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Old 10-25-2009, 08:29 PM
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Re: My Stolen Touch Pro 2

Yep, I had that happen with an iPod I was selling on ebay. The email said they were currently in London, and wanted me to ship to his daughter in Nigeria. I told him to go f*** himself. Since then I've turned on some settings in my ebay preferences to block certain buyers:

1) Don't have a PayPal account
2) Have received 2 Unpaid Item strike(s) within 1 Month(s)
3) Are registered in countries to which I don't ship
4) Have a feedback score of -1 or lower
5) Are currently winning or have bought 10 of my items in the last 10 days and have a feedback score of 5 or lower

It's primarily number 1 that will help the most with the Nigerian scams though. They don't like to use Paypal since it actually has some seller protection, plus requires personal information to setup an account. They much prefer to use Western Union or fake money orders.
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