend in west Africa as a Birthday gift and i will be offering you $290 including the shipping cost to west Africa kindly get back to me with your pay pal email address, so that i can send out the payment as soon as possible.
Thanks and Stay Bless "
This smells fishy and is 99.9% a scam. Now I'm wondering how they would scam me... Once the money is in my paypal account, can they get it back or what? Any one know how this scam would work?