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Anonymous
Dear /p/, I just contacted an ebay seller for a 5D with a 24-105 lens, he's selling the kit for $1,000 with free shipping, I already have the invoice for the purchase, now this guy has 100% positive feedback the only thing that troubles me is that he wants to do the transaction through western union (by cash, not telephone or online) he also lives in Romania. Should I do it ?

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>> Anonymous
I don't know too many specifics, but Western Union has a variety of ways to secure a transaction. Look into them or contact Western Union.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !wFh1Fw9wBU
you idiot
>> ANTMY
If your a troll, yes.

if your an honest guy , fuck no. Western Union is used for more scams then any others. I guess you dont craigslist.

Recognizing scams

Most scams involve one or more of the following:

* inquiry from someone far away, often in another country
* Western Union, Money Gram, cashier's check, money order, shipping, escrow service, or a "guarantee"
* inability or refusal to meet face-to-face before consumating transaction
>> Anonymous
>>260821

Thank you for the info, I won't buy it then. He also started giving me excuses that he can't use paypal because they put some kind of limit on his account which also raised my eye brow.
>> Anonymous
>>260833

good man. I lost $700 from the exact same scam.
>> Anonymous
>>260835
lol
>> Anonymous
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
>> Anonymous
My girlfriend is from Romania and she's awesome, so I think there should be no problem. The western union thing is disturbing. Are you sure he's not a Moldavian posing as a Romanian? Fucking Moldavians.

Seriously, don't buy it, it's probably a scam. Western Union is pretty much only used by scammers any more.
>> Anonymous
Dear Sir/M,
I am Mr.David Mark. an Auditor of a BANK OF THE NORTH INTERNATIONAL, ABUJA (FCT). I have the courage to Crave indulgence for this important business believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future. Some years ago, an American Mining consultant/ contractor with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, made a numbered time (fixed)deposit for twelve calendar months, valued $12M.USD (TWELVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account. On maturity, The bank sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, The bank sent another reminder and finally his contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation wrote to inform the bank that he died without MAKING A WILL, and all attempts by the American Embassy to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore, made further investigation and
discovered that the beneficiary was an immigrant from Jamaica and only recently obtained American citizenship. He did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank deposit paper work. This money total amount$12M.USD ( TWELVE MILLION US DOLLARS)is still sitting
in my bank as dormant Account. No one will ever come forward to claim it, and according to Nigerian Banking policy, after some years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if the account owner is certified dead.
>> Anonymous
This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am looking for a foreigner who will stand in as the next of kin to beneficiary, and OPEN a Bank Account abroad to
facilitate the transfer of this money. This is simple, all you have to do is to OPEN an account anywhere in the world and send me its detail for me to arrange
the proper money transfer paperwork, and facilitate the transfer.The money will then be paid into this Account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me, 35% for you and 5% for expenses that might come up during transfer process. There is no risk at all, and all the paper work for this transaction will be done by me
using my position and connections in the banks in Nigeria. This business transaction is guaranteed. And the first phase of the transfer will be ($4M.USD) FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS as advised by our insider in the bank.If you are interested, please reply immediately through my personal email sending the following details: (1) Your Full Name/Address (2) Your Private
Telephone/fax Number. Please observe the utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest some of my share in your country. I look forward to your earliest reply.

Yours,
Mr.David Mark
>> Anonyfag of Borneo !bHymOqU5YY
This thread reminds me of Anon and the EOS 1D deal... whatever happened?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
You are clearly being scammed. However! It's possible you're not being scammed by the seller.

There's a particular eBay scam in which the scammer waits for someone else's auction to end and then sends the winner a fake invoice, often with some sort of official looking email "from PayPal" saying that something has gone wrong with his account and that the buyer should use eBay's backup money-order payment system or something like that.

So, are you *absolutely sure* sure the romanian guy is actually the seller? The actual seller might be sitting around wondering where the hell his $1000 worth of PayPal money is.
>> Anonymous
this post is troubling. Nearly certain that you be a-trolling. But on the off chance that you are just unbelievably stupid, I have to warn you - don't do it
>> Anonymous
NEVER TRUST A GYPSY!
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
>>260877

My first thought went to this too. He had to be real, he had a house and cars and everything!
>> Anonymous
>>260877
He got scammed. I didn't hear it from him, but I'm 99% sure he was dumb enough to fall for it.
>> Anonymous
wow, dude. Mr.David Mark is generous!
>> Anonymous
>>261047
My romanian girlfriend has had her aunt place a curse on you. Enjoy the legions of flies that will follow you forever.
>> Anonymous
>>260874
>>260875
LMAO damn this trolled the shit outta me when it started circulating years ago. reported it to the police and they got in contact with LOLV& feds they had me sitting at the precinct for 2 hours just to tell me it was probably fake