Hmmm...glad I found this site. I had a weird feeling about my experience on craigslist where I was selling a home theater system for $125 and someone from a different state offered it to me for $200. Like everyone else I was happy, but suspicious. This person named "Derby Smith" said it was for her grandson. She wanted to send me money with USPS money order rather than online money such as paypal. I thought that was fine and figured she would mail me a money order. Instead I got this email:
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You've Got New Funds!
Congratulations! **** **,
This email confirms that " Derby Smith " has sent you a total amount of $200.00.
Payment Details:
Total Amount: $200.00 (Shipping Excluded)
Transaction ID: 6Y758072CS5622206
Subject:
You are to ship out before 9TH/October/2008
Item Description :
Sony 5.1 Home Theater Surround System
The financial details of the transaction are stated below:
Your money order has been approved and will be completed once we receive the shipment tracking number for shipment verification and authenticated when you ship out Merchandise.You will receive a Confirmation email from us.This measure is taken in order to protect both seller and buyer interests and to reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities.
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***IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE SHIPMENT TRACKING NUMBER, YOUR MONEY DELIVERY WILL BE STOPPED***
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The USPS Convenience: Getting paid by United States Postal Service® users is incredibly simple. Usps users can conveniently send money to their customer through email or to your residential address which our errand delivery representative will deliver your money to you in cash through various methods including , Money Order, delivery of cash. All these options make Usps the most convenient Online Payment Solution for you. Usps takes away the issues related to incorporating payment options into your website as well as the burden of processing transactions.
Protecting Your Customers' Identity: Most importantly, the responsibility of storing sensitive customer data is no longer in your hands. Usps takes care of that part for you. You don't have to worry about ensuring data is not compromised because you don't have access to any confidential information. Usps quickly and securely tells you what you need to know: that your payment was received and your money is been shipped out for delivery but will not get to your Residential Contact Address until the shipment reference/tracking number has been sent to us for proper shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and seller.......................................................................................................... Below are the necessary information requested before Payment can get to your Residential Address in 1-3 Business days.
Billing Information:
Buyer (USPS) Account ID:
Account Details:
Country:
Mrs Derby Smith
Bank Name: First National Bank
Account Number: *******5689
U.S.A
Delivery Information:
Seller's Contact:
Address:
Status:
**** **
**** Spring Mountain Rd
Las Vegas, NV ****
United States.
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This United States Postal Service® Payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED " But Payment will not get to your Residential Address until the Shipment Reference/Tracking Confirmation number has been sent to us for proper shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and seller. Below are the necessary information requested before Payment can get to your Residential Contact Address in 1-2 Business days First Class Mail delivery.
NOTE: This order has been APPROVED, you CAN NOW ship the merchandise to the buyer's shipping address. You are expected to make the shipment within 24 Hours of receiving this Payment Confirmation Notification Email and get back to our Customer/Technical Dept with the shipment tracking number for Shipment Verification. With this no buyer can stop payment with a false claim that there is no longer any transaction between the two of you after you might have shipped Out Merchandise. We are your mediator,we stand between both the buyer and seller because we have our reputation to protect.
Send shipment tracking number to us or email us through this mail : (
unitedpostal_contactus@mail.com) and our customer service care will attend to you immediately.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified with the shipment tracking number sent to us, You will receive a "PAYMENT DELIVERY NOTIFICATION Email" from United States Postal Service® informing you that the Money has been sent to your residential address.
Thank you for using United States Postal Service Money OrderSM!
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I thought it seemed odd I wouldn't see any money until I actually shipped the item. I looked online and found this site so now I now this is likely a scam. However I gave her my address, phone #, and email. Should I be worried about this? Can this some how wind up as identity theft? Please let me know and what I can do about it. Thanks.