Long story short I have a listing on eBay for an Athlon scope. Got a message yesterday on eBay from a brand new buyer with zero feedback saying they're interested in my item..I should text them. A 360 area code. Washington state.
So I did..started a conversation..the guy said he wants to buy the scope but wants to pay fifty dollars extra for two day shipping to Florida...so his son has it for his bday. All the time warning signals were going on..but I figured I'd play it.
Oh and he wants me to include a 200 dollar steam or eBay gift card in the box..so it's memorable for his son. Because he's in the Navy on multiple deployment and can't do it himself...whatever that means.
So he gave me his PayPal address. I sent a generous request...making sure I'd profit over 120 bucks after all fees and the gift card He agreed to pay using goods and services.
Got a text message from him the seemed automated...saying I should check my email for payment confirmation. All the while..nothing shows up in PayPal. I had an official looking email from fast service.paypal saying the payment cleared and I should send receipt of shipment to release the funds. This email did not go to spam folder. So they fooled Google too.
So I went online..searched a bit..quickly found out it was a scam..that PayPal doesn't work that way....forwarded the email to PayPal's spoof department. They quickly replied saying, yes..it was a phishing attempt. That if I clicked on anything in the email I should change my password...I hadn't...but I changed it anyways.
Anyways afterwards all this I texted the guy promising him to ship it out tomorrow. He said ok...but I could check with him before I put the gift card in the box..to make sure it's the right one yah know. Guaranteed he'll want me to scratch it off and send pic.
So what do I do now? I kinda wanna pull him as far as I can before revealing I'm onto him.
So I did..started a conversation..the guy said he wants to buy the scope but wants to pay fifty dollars extra for two day shipping to Florida...so his son has it for his bday. All the time warning signals were going on..but I figured I'd play it.
Oh and he wants me to include a 200 dollar steam or eBay gift card in the box..so it's memorable for his son. Because he's in the Navy on multiple deployment and can't do it himself...whatever that means.
So he gave me his PayPal address. I sent a generous request...making sure I'd profit over 120 bucks after all fees and the gift card He agreed to pay using goods and services.
Got a text message from him the seemed automated...saying I should check my email for payment confirmation. All the while..nothing shows up in PayPal. I had an official looking email from fast service.paypal saying the payment cleared and I should send receipt of shipment to release the funds. This email did not go to spam folder. So they fooled Google too.
So I went online..searched a bit..quickly found out it was a scam..that PayPal doesn't work that way....forwarded the email to PayPal's spoof department. They quickly replied saying, yes..it was a phishing attempt. That if I clicked on anything in the email I should change my password...I hadn't...but I changed it anyways.
Anyways afterwards all this I texted the guy promising him to ship it out tomorrow. He said ok...but I could check with him before I put the gift card in the box..to make sure it's the right one yah know. Guaranteed he'll want me to scratch it off and send pic.
So what do I do now? I kinda wanna pull him as far as I can before revealing I'm onto him.