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Originally Posted by buyandsell
listed a laptop on craiglist and I am getting people with african IP's offerring to pay me over the asking price by paypal if i will ship the item
so how does it work? they pay me on paypal, i send the laptop then x weeks later paypal refunds the monye because it was a hacked paypal account?
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If they are out of the country, 99% chance you are correct. they use someone elses paypal account and by the time that personal realizes their account has been hacked, item has been shipped.
if they are US based, chance is they will dispute the charge. Many times they will ask you to send the item USPS or UPS and select "wave the signature for delivery." That way the can claim it was never delivered.
A lot of people are scammers out there. I just sold old my iPhone on CL last week and I must of got 50+ scam emails and maybe 2-3 real ones and i posted in a small CL area.
With search tools and programs to mass email CL postings, it is easier for scammers than ever IMO. My
NEVER ship anything you sell on CL. Meet in person and dont accept money orders. Why would someone make you take a personal check if they have the cash in their account? Make them take out the cash or go to their bank.