Strange ebay issue

[EricG. 0]

Ok so here's the deal. I put my cell phone on ebay yesterday, because I just bought a new one. I put it up for a very fair Buy It Now since I was just looking for the difference I needed. Here's the site for the auction:

Sony Ericsson K700i

So anyways, I woke up this morning and checked my e-mail to see that the auction had ended since someone used the buy it now. This bidder had 0 feedback, and I usually request that they e-mail me first before bidding, but in this case I didn't do that. So the buyer e-mailed me as well with this e-mail:

Hello,

Compliments. I am Monica Bowman from alabama and i would like to inform of my interest in buying your item. I am on a business trip to holland an my daughter is having her birthday nextweek in nigeria, i have decided to buy your item for her as the birthday gift since i am present out of the state. There is notime for me going around so i have to get her the birthday gift in an online market and that is why i have just registered with ebay and after purchasing your item, ebay provided with your e-mail address an that's why i am contacting you about. I will be making the payment through auction payments (money order). I have my daughter's address below as i will be takingcare of the shipment myself without you paying for any fees, through fedex as requested by my daughter for some reasons as it's secure and safe. So, i want you to send me your name and address so that i can be able to make the payment ontime because it is urgent.

NAME........... ELLA BOWMAN

ADDRESS........ 15, MOJISOLA STREET

CITY.......... . IFAKO AGEGE

STATE.......... LAGOS

ZIPCODE........ 23401

COUNT RY... .. NIGERIA

PHONE NUMBER.....08038237324

Firstly, I dont understand what she means by her payment or how she wants it to be shipped, so I e-mailed her but haven't got a reply yet. It seems as though she wants me to ship it to the Netherlands, which is fine. The thing that got me worried is the e-mail I just received, titled:

FIB NOTICE: Suspicious Bidder Alert - item #5769663094, Bidder monica8199

Unfortunately the entire e-mail is in dutch and I can't understand a word. I e-mailed back asking for it in english. Also, the buyer is "not a registered user" any longer. I assume that this entire auction is down the drain. What do you guys think I should do now? I'm not sure if I should relist the item incase I do receive payment.

[Hkydog 0]

Sounds like a scam. The next thing you'll get is a get rich quick scam from Nigeria. All you have to do is send them some money to show that you are legit and you will never hear from them again.

[MNdgame 0]

For sure very very suspicious, I'd just relist it...

[Sticks of Fury 0]

Anytime an email demands you to do something *URGENT* is usually a scam. They want you to make this decision quickly without thinking about it. Besides, she can always buy a cellphone in Netherlands or Nigeria. It would take a while to ship it there and wait for the money order so what is the point and she would be paying a lot extra to convert it to US money order. That's just my opinion.

plus she is already delisted.

[kosydar 0]

In reading her email, English doesn't appear to be her first language. That would make me doubt she lives in Alabama.

[mack 44]

In reading her email, English doesn't appear to be her first language. That would make me doubt she lives in Alabama.

Those near there would question that about anyone from Alabama.

[dix0r 0]

definitely a scam :]

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

It's a scam...I read something about that once...

[EricG. 0]

Ya, I relisted and it sold again today. This time I actually got the payment, LOL.