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Beware of Fraud: eBay purchase for Nigeria using BidPay (Western Union)

vatsavayi2005
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Dear members...

I am new member as a seller... I posted in ebay to sell a mobile.. immediately i got a response from a guy called Vikas Ravil that he liked my price and my mobile and he asked me to ship it to nigeria... so i did not trust it... he send me a mail via western union also telling that he has paid some money to them towards shipping and mobile price and asked me to ship to the address in nigeria... while searching thru google for western union money treansfer i got a link called http://www.joewein.de/sw/fraud-western-union-bidpay-ebay.htm


So be careful if some one asks to ship ur items
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Beware of Fraud: eBay purchase for Nigeria using BidPay (Western Union)

emailswarup
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Hi,

This is a regular problem for most of the sellers. Never ever trust those luring offers. Just report the ID to ebay thru Contact Us link. .
Best Regards ๐Ÿ˜„
Swarup
Kolkata

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Best Regards ๐Ÿ˜„
Swarup
Kolkata

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Beware of Fraud: eBay purchase for Nigeria using BidPay (Western Union)

srjsms
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Notice found on bidpay.com

On March 3, 2006, CyberSource Corporation purchased all the outstanding stock of BidPay.com, Inc. from First Data Corporation. CyberSource was informed about your privacy elections in connection with that purchase and is contractually required to honor those elections consistent with BidPay's privacy policies and applicable law.

BidPay was shut down on December 30, 2005 and, to the best of CyberSource's knowledge, all pending transactions through December 30, 2005 were processed. BidPay is NOT YET IN OPERATION, but we hope to re-launch the service sometime this summer. Until the service is re-launched, we will not be able to respond to specific questions about the BidPay service or transactions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

WARNING: DO NOT ACCEPT OR SUBMIT PAYMENTS THROUGH A SERVICE PURPORTING TO BE BIDPAY OR AUCTIONPAYMENTS.COM.

Any payments purportedly involving use of the BidPay service after December 30, 2005 are fraudulent. We have recently learned that there are scams targeting eBay sellers, often involving the shipment of goods to Nigeria or Lagos. If you have been involved in a transaction involving the payment of goods via BidPay, please contact your local law enforcement authority.


THIS IS FOR THE INFORMATION OF OUR SELLERS - IF ANYONE WANTS TO PAY THRU BIDPAY, YOU CAN BE REST ASSURED THAT ITS A FRAUD
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