Let him/her make the full payment first, as soon as the money is in your account, send it.
It does sound a bit fishy though
Yes, it’s a scam.,report it
Walk away. Never do business with people from Mayo.
Yes. It’s a scam
Yes its a scam or possibly scamola!
Yep it’s a scam. Usually will give you an address as far away as possible. Best way to test these scams is to say you are heading up whatever direction they are living in next week and offer to meet up. They will disappear
I would only work through PayPal
yes
I don’t understand all of the people saying it’s a scam. I sell a lot of things online and as long as the money appears in your account before you send it it’ll be fine.
A couple of ways this could be a scam if;
– They insist on paying with the “Goods and Services” option on PayPal and then claim through PayPal that the item never arrived/was broken. This would be risky on their part as PayPal will ask for proof from both parties.
– The buyer sends you some kind of proof of payment and insists you send the item without actually seeing the money arrive.
– Get you to use any kind of link or website that they send you to do anything; send the package, confirm payment receipt, track the parcel etc.
Edit: So this particular message is apparently a scam based on other comments. I will say that nothing in the OP’s post is a scam YET. The scam comes later when the buyer “helps” the seller to post the item. The only input the buyer should have into the courier/post is sending their address and the item should only be sent AFTER payment is received.
Think this was the one my friend got done for €1500
I was caught by this exact scam! realised it a second later and got my card cancelled before any damage was done. they’re about to send you a link to a fake an post website. you could throw random fake details in there I guess and they might waste some time before realising they have it wrong.
You’re the seller. Do nothing until they’ve paid you in full , then send it
Have a look at r/scams this is a common scam.
I was selling a kids buggy recently on Facebook marketplace and had to delete the ad after 3 days cos all I got was different replies with this same scam. Same script. Different profiles. One regular person replied so I just messaged her myself afterwards
Yes. There’s no Irishman that speaks like that.
I just avoid posting totally, I always prefer to have someone come pick it up or I deliver it myself for a fee.
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Yep yep yep
Yes, I had the same attempted on me via an ad on DoneDeal too.
Total scam. About 7 or 8 people tried this with me on Facebook market place. Such a load of bullshit. Lol
I would be delighted if one of the 106 inhabitants of Binghamstown, Co. Mayo contacted me. Honoured, even.
For about 10 years I bought electronics off Gumtree UK. I would get Royal Mail couriers to pick it up(Parcelforce) and collect it in person in an Armagh post office. I got some serious bargains of nearly new Laptops, phones, 4k TV etc for myself and family members. This is no longer feasible as sellers now believe I’m trying to scam them. Boo-Urns.
I was very nearly caught with this a few months back, the day after listing something on Done Deal. Website looks SO like the An Post one, chat bot working and the very same. I used to work in a bank and dealt with fraud, and was still nearly caught out. Was preoccupied that day or whatever, took me ages to click that something was off.. and only for I was with PTSB (it doesn’t work for them unless it’s BOI or AIB apparently), I was just handing over my card details fully. Stupid like, but it did sound genuine in the moment. It was such a new scam at the time that when I called An Post, they weren’t aware of it, and the fella in the bank said it was his second call about it that day, and had never heard of it before. They’re just fucking lethal, that would very easy catch someone out, especially if technology and online shopping isn’t their thing!
If scammy senses tingle then it’s probably a scam.
Cash only, or revolut in person at the most. Still prefer cash in the hand before handing anything over.
There is a pay by card option on donedeal so maybe he’s refering to that?
Def a scam, as others will have said AP don’t collect from you.
But if you want to have fun with them, and waste their time therefore reducing their time to try to scam others tell them you’re passing by on <day> and you’ll leave it with Johnny/Pa/Mick (who? Ah sure, you can’t be from Binghamstown and NOT know ________!)
Scam. Say cash on collection only and they’ll go away.
Yes, no one lives in binghamstown.
If you get paid before you post you can’t get scammed
Everyone here says scam. How? I sell on Adverts/DoneDeal as a side hustle. It looks like a case of bad English here. As long as they send the full payment via PayPal / Revolut before you ship it and provide you with his address details, I see nothing wrong here.
If it’s a case of “I will send a courier to your home with money in an envelope” or they send you a link, it’s a scam, but it sounds like this guy just wants to get his item sent via postal service.
I have never seen this exact message before, if it’s a copy and pasted script someone else has encountered before then feel free to prove me wrong.
I’d something like this attempted on me years ago, when I copped on and called them out (thankfully before they had a chance to get anything from me, details or money wise) I started getting some very hilarious threat emails from “the FBI” over me breaking contract or some random stuff like that as though I’d believe the FBI was getting involved haha
If you need to ask “is this a scam” then it’s a scam.
I had a message exactly like this on Facebook marketplace. I sent them a picture of the Hardy Bucks ready for fighten. Scared them off rather quickly. The scammer knew he was no match for the nakamura jab jab
It’s still a scam. It’s been a scam everytime anyone has asked about it.
I had African scammers contact me about an item on done deal . Unbelievable
Speaking of scams, I’m trying to sell something online for the first time and an [offer](https://i.imgur.com/2iRrznc.png) I got is from someone with no prior comments, reviews or ads of their own. I’m guessing it’s ok because they’re offering to meet but do people here think it’s trustworthy?
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Yes. Scam.
Let him/her make the full payment first, as soon as the money is in your account, send it.
It does sound a bit fishy though
Yes, it’s a scam.,report it
Walk away. Never do business with people from Mayo.
Yes. It’s a scam
Yes its a scam or possibly scamola!
Yep it’s a scam. Usually will give you an address as far away as possible. Best way to test these scams is to say you are heading up whatever direction they are living in next week and offer to meet up. They will disappear
I would only work through PayPal
yes
I don’t understand all of the people saying it’s a scam. I sell a lot of things online and as long as the money appears in your account before you send it it’ll be fine.
A couple of ways this could be a scam if;
– They insist on paying with the “Goods and Services” option on PayPal and then claim through PayPal that the item never arrived/was broken. This would be risky on their part as PayPal will ask for proof from both parties.
– The buyer sends you some kind of proof of payment and insists you send the item without actually seeing the money arrive.
– Get you to use any kind of link or website that they send you to do anything; send the package, confirm payment receipt, track the parcel etc.
Edit: So this particular message is apparently a scam based on other comments. I will say that nothing in the OP’s post is a scam YET. The scam comes later when the buyer “helps” the seller to post the item. The only input the buyer should have into the courier/post is sending their address and the item should only be sent AFTER payment is received.
Think this was the one my friend got done for €1500
I was caught by this exact scam! realised it a second later and got my card cancelled before any damage was done. they’re about to send you a link to a fake an post website. you could throw random fake details in there I guess and they might waste some time before realising they have it wrong.
You’re the seller. Do nothing until they’ve paid you in full , then send it
Have a look at r/scams this is a common scam.
I was selling a kids buggy recently on Facebook marketplace and had to delete the ad after 3 days cos all I got was different replies with this same scam. Same script. Different profiles. One regular person replied so I just messaged her myself afterwards
Yes. There’s no Irishman that speaks like that.
I just avoid posting totally, I always prefer to have someone come pick it up or I deliver it myself for a fee.
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Yep yep yep
Yes, I had the same attempted on me via an ad on DoneDeal too.
Total scam. About 7 or 8 people tried this with me on Facebook market place. Such a load of bullshit. Lol
I would be delighted if one of the 106 inhabitants of Binghamstown, Co. Mayo contacted me. Honoured, even.
For about 10 years I bought electronics off Gumtree UK. I would get Royal Mail couriers to pick it up(Parcelforce) and collect it in person in an Armagh post office. I got some serious bargains of nearly new Laptops, phones, 4k TV etc for myself and family members. This is no longer feasible as sellers now believe I’m trying to scam them. Boo-Urns.
I was very nearly caught with this a few months back, the day after listing something on Done Deal. Website looks SO like the An Post one, chat bot working and the very same. I used to work in a bank and dealt with fraud, and was still nearly caught out. Was preoccupied that day or whatever, took me ages to click that something was off.. and only for I was with PTSB (it doesn’t work for them unless it’s BOI or AIB apparently), I was just handing over my card details fully. Stupid like, but it did sound genuine in the moment. It was such a new scam at the time that when I called An Post, they weren’t aware of it, and the fella in the bank said it was his second call about it that day, and had never heard of it before. They’re just fucking lethal, that would very easy catch someone out, especially if technology and online shopping isn’t their thing!
If scammy senses tingle then it’s probably a scam.
Cash only, or revolut in person at the most. Still prefer cash in the hand before handing anything over.
There is a pay by card option on donedeal so maybe he’s refering to that?
Def a scam, as others will have said AP don’t collect from you.
But if you want to have fun with them, and waste their time therefore reducing their time to try to scam others tell them you’re passing by on <day> and you’ll leave it with Johnny/Pa/Mick (who? Ah sure, you can’t be from Binghamstown and NOT know ________!)
Scam. Say cash on collection only and they’ll go away.
Yes, no one lives in binghamstown.
If you get paid before you post you can’t get scammed
Everyone here says scam. How? I sell on Adverts/DoneDeal as a side hustle. It looks like a case of bad English here. As long as they send the full payment via PayPal / Revolut before you ship it and provide you with his address details, I see nothing wrong here.
If it’s a case of “I will send a courier to your home with money in an envelope” or they send you a link, it’s a scam, but it sounds like this guy just wants to get his item sent via postal service.
I have never seen this exact message before, if it’s a copy and pasted script someone else has encountered before then feel free to prove me wrong.
I’d something like this attempted on me years ago, when I copped on and called them out (thankfully before they had a chance to get anything from me, details or money wise) I started getting some very hilarious threat emails from “the FBI” over me breaking contract or some random stuff like that as though I’d believe the FBI was getting involved haha
If you need to ask “is this a scam” then it’s a scam.
I had a message exactly like this on Facebook marketplace. I sent them a picture of the Hardy Bucks ready for fighten. Scared them off rather quickly. The scammer knew he was no match for the nakamura jab jab
It’s still a scam. It’s been a scam everytime anyone has asked about it.
I had African scammers contact me about an item on done deal . Unbelievable
Speaking of scams, I’m trying to sell something online for the first time and an [offer](https://i.imgur.com/2iRrznc.png) I got is from someone with no prior comments, reviews or ads of their own. I’m guessing it’s ok because they’re offering to meet but do people here think it’s trustworthy?