Con Artists

I been selling my phone which is placed on here and also on gum tree and i received this email earlier

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Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad

My son's Address is
Engr.Osagie James
Plot 16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA

He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note "A GIFT FROM
YOUR DAD" boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.

If you need anything else, just give me a call on +447045710933 I will
answer the call if i am chanced because calls are restricted here in
my office.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Lindsey James.

Does this seem like a scam to you lol ?

The address is in Nigeria.

That is the most obvious scam going.

True but if i use royal mail signed for , cant be anything wrong with that as i get tracked shipping?

of course

Royal Mail don't track abroad I don't think.

Trust me mate this scam is used very often (The story changes, something about them being outside of the UK currently).

This is 100% a scam. Trust me, I know a lot about online scams/viruses/etc.

Thanks for the advice .Ive never been scammed before thank god lol

please listen to the advice given
i buy and sell many many items and have at least 3 of these emails a day.
IT IS A SCAM

Thanks again guys ,

The phones still available if any one is still intrested

Scam of the first class variety!
I used to get quite a few of these when selling my car on Autotrader.
Guys offering me more for my car than i wanted!
The writing was rubbish

LOL

bodly mark FROM DAD!!!!

dodgy as

Nigeria even more so!

There is a for sale section on thei forum whack it on there and also advertise it on your facebook account more likely to get teh cash if its from mates or people within the area!

Its a scam mate , if its genuine he will chase you for it , give him no info .............had several from Nigeria my friend . be careful