Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by lieta Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:49 am
Recenly, my friend friend found a site with cheap iphones and decided to get in contact with the person ton the edvert. She ended up getting an email from a company asking her to make the payment via Western Union before shipping the parcel. She ended up spending 500 euros and the sales manager (or at leat that is who he claims to be) asking her to pay another 500 euros before allowing the delivery.
After informing me of the incident, she was convinced it was a scam, and of course she contacted the authoritoes, yet, we decided to inform as many as possible before another young person ends up losing their money.

To convince us that it is not a fraud, Mr Mike Epps (the person in contact) sent links to check the company which is registered in the UK (although the parcel was supposed to arrive from Nigeria - the company has braches all over the world), as well as another link to track the parcel.

The individual still tries to keep in contact with us and are now concern.
What should we do?
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by AlanJones Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:48 pm
No one sells cheap iPhones or offers them on "Buy X get 1 free" deals - they are in demand products, so there is no need for sellers to cut their prices. Add to that the fact that Apple are very strict on who can supply their products. and no legitimate company would ever use Western Union as a payment method and I'm afraid that it is a certain scam.

I'm sorry, but the 500 that your friend paid is gone, as will be any further money you send - the phone will never turn up, there will just be additional requests for money.

Please cut off all contact with the scammers and post all of their details (emails, websites, phone numbers) for other victims to find.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.

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