I just went round-and-round with somebody using her name and it turned
out tb a variation on the Nigerian 419 scam.
Alleged buyer sent me a note claiming my PayPal account had been
credited and, concurrently, I received two apparently-identical
notes claiming tb from PayPal telling me my account had been
credited.
Of course there was no credit to my account when I checked.
Someone who knows could probably spot the more obvious anomalies in
the message's headers, but even the likes of myself was able to grok
the Nigerian shipping address....
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Subject: You've got new funds from Rayna
Maraki([email protected])with the paypal Routing Code:
840-L001-Q999-T51365 Transaction ID 1WW70510V79963356.
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July 19, 2011 13:10:25 PDT
Transaction ID: 1WW70510V79963356
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You've got new funds!
???????????
You received a payment of $450.03 USD from
([email protected]).
To see all the transaction details, please log into your PayPal
account. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear
in
your account.
Buyer information
Teresa Bucker
[email protected]
Instructions from buyer
EBAY ITEM
Ship-to address -
Name??? :Tope Oluwadapo
Address :No 2 Kolawole Street,Iwo Road.
City??? :Ibadan
State?? :Oyo
Zip Code:23402
Country :Nigeria
Phone?? :+23480319371625
Address Status:
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Confirmed
Shipping method
USPS EXPRESS MAIL POST OFFICE
Description
Unit price
Qty
Amount(Apple iPod touch 3rd Generation 64GB)#230646417210
$450.03 USD
1$450.03 USD
$450.03 USD
Subtotal: $440.03 USD
Tax (8.375%): $10.03 USD
Insurance: ----
Total: $450.03 USD
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This PayPal? payment has been deducted from the buyer's account
and has been " APPROVED"
but will not be credited to your account until the shipment
confirmation number is sent to us for shipment verification so as
to
secure both the buyer and the seller.but will not be credited to
your account until the shipment tracking number
is sent to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the
buyer
and the seller from possible fraud. Here are the necessary
information
needed from you before your account will be credited.The tracking
number of shipment,your PayPal ID,your listing number and also
your eBay ID Below are the necessary
information requested before your account will be credited.Send
the
shipment reference/tracking number to us or email us through this
mail
[email protected] our customer service care
will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's
tracking
number for security purposes and the safety of the buyer?with the
seller,the money will be credited to your account.
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?????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ?? *PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified? and the tracking number sent to
us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION Email"? from PayPal? informing
you that the Money has been credited.
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Copyright ?1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved..
Thank you for using
PayPal!
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The PayPal Team
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PayPal Email ID PP274.
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