From: Stephen Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 10:13:03 PST
Interestingly enough, today I got an email from a guy in Nigeria
Steve
On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:30 AM, G Shaw wrote:
> Hi Nige
wanting to put a bid on something of mine on eBay. He wanted to check
to see if I took BidPay (a Western Union version of PayPal in a way)
and if I could ship to Nigeria. Always suspicious of Nigerians (I've
had major problems with them using stolen credit cards) I'm trying to
figure out what the possible ripoff angle might be. As Glenn said, I
am the Seller and that puts me in a different position. I hate like
heck to stereotype and discriminate, but I can't help the feeling that
there is an angle here that I just don't see. Any thoughts what it
might be?
> The reason they say that to *** BUYERS *** is that you can not reverse
> the
> charge if you have a dispute with the seller. (And of course they are
> pushing Paypal to make money). Once you pay the money it is gone.
>
> But if you are the *** SELLER *** and want to make sure that your
> payment is
> not a rip off then you would want Western Union or cash not Paypal.
> So I
> guess it depends on which end of the transaction you are :) Then act
> accordingly with all due caution of course.
>
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Hay MILWEB [mailto:nigel@milweb.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:37 AM
> To: G Shaw; Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [MV] FW: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
>
>
> Western Union is one method of payment that the UK authorities as well
> as E
> Bay tell people NEVER to trust....
>
>
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