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lovingbothAmongst the books, CDs and DVDs I have for sale on Amazon is a nice camera lens.
This one, in fact - mine's the used one available for less than 2/3rds the price.
Per the condition note, I'm only selling it because I can't justify having this one and the equally nice Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 as well now I have a 10-20mm, so it was good to get an enquiry from someone.
They asked for some photos of it and gave a Yahoo email address, greenwoodjohnny996@Y_A_H_O_O.C_O_M - given that Amazon probably strip email addresses, that was ok.
I emailed some pictures - from a secondary email account rather than the usual one that Amazon knows about, and got a response:
Hmm, there is only one s/h one there, but... send the URL.
Hmm. Well for a start, I wasn't offering to send it internationally. I didn't bother to reply and, as expected, didn't get any 'sold now' email from Amazon.
What I did get - to the email address I was using to communicate with 'Johnny' was..
.. an almost plausible 'sold now' email.
As well as going to the wrong email address, the two things that were giveaways were a) that it included the delivery address - as you'll know if you sell on Amazon, the real ones don't and you have to log into Amazon to get it, and
b) "You have agreed to Ship the item as soon as possible and also reply with a scanned copy of the shipment receipt after dispatch for processing.
Please contact us via sellerdeptpaycenter@accountant.com ,as this mailbox might not be monitored.
In the unfortunate case that you cannot provide the item that you have sold, you should issue a full refund through Money Gram. We would have advise you to make the refund through our system but the sales is oversea."
.. which is semi-literate and not at all how Amazon want you to work.
Even worse in that regard was a second email:
.. because Amazon really don't work like that.
While I don't expect anyone reading this to fall for this level of scam, it's quite possible that they'll get a bit better at it.
This one, in fact - mine's the used one available for less than 2/3rds the price.
Per the condition note, I'm only selling it because I can't justify having this one and the equally nice Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 as well now I have a 10-20mm, so it was good to get an enquiry from someone.
They asked for some photos of it and gave a Yahoo email address, greenwoodjohnny996@Y_A_H_O_O.C_O_M - given that Amazon probably strip email addresses, that was ok.
I emailed some pictures - from a secondary email account rather than the usual one that Amazon knows about, and got a response:
Ok,get back to me with the link of the item also the name that you use to put the item on amazon so that i can be able to make the payment for you asap hope to hear from you soon.
Hmm, there is only one s/h one there, but... send the URL.
I just want to inform you that i went ahead to make payment for your item a short while ago and i have finished the procedure for the check-out and i believe amazon would notify you as soon as possible, am sending this item as a gift to my client via Priority Mail Express or Registered Mail and i don't want you to write the content on the package because it is expected to be a surprise gift,you may just write gift item on it.I have promised that i am going to surprise him on his birthday and i don't want to disappoint him this time when his birthday hope to hear from you soon.
here is my client address below
(someone)
(some address)
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
37830
Usa
i will be awaiting your reply as soon as possible concerning postage details.
Hmm. Well for a start, I wasn't offering to send it internationally. I didn't bother to reply and, as expected, didn't get any 'sold now' email from Amazon.
What I did get - to the email address I was using to communicate with 'Johnny' was..
.. an almost plausible 'sold now' email.
As well as going to the wrong email address, the two things that were giveaways were a) that it included the delivery address - as you'll know if you sell on Amazon, the real ones don't and you have to log into Amazon to get it, and
b) "You have agreed to Ship the item as soon as possible and also reply with a scanned copy of the shipment receipt after dispatch for processing.
Please contact us via sellerdeptpaycenter@accountant.com ,as this mailbox might not be monitored.
In the unfortunate case that you cannot provide the item that you have sold, you should issue a full refund through Money Gram. We would have advise you to make the refund through our system but the sales is oversea."
.. which is semi-literate and not at all how Amazon want you to work.
Even worse in that regard was a second email:
We have sent an e-mail to you to notify you that payment has been taken from the potential buyer. Johnny Greenwood, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR LD Di-II Aspherical (IF) zoom lens
" You must dispatch the item to the buyer within 1-2 business days of receiving this e-mail. We deposit your earnings into your Amazon Payments account and funds are transferred to your bank account on a 14-day cycle. Please get back to us with the postage reference number of the shipment for verification so that funds can be released to your account.
We hereby inform you that the payment made by Johnny Greenwood. has been confirmed and approved. The total amount plus shipment will be TRANSFERRED to this Amazon Account: (my non-Amazon email) the POSTAGE SHIPMENT is made for the item. We want you to go and POST SHIP out the item to this address below and the POSTAGE SHIPMENT should be made within 1-2 Business Days of receiving this Payment Notification. Postage Shipment is via ROYAL MAIL .
The only payment we received is from Johnny Greenwood, And we have sent you the confirmation of the payment. Please do not make any mistake by sending your item to any other buyer apart from this buyer. You have already received our confirmation that the payment has been made.You have no problem with this buyer, because we've credited the money in our account and ready to be transferred into your account.
Your FUNDS will not be TRANSFERRED into your Amazon Account and your item will not be removed from Amazon.co.uk web-pages not until you go and post ship the item to the address below and get back to our Customer Care Service at: (sellerdeptpaycenter@accountant.com) with the Postage Reference Number so that we can Transfer Your Funds into your Amazon Account. Failure to Post Ship out the item within 1-2 Business Days, You have violate our POLICY and your Amazon Account will be SUSPENDED and DE-ACTIVATED.
We will be waiting for your e-mail concerning the postage reference number, we can only hold your money in our account for just only 1 to 2days. Dear seller we urge you to go and post the item today. Once again.
**NOTE---
You are not allowed to send the postage reference number to the buyer until you receive your fund into your account but immediately you ship the item send the postage reference number to our customer care at: (sellerdeptpaycenter@accountant.com) and we will track it and transfer your money immediately into your amazon account.
This is the shipping address.
(etc)
Kindly go and make the shipment via Royal Mail to the shipping address provided for you, Failure to ship out the item within 1-2 Business Days, your Amazon account will be DE-ACTIVATED and SUSPENDED. Mail the shipment postage reference number to Amazon.co.ukcustomer service at: (sellerdeptpaycenter@accountant.com) in order for the FUNDS to be transferred into your Amazon Account.
.. because Amazon really don't work like that.
While I don't expect anyone reading this to fall for this level of scam, it's quite possible that they'll get a bit better at it.
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Date: 2017-09-07 06:24 am (UTC)