I have put my PS4+ a lot of games and accessories on ebay classifieds purely and I have relatib quickly written a person if the device may still be sold.
I said yes of course!
The person explained to me briefly that he lives in West Africa and he would like to pay by bank transfer + shipping
I thought Hmm ok first and then asked if he did not want to know first which games are there and so and he did not answer me at all and said only that he wanted to transfer the money tomorrow and I said well then I gave him Iban, Name and Bic given and he gave me address data.
He wanted to get in touch with him tomorrow when he showed everything.
So the thing is now that I thought well if I get dat dat then I can send yes. The thing is, I've researched a bit and noticed there are several scams. The so-called triangle fraud trap fits me best.
According to the description: cheater wants to buy a product. I give bank data. Fraudsters also use the same product for sale on Ebay. Buyer B really wants to buy the product. The cheater now gives my bank data to buyer B so that buyer B transfers the amount from me. If the money is in my account then I send the product to the fraudster's address and then it depends if buyer B has paid with Paypal then the money will be refunded if the money was paid via bank transfer then buyer B will never get the product,
That's really hard… I do not know exactly… If I get the money, how can I tell you that it will not be refunded? Do you have any tips for me?
You'll never get any money from the guy, but a fake email from a trustee bank that's supposed to have the money and transfer it to you when you pass the tracking number.
Nigeria-Scammer
Just write "no shipping to Nigeria" and he will know.
Sales simply nothing by shipping and certainly not to West Africa. It is not for nothing that Ebay classifieds are recommended to personally hand over the goods. Whether this is possible or not is an open question.
Of course this is a scam - what else?
Why do you even consciously enter such a big RISIKO and offer the payment method PayPal? This is an invitation to scammers!
Only two ways are really safe on eBay for private sellers:
Personal pickup and cash payment
Transfer BEFORE shipping
Although I do not look exactly at the scam, why take a risk and send it to a scammer in Africa, which you can never get hold of in the case of fraud? I would not even send to other European countries, in D there are enough potential customers, which can be displayed in case of emergency. For classifieds I would not ship in your place, but product against cash → there are indeed Shpock and classifieds, for local and unbureaucratic deals.
I have no Paypal offers I already know Paypal I would have rejected directly. But he wanted the transfer and of course I send only after the money on it but I thought what if that is really such a triangle fraud is anyone really paid for it
Well icb wanted to send ehh anyway until the money arrives on my account is not it safe then?
No, send only to Germany.
Yes true but if the money is transferred to me not with Paypal but ne normal transfer then that's for sure?
If all this happens domestically, usually.
Ok, I can understand but first wait to see if the money may still come to my account when he arrives with my shipment number or so I decline directly
Hmm ok I have just written another American who also just wanted to pay directly… What is going on with Ebay…
But first I can wait and see if the money will come to my account…
You do not understand: There's no money, because you should be cheated, there's no if or if.
Yes ok I thought so only I mean I was sure it was a scam but when he said that he wanted to transfer I thought that because not much can go wrong but I was taught a better Thank you
Does not happen in eBay, happens in small ads. Use just the scam platform.
