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Possible (definitely) scam from Gumtree or North West Bands user.


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The scam here is a classic overpayment scam.... It would go something like this:-

- Sale agreed
- You receive a Paypal payment for more than you expect
- You are told there is extra to pay a shipping fee or similar, and little for yourself for your trouble
- You receive instructions to Western Union or wire transfer the money to the shipping company. (The 'little extra' makes this all seem worthwhile)
- Shortly after, the Paypal payment is reversed or discovered to have come from a hacked account
- You're out of pocket for whatever you paid the 'shipping company'

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[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1396472035' post='2414170']
The scam here is a classic overpayment scam.... It would go something like this:-

- Sale agreed
- You receive a Paypal payment for more than you expect
- You are told there is extra to pay a shipping fee or similar, and little for yourself for your trouble
- You receive instructions to Western Union or wire transfer the money to the shipping company. (The 'little extra' makes this all seem worthwhile)
- Shortly after, the Paypal payment is reversed or discovered to have come from a hacked account
- You're out of pocket for whatever you paid the 'shipping company'
[/quote]
Think you may be going overboard a bit....

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