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Old 03-14-2005, 01:16 PM  
pradaboy
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Someone Wants Me to Ship to Nigeria Re. an eBay Auction, Is This a Scam?

cliff notes:
They want to pay me by moneygram, send the item upon confirmation of receiving the funds by moneygram and send it TO NIGERIA!

This is the entire e-mail I just got:

"DEAR SELLER, AM HIGHLY INTRESTED IN BUYING THIS GREAT ITEMS FOR ONE OF MY CLIENT THAT JUST RELOCATED TO LAGOS NIGERIA ZIP CODE 23401 AS A BIRTH DAY GIFT. I WILL LIKE TO BUY THIS ITEM AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE HER BIRTH DAY DATE IS VERY LIMITED I WANT THE ITEM SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO HER IN NIGERIA AND I WILL BE PAYING YOU WITH MONEY GRAM THROUGH A VERY SECURE ONLINE PAYMENTS BY MONEY GRAM KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR PAYMENT I WANT THE ITEM SHIPPED VIA FEDEX EXPRESS SHIPPING TO LAGOS NIGERIA ZIP CODE 23401, I WILL BE WILLING TO KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THE ITEM INCLUDING SHIPPING TO MY CLIENT IN NIGERIA LET ME HAVE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS. PLS NOTE THAT I WANT YOU TO SHIP OUT THE ITEM TO MY CLIENT UPON APPROVAL CONFIRMATION E-MAIL FROM MONEY GRAM. THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND RECEIVED BY THEM. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOUR SOONEST BEST REGARDS."

so what's this about, is this some sort of scam or what? I'm seriously not comfortable when a country like NIGERIA pops up
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