Hi all, need to ask a question. My apologies if i post in the wrong thread.

Am new at this online selling. I recently advertised to sell of my tablet and was contacted by someone in UK saying to deliver it to his son who is studying in Nigeria (bells ringing )

He says he'll pay plus cost of shipping by DHL which costs almost RM1k (bells ringing again )

Now he says payment done, but via this Allied Irish Bank of Great Britain. I've attached the e-mail i received below.

Question: Does this seem dodgy or genuine payment?

Dodgy factors:
1. E-mail address is "@accountant.com" instead of bank e-mail add
2. Company Logo is linked to wikipedia

Appreciate your assistance please.

Thanks.


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britaink® <online.accountnotifies@accountant.com>
To: XXXXXX@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:59 AM
Subject: ****Online Banking (Wire Transfer)®***Payment Alert From Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britain®****



Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britain®





TRANSFER ORDER

The Wire Transfer Order from Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britain Online Banking has been Approved.
TRANSFER NUMBER :- XXXXXX


We have received a TRANSFER ORDER placed by our Customer (XXXXX) the sum of (MYR XXXX.XX) transferred to you (XXXXX) as a payment for the item "tablet. ASUS Transformer Prime TF201" bought from you and the money has been successfully processed and has consequently been APPROVED.
The financial details of the transaction are stated below:


Transfer Receipt Confirmation




Order Status: APPROVED
Transfer Payments Order Available AVAILABLE
Date Placed 13/06/2012
Order Status TRANSFER CONFIRMED
Transfer Order Number XXXXXX
Billing Information:
Transfer Status: WIRE TRANSFER CONFIRMED
Payment Method Visa Card/Cash
Card Number XXXXXX
Exp.. Date 02/08/2013
Name on Card XXXXXX

Street Address XXXXXX
City, State, Zip XXXXX
Country United-Kingdom
Services Purchased: Direct Transfer /Cash
Item Amount MYR XXX.XX
Transfer charges *******

Total Amount transferred to seller XXXXXXX

Item Unit


Shipping Services DHL EXPRESS SERVICE

Auction Site XXXXX





Seller's Information: Use our online Transfer to pay for online purchases, the companies / individuals you buy from all over the world. This is an important security feature and certainly is better than having your credit card number transmitted all over the Internet. Our Service is secure, and we screen ourmerchant accounts very closely in order to protect the sellers and the buyer

Name XXXXXXXX


Email Address of the seller XXXXXX@yahoo.com

Address of the seller
MALAYSIA


RECEIVER'S INFORMATION

Name of Account Holder : XXXXX
Bank Name : Maybank
Account No: 0000 0000 0000
Branch: MALAYSIA
Email Address: XXXX@yahoo.com



This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account until the shipment reference number/scanned copy receipt is send to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.

Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. Send tracking number and scanned copy receipt that will be given to you to us through this mail online.accountnotifies@accountant.com or call our customer-care line on +447045742313 and quote the above transfer number for quick recognition and our customer-cares service will attend to you.

As soon as you send the scanned copy receipt that will be given to you after shipping the item out to the given address to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited into your account.

**PLEASE NOTE**
Once the shipment is confirmed, your funds will become operational in your account and you will receive a "CONFIRMATION" email from our company, informing you that the Money has been credited.

Thank you for using Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britain® We look forward to serving your online auction payment better in the future.

Thanks for your co-operation.
Yours sincerely,

Stephen Hester,
The Chief Executive Of Allied Irish Bank
2001-2012 The Allied Irish Bank Of Great Britain, 100 Grays Inn Rd, Bloomsbury, London, WC1X 8AL United Kingdom.

obviously it's fake, so.. you can close this thread and never do anything related to nigeria/nigerian/nigerian son/ daughter etc etc. even if it was legit and you earn RM10000, stay away from it.

Confirm its a con job. I confronted him in e-mail and he cursed me in Nigerian!

Thanks. Luckily didnt send anything to that idiot.

Since its a genuine scam, will disclose his initial mail to me (see below) for the benefit of the community. Please be careful out there!

Anyway i can try to report this?


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Derrick Sia <sia.derrick@yahoo.com>
To:
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: tablet



Ok i will be paying for item including shipping cost and i also want you to know that i'm from UK but am buying the item for my son schooling in West Africa and i will like the item ship via DHL EXPRESS SERVICE,i will need your Bank information below for the payment:
Name of Account Holder:
Name of Bank:
Account NumBer:
Email Address:
Price:
item name:
Your contact NumBer:

This is my son shipping information below:
Name: Amith Sia
Address: No 9 Ajengbe Street Off Ososami Road
Town/City :Ibadan Oyo State,
Post-code:23402.
Country :Nigeria.
Contact Number:+2348067987082
kindly get back to me asap with the total amount including shipping charges so that i can pay you.

Rule of thumb
"If it seems too good to be true it usually is"
Just think why would a CEO of a bank send you an email telling some nigerian already banked in your money. And why would a bank performing an escrow services?

Stereotype all of nigerians but sadly that is the truth.
Go below website and read for fun.

Click here

Nigerian Scam...just ignore them.

Tl;DR....

As long you dont see money in your account then dont care

Thats why i wasnt cought. I told him that i want to see money in account, and in meantime, will do a check on the supposedly "bank transfer". After i e-mail him its a scam, he e-mailed me cursing in nigerian language.

"OLOSHI OLORIBURUKU" google for the meaning.. am sure forum rules do not allow me to write it here in Malaysian / English ....

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Added on June 13, 2012, 4:36 pmClosing thread as matter is confirmed as a NIGERIAN CON JOB!

This post has been edited by flattyre: Jun 13 2012, 04:36 PM