by lynnlimm
Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:28 am
I'm selling things online, and there is this guy called Jack Michael contacted me and wants to buy from me. My item is just RM100,but he sent me RM500. The email used is [email protected]. Is this a scam? Please help me identify. Thank you so much
This is the example of the email:
We've placed a temporary hold on the funds on this Transaction
As mentioned in the receipt of Payment sent to earlier and as per our New Bank Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount RM 500.00MYR from the buyer's account which included the overcharge Charges.
Your payment of RM 500.00MYR is now ready to be activated into your bank account and the payment of RM 500.00MYR will be reflecting in your account in the next 1 hours which means you have less than 1 hours to refund the overcharge amount of RM 400.00MYR sent to you back to your buyer via Western Union so as to enable us onhold your payment from reflecting on your account or else Legal Action will be taking on you. We have also contacted the buyer to know his/her preferred way of getting his/her money back. The buyer has replied us and choose the best way of getting the overcharge payment back which is through Western Union Money Transfer. The buyer of your item hereby request that the payment is to be sent directly to his preferred address and the overcharge amount should be sent via Western Union Money
Note : The payment is on hold at the moment because of the overcharge amount from the buyer's account so you have to refund the RM 400.00MYR to the buyer address and send us the money transfer receipt so we can verify it and we can unlock the RM 500.00MYR to your account and you can as well get the item shipped. The payment cannot reflect until you refund the overcharge amount of RM 400.00MYR.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you have questions about this payment, please contact Credit Europe Bank directly by replying to this email. Your query will be answered promptly .
Thank you for using Credit Europe Bank© Online Transfer , Feel Free to contact us anytime if you have any question or comment about this transaction, all questions/correspondences should be forwarded to us at this email address:
[email protected]
© Credit Europe Bank© , 1995 -2016. All rights reserved.
Authorized Signature
© 1999 - 2016, Credit Europe Bank .
*** BE WARNED ***
FBI NOTE THAT ALL THE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING CREDIT EUROPE BANK IS BEING MONITORED BY FBI IN ORDER TO PREVENT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES.
This is the example of the email:
We've placed a temporary hold on the funds on this Transaction
As mentioned in the receipt of Payment sent to earlier and as per our New Bank Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount RM 500.00MYR from the buyer's account which included the overcharge Charges.
Your payment of RM 500.00MYR is now ready to be activated into your bank account and the payment of RM 500.00MYR will be reflecting in your account in the next 1 hours which means you have less than 1 hours to refund the overcharge amount of RM 400.00MYR sent to you back to your buyer via Western Union so as to enable us onhold your payment from reflecting on your account or else Legal Action will be taking on you. We have also contacted the buyer to know his/her preferred way of getting his/her money back. The buyer has replied us and choose the best way of getting the overcharge payment back which is through Western Union Money Transfer. The buyer of your item hereby request that the payment is to be sent directly to his preferred address and the overcharge amount should be sent via Western Union Money
Note : The payment is on hold at the moment because of the overcharge amount from the buyer's account so you have to refund the RM 400.00MYR to the buyer address and send us the money transfer receipt so we can verify it and we can unlock the RM 500.00MYR to your account and you can as well get the item shipped. The payment cannot reflect until you refund the overcharge amount of RM 400.00MYR.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you have questions about this payment, please contact Credit Europe Bank directly by replying to this email. Your query will be answered promptly .
Thank you for using Credit Europe Bank© Online Transfer , Feel Free to contact us anytime if you have any question or comment about this transaction, all questions/correspondences should be forwarded to us at this email address:
[email protected]
© Credit Europe Bank© , 1995 -2016. All rights reserved.
Authorized Signature
© 1999 - 2016, Credit Europe Bank .
*** BE WARNED ***
FBI NOTE THAT ALL THE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING CREDIT EUROPE BANK IS BEING MONITORED BY FBI IN ORDER TO PREVENT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES.