Quikr, OLX Used Mobile Fraud - Requesting to Ship to West Africa (Nigeria)

Fraud Alert: Quikr, OLX Used Mobile Fraud - Requesting to Ship to West Africa (Nigeria)

BEWARE PEOPLE SELLING USED MOBILES ON EBAY, QUIKR, OLX AND OTHER CLASSIFIED WEBSITES

Dear friends I would like to tell you my incident happened yesterday (29/01/2013), where I have saved my self fro being a victim of latest kind of Internet fraud, by some common sense and intelligence.

The incident is: I had listed a used mobile for sale on Quikr.com and within one hour I got a reply about my ad saying:

"You have received a reply to your Ad"

Reply Details:
Message:  Hello

is your item still available for sale please get back to me with your final price and the condition of the item. kindly get send me an email at vicentjohn01@gmail.com

Mobile:
Email: vicentjohn05@gmail.com

So I have decided to provide details of mobile I was selling, sent price and other purchase details - again within minuts I got reply:

Thanks for your immediate reply,get back to me with total Cost including shipping, because you are sending the item to my son in west Africa. Hope to read from you soonest thanks.

So this was the first doubt appeared in my mind when I saw "West Africa". I again sent him a mail saying that I can send this mobile across India only, but again he sent a reply.

thanks, my son is currently in west Africa as exchange student for his research organization in Nigeria, you will send it through DHL and I will add rs5000 for the shipping cost. to make it easy for me and you. please I will be so happy if you can make it possible today just get back to me with your bank detail so that I can proceed with the payment immediately coz my son his in need of the item for his program. thanks and hope to read from you soonest.

Why would anybody want to pay almost double the price for a used mobile, which has shipping charges more than its cost? This has confirmed my doubt about some fraud is going on, using these classified sites. Once again I sent him reply about my inability to send mobile to Nigeria, but again got a reply:

You can even send it dicrectly through blue dart. This is my son address
 below:

NAME; YOMADE ADENIJI
ADDRESS; HOUSE NO 7 SCHOOL GATE STREET
CITY: LAKOWE, AJAH
STATE: LAGOS STATE
POST CODE :01
ZIP CODE :234
COUNTRY :NIGERIA
PHONE NUMBER: +2347051159009,
+2347060826012
Chech now and get back to me with the total amount and your bank
detail. Thank and hope to read from you soonest

Check the Name above, this was final confirmation thats its 100% a fraud. Name suggessts that he is a Nigerian and making me fool. One more final reply fom him:

I can understand you but due to my son is in need of the item or his final program in thee country pleaese do all your best to help me out, you can even send the item with another person name even with nigerian name you just give me your bank detail so I can made the payment and you ship it out immediately

CONCLUSION:

This fraud has surfaced from EBAY UK sites with pepole selling used mobiles, where they get BIDs from Higerian scammesters who are ready to pay what you want plus shipping cost to Nigeria. Once you agree with the offer they will send you some forged PAYPAL email or Bank transfer receipt saying that Bank/PAYPAL has held the transfer and will release once they get a proof of shipping and will ask you to ship the product on your own cost..... this is where the whole game ends. Once you shipped the mobile the communication ends and shipping cant be taken back. You lost your mobile.

ALERT TIPS:

• Why would any one want to offer a price which is too good to belive?
• NIGERIA - If this word appears any where, beware 99% chance that it will be a fraud
• A used product which has shipping charges more than its cost
• Check the Name and other details, you can easily guess that its a NIGERIAN
• IP address will not resolve or will resolve to a US address

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