Nickpocalypse
Hunter
Hey all,
I recently put a rather expensive item up for sale on Craigslist for what I thought to be an inflated price (wasn't really looking to move the item quickly, just guage interest). To my surprise, I got about 15 emails within a day, from people "very interested" in the item. After a quick reply to all of them, nearly every single prospective buyer had the same story about how they wanted to buy it for a co-worker overseas and said they'd pay to have it shipped there. They all asked for my PayPal information and gave a little pitch about how safe and secure PayPal is. One buyer even had a little "Note" at the bottom of the email that made it seem like the email was coming from PayPal itself.
I understand that me selling this item through PayPal is pretty safe for me, as I can collect the amount of money before I ship the item... but is there anything else people can do with my PayPal info? Anyone else had this happen?
Any suggestions or stories about this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Nick
I recently put a rather expensive item up for sale on Craigslist for what I thought to be an inflated price (wasn't really looking to move the item quickly, just guage interest). To my surprise, I got about 15 emails within a day, from people "very interested" in the item. After a quick reply to all of them, nearly every single prospective buyer had the same story about how they wanted to buy it for a co-worker overseas and said they'd pay to have it shipped there. They all asked for my PayPal information and gave a little pitch about how safe and secure PayPal is. One buyer even had a little "Note" at the bottom of the email that made it seem like the email was coming from PayPal itself.
I understand that me selling this item through PayPal is pretty safe for me, as I can collect the amount of money before I ship the item... but is there anything else people can do with my PayPal info? Anyone else had this happen?
Any suggestions or stories about this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Nick