[email protected] wants your hair.

[email protected] Donald Lescot

Approaching people advertising on BuyandSellHair.com - a legitimate site for selling/buying hair, and the scammer then fakes a paypal escrow service ([email protected]) and a fake courier.

Via IP: 10.76.86.101 - Proxy server, origin concealed.

First comes the response to the advert you placed, simply a statement of interest in "your hair".

Then comes the first script:

I am Donald Lescot, 42/from Alexandria,I am an oceanographer and am
currently on the sea at the moment, i am buying this hair as a gift
for my wife in London,i want to make it a surprise gift for her,she
won't know anything about the hair until they get
delivered to her.So i want you to reassure me that the hair is in good
condition as you have described. I can only pay through PayPal. So
please kindly get back to me immediately so i can proceed with the
payment
and after the payment has been done,i have a pick up agent that will
come around to pick the hair up immediately after payments.......Get
back to me with your Paypal email address so that i can made the payment
asap.
Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Now comes the catch:

I'm about to make the payments when i had this little problem with the
picking up of
the hair, I think you remember what i said in my previous mail that I'm working
presently sea and i am buying the hair urgently so i tried to secure
booking with my
pick up agent, but they asked me to pay first before they can make the
booking, and
they only accept Western Union Money Transfer for payments and they
don't accept PayPal
or bank transfer. So I tried to send the money online but it's not
going through and I
am on the sea there is no way i can find a western union agent to make
the transfer to
my pick up agent, so i wanted to ask if it will be OK for me to
include my pick up
agent's fees together with your payments through PayPal,So you will
help me wire the
pick up fee to them via western Union Money Transfer immediately i pay
you.I don't mean
to bother you I'm sure you understand that I'm presently on the sea and there is
nothing i can do to that.The bottom line is after I have made the payments via
PayPal,you will help me wire my pick up agent fee to them through
western union money
transfer, I just wanted to seek your consent before going ahead with
the payments,I
will be very happy if my offer is given a favorable
consideration,Respond as soon as
possible so that i can send out your Payment.
Thanks

Next the fake paypal mail.
IP: 41.211.192.186 Lagos, Nigeria.

Note: The email did NOT originate from PayPal.

PayPal is an online money transfer service and would never use a competing money transfer service to receive a payment.

PayPal does not have an escrow service and does not hold payments for buyer/seller protection.

Claims to be from PayPal: [email protected]

Dear Seller,

Send Us Prove of Shipping.

We would like to inform you again that the payment sent from Donald Lescot has not reflected in your PayPal account due to our terms and policy to confirm you send the money to the shipping company before transaction.
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Details of Transaction
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Seller's I.D: redacted
Seller's Email: redacted
Transaction Date: June 19,2012
Transaction ID: 6D694274EY338930K

Transaction Amount $1,200.00
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What to Do Next
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You are to send control number to us for verification, so as to secure Buyers purchase as well as you.Fund has been deducted from:([email protected]) and shall be credited into your PayPal account immediately after western union information's is confirmed by our management as PayPal terms to verify before transaction, due to Buyer's reports. Below are requested western union details.
senders:Name
senders: Address:
control Number:(M T C N)
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shipping company address:
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Errol Demetrio
109 Reidhaven road
SE181BX,London,Uk
Status: Confirmed
ATTENTION! Only PayPal is eligible to information on western union Details, do not send the M T C N number to the buyer after sending the money until you have your account credited. This terms is to secure and to assure you a better safe transaction with the Buyer.
Sadoun.com is PayPal Verified since July 2000 Internet Merchant Accounts - MerchantPlus.com
Note:As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly reply to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section,and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction.
Do not hesitate to reply to this email. This mailbox is monitored and you will receive response as soon as we receive your message.
Thank you for using PayPal ® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely,
Gene Braint
PayPal Customer Care.

Note the scammer sais:
"because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section,and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction."

Or to put it another way, "don't bother contacting the real Paypal, they might give the game away and tell you it's a scam!"