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Posted by
Felix Okoli on May 25, 2010 at 02:57:09:
I guess you should be glad that Nigerians are not on Paypal or at least not allowed to operate a Paypal account. Most online merchants have a fear about the Nigerian Paypal scam and most probably would call it Nigerian just because it's a scam. It's probably because online media have over-emphasized the issue of online scam as having a Nigerian origin.
For most people who sell stuff online, Paypal is the best option as it's more affordable, easy to access, widely popular and probably Nigerian scam proof.
If you've ever being scammed before on Paypal, you can share your experience here. This is how the Paypal scam works;
The scammer will try to find a way to send a fake e-mail to the seller from "Paypal" indicating that funds have been transferred into his account. Alternatively, the scammer will have a fake e-mail sent requesting a that a shipping or tracking number be provided in order to complete the money transaction
If you are an experienced retailer you ought not fall to this type of scam because the proper thing to do is first log into you Paypal account and confirm if any transfer has been made to your account and from which email address and then you check your orders and see if the email address is there before shipping any goods. I still think that those who fall for Paypal scams do not do a careful check on online sales before shipping any tangible goods. Those sellers who deal with virtual goods are actually better off as they immediately confirm a paypal payment using the ipn system before allowing access to the product.
Not all Paypal scams originate from Nigeria and sellers equally need to be vigilant in identifying genuine Paypal payments before making any product delivery
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