Hi there,

I have also had an item won by a bidder living in the USA. They requested I send the item to their friend as a gift in Nigeria. Given the item was cheap and unwanted, we sent it out, and as expected, the money never arrived in my nominated Paypal account.

A couple of days later, the seller and a fraud paypal acocunt are requesting I send US$200 to Nigerian customs via Western union to release the item lol. Not only is the item worth a 10th of that price, but I am never sending money to these people.

Anyway, I have alerted the buyer that I believe he is a scammer and will no longer pursue dealings with him.

Is there a way to report this user to ebay? The buyer has an excellent track record accoring to feedback here, but I simply don't trust any of this crap relating with Nigeria and Western Union. Paypal has so far been unhelpful in resolving any issues, although I did report the suspect paypal emails to them.