New Scam?

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alexandersforum

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13/07/2007 3:06 am

Got the following email from a ebay seller who I bought some projector lenses from a few months ago:

'You paid me through paypal. I gave you a wrong paypal account. I still have some money you paid to me in that account, if you could help me getting part of the money to a different paypal
account which I can use without paying extra transfer fees. Following are the steps:
I refund you $107 to your paypal account
2. You send it to me again to another account.
For this I send you a new $107 money request from my other account.
3. It will not cost you anything.

Have anyone seen this one before? It is clearly a scam, because the day before the seller wrote another email offering to sell lenses in quantities of 50-100...

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LRF

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13/07/2007 3:22 am

I wonder if it was from Ni...
I wonder if it was from Nigeria

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Modern Love

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13/07/2007 5:33 am

tell paypal about it
My theory, if it is a scam, is that scammer will send the $107 to you by PayPal e-check. The e-check will take about a week to clear, while the money that you send will be from your bank account or credit card. I assume the alleged scammer will hope you send the money within that same week, before his/her e-check bounces. If you do, then you are in the hole $107 dollars.
OR
The PayPal money request that you receive is actually a fake PayPal site that will steal your password.
Why would someone have 2 PayPal accounts anyways?

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James-2

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13/07/2007 11:36 am

Best Idea
I'm at the point of not even opening Paypal or Ebay emails anymore, I just log into my account and check there. Thanks for letting us know about your scam email, I'm sure some will fall for it. Why the heck would they just not send it to the other account themselves. I would'nt even respond and forward it to Paypal security center.

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ChrisG-52

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15/07/2007 2:27 pm

no trust
I never trust any email claiming to be from a financial institution of any kind. I will only goto the site by typing the URL manually into the browser, and then see if my account has any notification.

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